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2016 Fall Calendar Preview
2016 Fall Calendar Preview
Philadelphia, PA — The Foreign Policy Research Institute is pleased to provide this preview of our Fall Season of events. Be on the lookout for our full calendar, hitting mailboxes soon. For information on how to register for individual events, please contact our Events Coordinator Rachel Hemler at rhemler@fpri.org or (215) 732-3774 x 112.
Stanley and Arlene Ginsburg Family Foundation Lecture Series
Hosted and co-Sponsored by the National Liberty Museum
5:30 p.m. Registration; 5:45 p.m. Lecture
National Liberty Museum, 321 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
Free for Members of FPRI (and spouses) at the $100 Level
Dinner immediately following exclusively for Bronze Partners of FPRI
$10 for Non-Members
Tuesday, September 20
National Security Challenges Facing the Next President
Kori Schake – Hoover Institution, FPRI
Tuesday, October 25
Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin and the Origins of the Grand Alliance
John H. Maurer – U.S. Naval War College, FPRI
Monday, December 12
BookTalk – The Tragedy of U.S. Foreign Policy: How America’s Civil Religion Betrayed the National Interest
Walter A. McDougall – University of Pennsylvania, FPRI
Main Line Breakfast Briefings
7:30 a.m. Breakfast; 8:00 a.m. Briefing; 9:00 a.m. Adjournment
Merion Cricket Club, 325 Montgomery Ave, Haverford, PA
Entire series (8 programs annually) is free for FPRI Members (and spouses) at the $500 level, or $50 per person per session.
Special Evening Kickoff Event:
Tuesday, September 27
7:00-8:30 p.m.
Terrorism and Counter-Terrrorism After San Bernadino, Orlando, and Nice: Where Do We Go from Here?
Clint Watts – FPRI
Thursday, October 6
Russia vs. Europe and Lands In-between
Mitchell Orenstein – University of Pennsylvania, FPRI
Friday, November 4
BookTalk – How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything
Rosa Brooks – Georgetown University, The New America Foundation
Thursday, December 15
Egypt’s Trajectory from Mubarak to Morsi to al-Sisi and Beyond
Eric Trager – Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Princeton Committee of FPRI
6:00 p.m. Reception; 6:30 p.m. Lecture; 8:00 p.m. Adjournment
Present Day Club, 72 Stockton St., Princeton, NJ
Entire series (6 programs annually) is free for FPRI Members (and spouses) at the $250 level.
Thursday, September 29
How Climate Change Erodes Our National Security 
Thursday, October 27
BookTalk – Ike’s Gamble: America’s Rise to Dominance in the Middle East
Michael Doran – Hudson Institute
Thursday, December 8
BookTalk – Middle Kingdom and Empire of the Rising Sun: Sino-Japanese Relations, Past and Present
June Teufel Dreyer – University of Miami, FPRI
Geopolitics with Granieri
Sponsored by BNY Mellon Wealth Management
11:30 a.m. Program; 12:30 p.m. Adjournment
FPRI, 1528 Walnut Street, Suite 610, Philadelphia, PA
Free for FPRI Members (and spouses) at the $100 level; Webcast open to the public
Lunch immediately following for FPRI Members (and spouses) at the $500 level
Tuesday, September 6
The Bre-volving Door: Brexit, British Politics, and the Future of the United Kingdom
Dominic Tierney – Swarthmore University, FPRI
Tuesday, October 18
Baseball, Football, and the American Way of War
Michael P. Noonan – FPRI
Tuesday, November 8
Election Day 2016: The Race for the Presidency
David Eisenhower – University of Pennsylvania, FPRI
Tuesday, December 6
TBD
Sponsors Forum
Hosted and Sponsored by Pepper Hamilton LLP
12:00 Lunch, 12:30 Program, 1:30 Adjournment
Pepper Hamilton LLP, Two Logan Square, Two Logan Square, Philadelphia, PA
Free for FPRI Members (and spouses) at the $250 level
ID is required for admission to the building.
Tuesday, September 13
The Strategic Importance of the Black Sea Region
Nikolas Gvosdev – U.S. Naval War College, FPRI
Thursday, December 1
The Geopolitics of U.S. Patent Law
Lawrence Husick – FPRI
20th Annual Templeton Lecture on Religion and World Affairs
5:30 p.m. Registration; 5:45 p.m. Lecture
National Liberty Musuem, 321 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
Free for Members of FPRI (and spouses) at the $100 Level
$12 for Non-Members
Dinner immediately following exclusively for Silver Partners of FPRI
Tuesday, November 29
How We Misunderstand the Sources of Religious Violence
Adam Garfinkle – The American Interest, FPRI
Carroll Weinberg Memorial Lecture
Hosted and Cosponsored by the National Museum of American Jewish History
6:00 p.m. Registration; 6:30 p.m. Lecture
NMAJH, 101 S. Independence Mall East, Philadelphia, PA
Free for Members of FPRI (and spouses) at the $100 Level and Members of NMAJH
$12 for Non-Members
Thursday, October 20
The Holocaust: History and Memory
Jeremy Black, University of Exeter, FPRI
2016 FPRI Annual Dinner
Thursday, November 17
Beyond Dysfunction and Devastation: Iraq, The Arab Spring and Lessons for Today
Kanan Makiya
6:00 Reception; 7:00 Dinner; 9:15 Adjournment
Union League of Philadelphia
140 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA
Seats at the 2016 Annual Dinner are guaranteed to FPRI Partners.
Individual tickets are available to purchase on a first-come, first-serve basis for $300 per seat.
Acclaimed author Kanan Makiya will present a keynote address on the occasion of the publication of his new novel The Rope. It is both a murder mystery and a poignant story of a militia man, his closest friends, and family – all working at cross-purposes after the invasion of Iraq. The book illuminates what went wrong in Iraq in a way that nonfiction is ill-equipped to do. He will also explore what went wrong in the Arab Spring and what the lessons are for all of us today.
Guests at the Dinner will receive a complimentary copy of the book.
See you this Fall!