Backchannel: The Newsletter of FPRI

FPRI is proud to announce that General James Mattis, USMC (Ret.) will receive the 9^th Annual Benjamin Franklin Award for Public Service at the organization’s 2013 Annual Dinner. General Mattis will also deliver the keynote address at the event, which will be held in Philadelphia – the birthplace of the Marine Corps – on Monday, November 18, 2013. His topic: Reflections of a Combatant Commander in a Turbulent World.

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On Saturday and Sunday, April 20-21, 40 high school teachers from 24 states will participate in a conference on "Great Captains in American History," focusing on great American military leaders from General Washington to General Petraeus.

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The Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) is pleased to announce the launch of “The Philadelphia Papers” -- a new series of E-Books devoted to illuminating the foreign policy and national security issues of the day.  With expert analysis from FPRI’s global network of scholars, the Philadelphia Papers will seek to bring the best of scholarship to bear on issues of policy import.

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The Spring 2013 edition of Orbis addresses a number of timely issues. FPRI Senior Fellow Jakub Grygiel begins by discussing the real meaning of educating for national security. He contends that national security requires more than technical skills. Rather it depends on a solid understanding of, and appreciation for, the state’s civilizational underpinnings—the religious beliefs, political ideals, and moral virtues. An education for national security must start from the desire to learn and understand one’s own national culture and tradition to be able to identify what one is supposed to defend.

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This event will be broadcast on CSpan 3 the weekend of March 23-34

Saturday March 23 at 9 am ET
Sunday March 24 at 4 pm ET

or you can watch anytime on the CSpan website.

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PHILADELPHIA -– The Foreign Policy Research Institute was recently named as the nation’s top think tank with a budget under $5 Million, and 19^th in the world according to the 2012 Global Go To Think Tank Index.  Overall, FPRI ranked as the 33^rd best think tank in the U.S.

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FPRI is proud to announce the return of the Stanley and Arlene Ginsburg Lecture Series for Winter-Spring of 2013. This series was made possible by a generous grant from Stanley and Arlene Ginsburg. It is sponsored by the Foreign Policy Research Institute, and co-sponsored and hosted by the National Liberty Museum. All events will take place at the National Liberty Museum, 321 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Read more...

More than 20 million individuals are currently being exploited worldwide as sex slaves, forced labor, or as child brides and soldiers. Despite the best efforts of governments, NGOs, and law enforcement agencies, global criminal networks have turned this modern-day slave trade into a $32 billion-a-year business. On February 4, 2013, join panelists Vanessa Neumann (FPRI), Krista Hoffman (Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape), and Cheryl Bassett (DHS' Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center) as we examine the roots of this issue, discuss how these networks operate, and determine what can be done to eradicate human trafficking both at home and abroad.

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In 2012, FPRI established a Princeton Committee to bring experts and policymakers in foreign affairs together with individuals who seek a deeper understanding of the complex issues confronting us today.  The format for these briefings, to be held in Princeton beginning in January 2013, is an intimate, salon-like setting in which participants may interact and exchange views with experts to a degree and depth not attainable in public forums. The Princeton Committee is directed by John R.

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We are pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Dickler as Associate Director of FPRI’s Marvin Wachman Center for Civic and International Literacy, which functions as FPRI’s outreach department and offers educational programs for high school teachers, students, the general public and others.

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