Sept. 12 @ 6 pm - TN Speech & Debate Society - New Tennessee Voting Laws
Sept. 15 @ 3:30 pm - Baker Center Interdisciplinary Group on Energy and
Environmental Policy - Dr. Jim Sanchirico (Univ. CA, Davis) presents "The Role
of Bioeconomic Modeling in the Design and Analysis of Ecosystem Based
Management Policies." A scientific consensus is developing on the need to
transform marine and coastal management to a more holistic ecosystem-based
approach. The presentation will investigate the economic and ecological gains
from expanding the scope of management objectives in two related systems.
Sept. 19 @ 6 pm - Baker Center's Global Security Group presents Ambassador
Linton Brooks on "21st Century Nuclear Challenges." Despite the nuclear
programs of rogue states Iran and North Korea, the threat of nuclear terrorism,
increasing numbers of nuclear weapons in volatile or fragile parts of the world
like Pakistan, or the nuclear disaster in Japan - the nuclear security agenda has
receded in the national debate. Global stockpiles of nuclear weapons,
vulnerable nuclear material worldwide, and the byproducts of nuclear energy
production will remain among the central challenges to US national security and
global stability throughout the 21st century.
Ambassador Brooks has over five decades of experience in national security,
much of it associated with nuclear policy. While he currently is a senior advisor
at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a distinguished
research fellow at the National Defense University, he previously served as the
administrator of the US Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security
Administration and chief negotiator of the first Strategic Arms Reduction
Treaty, as well as in other key US government positions. Prior to his
government service, he was a career Navy officer deployed on four nuclear-
equipped ships.
This event is also sponsored by the Hudson Institute, Partnership for a Secure
America, and the Stanley Foundation.
Sept. 20 @ 9:30 a.m. - "Trade Policy in Latin America" Natalie van der Horst is
an Economic and Commercial Officer in the Office of Bilateral Trade Affairs in
the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs at the U.S. Department
of State. Her responsibilities include developing and implementing U.S. trade
policy for the countries of South America and Panama, expanding trade access
for U.S. goods and services in these countries, and coordinating bi-lateral
international economic dialogues with countries in her portfolio. From 2009 to
2011, Ms. van der Horst was an Economic and Commercial Officer with the U.S.
Embassy in Tegucigalpa. She served as the Embassy's primary officer for trade
issues, led the Embassy's commercial advocacy efforts to assist U.S. firms,
coordinated trade missions, promoted public-private partnerships, and
encouraged the practice of corporate social responsibility.Prior to her
assignment in Honduras, Ms. van der Horst served as a Vice Consul at the U.S.
Consulate General in Lagos, Nigeria from 2006 to 2008. Before joining the
Department of State, Ms. van der Horst was a Global Trade Content Manager
for NextLinx Corporation (now Management Dynamics), a trade management
software company. Prior to that, she conducted research and policy analysis
with the Virginia-based defense consulting firm Croton Institute.
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