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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.