The Week at CSIS: The Speeches, Discussions, and Events from April 23th to April 27th

CSIS hosts over 2,000 events a year, from major public speeches to small briefings. Join us here for an inside look at the events of the week.

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3 min readApr 27, 2018

4.24: Putin’s New Strategic Systems: Plans, Realities, and Prospects

In his recent address to the Federal Assembly, President Vladimir Putin touted a number of new additions to Russia’s strategic weapons arsenal. What is the status of these systems? How developed are they, and how long until they are fully deployed? What impact will they have on the strategic balance between the United States and Russia? CSIS hosted a discussion on the prospects of these systems.

From left to right: **Olga Oliker**, Senior Adviser and Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, CSIS; **Leonid Nersisyan,**
Military Analyst, REGNUM Information Agency, and Editor in Chief of New Defense Order Strategy (Moscow)

4.24: An Advance Film Screening and Discussion: U.S. Leadership in Global Health and Health Security

CSIS’S Global Health Policy Center and Friends of the Global Fight co-hosted a screening of the Great Decisions Episode, “Global Health: Preventing Pandemic.” The event will brought together the global health community to discuss the importance of U.S. and global leadership in efforts to end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, particularly through funding for the Global Fund and U.S. bilateral programs.

From left to right: **Ambassador Deborah Birx,** U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and U.S. Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy; **Dr. Helene Gayle,** President and CEO, The Chicago Community Trust

4.24: Schieffer Series: Iran, North Korea and Trade: Connecting the Dangerous, Long Distance Dots

CBS News’ Bob Schieffer led a discussion on the latest foreign policy news including Iran, North Korea and Trade.

From left to right: **Bob Schieffer**, CSIS Trustee; **Margaret Brennan,** “Face the Nation” Moderator and Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent, CBS News; **Jon B. Alterman,** Senior Vice President, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, and Director, Middle East Program, CSIS; **Sue Mi Terry,** Senior Fellow, Korea Chair, CSIS; **Matthew P. Goodman,** William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy and Senior Adviser for Asian Economics, CSIS

4.25: Global Fragmentation in Cyber Policy

Governments around the world face daunting challenges in securing cyberspace, protecting online privacy, and managing the flows of data. As these governments consider laws and policies to confront these challenges, there is growing divergence of approaches across the European Union, Asia, and the United States, potentially fragmenting global markets. With regional views from Europe and Estonia, China, India, and the United States, CSIS hosted a discussion focused on the need for harmonization and cooperation on global approaches to cybersecurity and regulating emerging technologies.

From left to right: **Samm Sacks,** Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Program, CSIS; **Chris Painter,**
Former Coordinator for Cyber Issues, U.S. Department of State

4.25: Inside the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is a $100 billion multilateral development bank that first opened in 2016. CSIS’s Simon Chair’s Reconnecting Asia Project hosted a conversation with Natalie Lichtenstein, Chief Counsel for the 57-country negotiations that led to the AIIB’s founding and the principal drafter of the Bank’s charter, to discuss her new book: A Comparative Guide to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.