The Capitol Hill Workshop: Partisan Politics and National Security Challenges is designed to offer attendees an overview of current U.S. public policy issues by providing an in-depth analysis of Congressional politics and decision-making and their implications to the Department of Defense and the nation.
The Capitol Hill Workshop offers attendees the opportunity to discuss current issues of interest – in an off-the record – with political experts and leading authorities who have experience in all aspects of the national policymaking process and the potential consequences to U.S. national interests in the coming years.
November 18-20, 2008 - March 3-5, 2009
- May 12-14, 2009
- September 15-17, 2009
The 2009 Presidential Transition
- January 13-15, 2009
President-elect Barack Obama must clearly establish himself in the White House. He must set the tone for his Administration, a tone that reaches across the political aisle. In addition, he must set a tone for American foreign policy and begin the process of communicating with world leaders and heads of state.
Many problems lay ahead for the new Administration. Some relate to personnel, especially the new Cabinet and White House staff; some relate to issues that need to be addressed immediately, the economy and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; and those problems that need to be addressed in the longer run, energy independence, national health care, and immigration.
The Obama Administration will also have to negotiate the labyrinth of hurdles that have impeded personnel selection in the past. At the same time, and without everyone on board, it will have to hit the ground running, using the political capital gained from the election to implement its policy agenda.
This timely workshop will focus on these tasks and issues in an effort to enumerate the options which the President has, the priorities he must establish, and the relationships he must develop to succeed in his first term.
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Each year Alan L. Freed Associates designs and conducts a series of Foreign Policy Seminars focusing on specific areas of the world. These political-economic conflict seminars are designed to address current issues of international interest to various DOD agencies. Other topics are available upon request.
2008-09 SEMINARS
Africa: The Reshaping of a Continent
September 9-11, 2009
The Middle East: An Update
February 24-26, 2009
April 14-16, 2009
Terrorism and Transnational Crime
December 9-11, 2008
January 27-29, 2009
Europe, Russia and China: Eurasia and the Changing Balance of Power
March 17-19, 2009
Latin America: Coping with Contradictions
May 19-21, 2009
South Asia: Rising Powers and Failing States
June 23-25, 2009