Events & Conferences

The NESA Center hosts a variety of shorter events in Washington as well as in the NESA Region. These events are designed for a broad audience including lawmakers, medical personnel, embassy personnel, and more.

Washington Seminar Series

NESA hosts a lecture series designed to provide local embassy officials a forum for candid, substantive, and ongoing dialogue on pressing issues of a strategic nature related to national and regional security.

Strategic Studies Network (SSN)

The SSN brings together government-affiliated institutes from countries in the Near East and South Asia region to meet several times a year to expand the strategic dialogue, in response to regional suggestions for more avenues of dialogue and cooperation in meeting security challenges. It promotes strategic thinking at the regional level by disseminating collaboratively developed research, thinking and publications throughout the region.

The Structure of our Foundation Seminars

FIRST Week: Facing Challenge and Change in the NESA Region

Set the international geopolitical context
Deal with the hot issues head on

SECOND Week: Policy Making and Strategic Direction

Insights into national security decision making process
Location is important: Visits to Pentagon, Congress, and State

THIRD Week: Regional Challenges in an Age of International Interdependence

Values and challenges of cooperative security
Strategic Issues Forum
Practical problem solving exercise in regional security cooperation