International Student House

is pleased to invite you to a 

Special Briefing by

 

His Excellency Akan Ismaili

of the Republic of Kosovo

                       

 

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

6:30 – 8:30 pm

 

1825 R Street, NW

Washington, DC 20009

RSVP: Marie Pius, Development Associate

(202) 232-4007 x211; [email protected]

Ambassador Ismaili will discuss the impact of war, post-conflict rebuilding, and nation building on Kosovo’s youth and Millennials as well as the recent successes and challenges that the country has faced in terms of economic and political development.

Akan Ismaili was appointed as the Republic of Kosovo’s second Ambassador to the United States on May 2, 2012.  He is a former telecommunications entrepreneur and CEO.

Immediately after the NATO bombing ended in 1999, Ambassador Ismaili co-founded Internet Project Kosovo (IPKO), a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the use of information and communications technology as a tool to foster rebuilding and development in Kosovo. IPKO has been credited with bringing the internet to Kosovo. During the same time, he co-founded the American University Foundation in Kosovo, which draws support from Kosovar citizens and its diaspora to establish an American-style higher education institution in Kosovo.

Prior to the war, Ambassador Ismaili managed IT infrastructure for the American diplomatic office in Pristina. After the war started in Kosovo, Ambassador Ismaili served as a translator for U.S. diplomats. Just before the NATO bombing campaign began, Ambassador Ismaili was evacuated to Vienna, where he continued to work as a translator, tasked with translating and distributing U.S. government news articles to the Albanian-language media in the region and at refugee camps.

In December 2007, Ambassador Ismaili was named “Manager of the Year” by the Economic Chamber of Kosova (ECK).

ISH’s educational outreach programs

are made possible, in part,

by a generous grant from Al-Monitor

 

 

 

Six ISH residents, representing a cross-section of the world’s nations, recently were hosted to a luncheon by Liechtenstein’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Claudia Fritsche, at her residence.   Ambassador Fritsche briefed the ISH attendees on her responsibilities as her country’s representative to the U.S. and provided insight into the day-to-day duties of a foreign ambassador in Washington.  She also discussed her own career and explained how the role of women in her country’s government had changed over the years.  The occasion afforded the opportunity as well for the residents to conduct a dialog with the Ambassador, exchanging information about their experiences in the United States and observations about life in their home countries.  This program was organized by ISH Board Member Lawrence P. Dunham, former Assistant US Chief of Protocol.

International Student House is pleased to invite you to a

Special Briefing

“Dealing with North Korea’s Belligerence”

By 

Joseph Cirincione, President of Ploughshares Fund

Briefing moderated by

Barbara Slavin, ISH Board Member

on Tuesday, May 7, 2013

7:30 – 9:00pm

1825 R Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009

Joseph Cirincione, President of Ploughshares Fund, a global security foundation and an expert on nuclear proliferation, will discuss how seriously we should take the recent threats and actions of the North Korean leadership and how the US and the international community should respond in a way that does not escalate the crisis.

Joseph Cirincione is the author of Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons and Deadly Arsenals: Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Threats.  He is the author of hundreds of articles on nuclear weapons issues and is a frequent commentator in the media. Cirincione is a member of the State Department International Security Advisory Board as well as the Council of Foreign Relations. He teaches at the graduate school of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

Barbara Slavin is a senior fellow at The Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center, Washington correspondent for Al-Monitor.com and a member of the ISH Board of Directors.

RSVP by May 3, 2013 to Marie Pius, Development Associate, (202) 232-4007 x211; [email protected]

.

International Student House

is pleased to invite you to a

 Special Post Election Analysis by

Brian Katulis

Senior Fellow

Center for American Progress

 

on November 7, 2012

7:00 to 9:00 pm

1825 R Street, NW, Washington, DC

RSVP: Judy Singer, Director of Development

(202) 232-4007 x210; [email protected]

Brian Katulis’ work focuses on US national security policy in the Middle East and South Asia.  He has served as a consultant to numerous US Government Agencies, private corporations, and non-governmental organizations on projects in more than two dozen countries including Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Egypt and Colombia.

Mr. Katulis will share his insights on the results of the exciting Presidential election, as well as the outcome of US House and Senate races which could have a tremendous impact on national and international policies in the coming years.

ISH’s educational outreach programs

are made possible, in part,

by a generous grant from Al-Monitor