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Schieffer School/CSIS hosting dialogue on "Assessing U.S. Policy Toward Russia"




Fort Worth, TX

10/17/2008

TCU's Schieffer School of Journalism and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC are holding a dialogue titled "Assessing U.S. Policy Toward Russia in the Wake of the Russia-Georgia Conflict” Tuesday, October 21 at 5:30 p.m. EDT. The dialogue, hosted by Bob Schieffer, will be broadcast live on the Schieffer School Web site at 4:30 p.m. local time.

The series of monthly dialogues, originated in February, feature top public policy experts, government officials, leading think-tank scholars, and prominent journalists discussing issues related to national security, foreign policy and global challenges.

Featured speakers at the event are Alexander “Sandy” Vershbow, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia; Jim Hoagland, The Washington Post associate editor and chief foreign correspondent; and Andrew Kuchins, director of the CSIS Russia & Eurasia Program.

CSIS is a bipartisan, independent, nonprofit organization that provides strategic insights and policy solutions to decision makers in government, international institutions, the private sector and civil society. It has earned the reputation of being one the world's preeminent public policy institutions.

The Schieffer School is emerging as one of the world’s top journalism schools dedicated to preparing professionals in both journalism and strategic communications for the new media world, while maintaining the traditional standards of basic, straightforward reporting and ethics.

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