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WFPG clearly plays an important role in cultivating the foreign policy leaders of tomorrow. Given my long career in domestic and foreign policy in my own country, I know first-hand how crucial organizations such as yours are for the advancement of gender equality.

- Helen Clark
UNDP Administrator and
Former Prime Minister of New Zealand

There’s not another one like [WFPG] in this city, and I think it plays a really important role in connecting all of us, and in having discussions about some of the issues that don’t make it to some of the other centers in town.

- Melanne Verveer
US Ambassador-at-Large
for Global Women's Issues

Ambassador [Susan] Rice and I both appreciate the role of this group. The intellectual rigor and energy that its members bring to foreign policy issues are essential to helping to make the UN a more effective and responsive forum.

- Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo
US Alternate Representative for
Special Political Affairs to the UN

It [WFPG] was an organization with which I entered into contact fairly early on in my tenure as Ambassador here, and I immediately understood the importance that it plays in engaging many in Washington with some of the most critical foreign policy issues . . .

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Embassy of Mexico to the US

News

Afghanistan After 2014:
The Impact of Troop Withdrawal on Democracy, Stability, and Women's Rights

Feb. 11—Afghani Member of Parliament Fawzia Koofi joined WFPG members and guests at a luncheon and program on Afghanistan After 2014. Koofi talked about the impact of next year's US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan on democracy, stability, and women's rights in the country. She discussed the advancements women have made since 2001, such as higher rates of education and increased participation in politics, as well as how precarious those basic rights will be after the 2014 withdrawal. Read more

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Feature Story

Foreign Policy and National Security Challenges Facing the Second Obama Administration

Jan. 28—Journalists Karen DeYoung, Senior National Security Correspondent and an Associate Editor of The Washington Post, and David Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent for The New York Times and author of Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power (2012), addressed WFPG members and guests at a Beyond the Headlines event on Foreign Policy and National Security Challenges Facing the Second Obama Administration.

The speakers discussed issues including unrest in Syria, transition in Afghanistan, threats from Iran and North Korea, and the situation in Mali. The program was moderated by WFPG President Patricia Ellis and was co-sponsored by NYU Washington, DC. Read more

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Event Highlights

Author Series:
On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion,
Fault Lines—and Future

Karen Elliott House, former publisher of The Wall Street Journal, spoke with WFPG in New York and Washington, DC on her recent book, On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines—and Future. In her remarks, House described the sources of and inhibitors to stability in Saudi Arabia, and also gave insight onto a variety of issues ranging from women as potential agents of change to the royal family, oil wealth, and the impact of the Arab Awakening on the autocratic monarchy. View transcript of DC event

DC Program | NY Program

Embassy Series: Algeria
Ambassador Abdallah Baali

Feb. 13—H.E. Abdallah Baali, Ambassador of Algeria to the United States, addressed WFPG at an Embassy Series event on US-Algerian Relations at his residence. The Ambassador spoke about the political and religious conflicts in the region, from Tunisia and Mali to Libya and Syria. He described humanitarian aid and peacekeeping efforts in Mali, and Algerian security tactics, including shared intelligence efforts with the US. Ambassador Baali also addressed the recent attack on civilians at the gas facility in Algeria, and the Algerian government's approach to the crisis. The discussion was moderated by WFPG President Patricia Ellis. Photos

Embassy Series: Jordan
Ambassador Alia Hatoug-Bouran

Nov. 27—Jordanian Ambassador Alia Hatoug-Bouran joined New York Times Pentagon Correspondent Elisabeth Bumiller for a conversation on Jordan and developments in the region. Ambassador Hatoug-Bouran’s remarks covered the economic crisis and protests resulting from increased gas prices, Jordan’s response to the crisis, the impact of the refugee crisis on the Palestinian refugee population, and US-Jordanian relations. The event was hosted by the Embassy of Jordan. Read more

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Upcoming Events

June 4, 2013 | Washington, DC

Education during the War:
Reflections from Syria

Rasha Faek
Senior Editor, Al-Fanar

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June 7, 2013 | New York, NY

UN Briefing:
An Update on Syria

Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo
US Deputy Permanent Representative
to the United Nations

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June 12, 2013 | Washington, DC

Author Series
Overbooked: The Exploding Business
of Travel and Tourism

Elizabeth Becker