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Book Talk: To Run the World: Soviet Foreign Policy after 1945
2025-03-12 12:30 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | CGIS South Building, S354, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Sergey Radchenko’s book provides a lengthy analysis of the evolution of Soviet foreign policy after 1945.

Sergey Radchenko’s book provides a lengthy analysis of the evolution of Soviet foreign policy after 1945, showing how Soviet leaders verged between fierce global competition with the United States and efforts to cooperate with the U.S. government in “running the world.”
Event Speakers:
Sergey Radchenko: Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Serhii Plokhii: Mykhailo S. Hrushevs’kyi Professor of Ukrainian History / Director of the Ukrainian Research Institute , Harvard University
Mark Kramer: Director, Cold War Studies Project, Davis Center

The President participates in the Friends of Ireland Luncheon
2025-03-12 12:05 (America/New_York)
In-Town Travel Pool

The President arrives The Capitol
2025-03-12 12:00 (America/New_York)

The President departs The White House en route The Capitol
2025-03-12 11:50 (America/New_York) | South Portico

Are Cable News and Legacy Media All But Dead?
2025-03-12 11:30 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | USC University Club, 705 West 34th Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, United States
Join CPF for a discussion on media decentralization and its impact on the major US political parties and global populist trends.

In the words of economist and scholar Arnold Kling, Martin Gurri saw it coming. Technology has categorically reversed the information balance of power between the public and the elites who manage the great hierarchical institutions of the industrial age: government, political parties, the media. Gurri’s book, “The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium,” tells the story of how insurgencies, enabled by digital devices and a vast information sphere, have mobilized millions of ordinary people around the world.

Join CPF for a discussion of how the changing media lanscape has contributed to global populist trends. Gurri, a former CIA analyst and an expert on the relationship between politics and media, is joined by CPF Director Bob Shrum, journalist and author Adam Nagourney, and Annenberg School of Journalism Director Gordon Stables. Don’t miss this insightful conversation about media decentralization and its impact on the major US political parties.

In-person attendees will be treated to FREE lunch. The first 40 attendees will also get a FREE copy of Gurri’s book that they can have signed by the author.

IN PERSON REGISTRATION:

ZOOM LINK COMING SOON

WHEREUSC University Club Scriptorium

WHEN11:30am — Doors open; first 40 attendees get a FREE copy of “The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium.” Lunch is served.
12:00pm — Conversation begins; Livestream begins on Zoom and Facebook @uscpolfuture
1:00pm — Conversation ends; Livestreams end; Book signing begins
1:30pm — Doors close

WHO
Martin Gurri – Former CIA analyst; Author of “The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium”
Bob Shrum – Director, USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future; Carmen H. and Louis Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics; Author of Concessions of a Serial Campaigner
Adam Nagourney – National political reporter for The New York Times; Author of “The Times: How the Newspaper of Record Survived Scandal, Scorn and the Transformation of Journalism” and “Out for Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in America”; Fall 2019 CPF Fellow
Gordon Stables – Director, USC Annenberg School of Journalism

IN PERSON REGISTRATION:

ZOOM LINK COMING SOON

The President participates in a bilateral meeting with the Taoiseach of Ireland
2025-03-12 10:50 (America/New_York) | Oval Office
White House Press Pool

The President greets the Taoiseach of Ireland
2025-03-12 10:45 (America/New_York) | Stakeout Location
Open Press

In-Town Pool Call Time
2025-03-12 09:00 (America/New_York)
In-Town Pool

Consumer Price Index
2025-03-12 08:30 UTC | Washington, DC

Real Earnings
2025-03-12 08:30 UTC | Washington, DC

Mary Beard, “Misleading Lives: The Perils of Ancient Biography”
2025-03-11 18:30 - 19:45 (America/New_York) | Proshansky Auditorium, The Graduate Center, 365 5th Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Annual Leon Levy Biography Lecture

Mary Beard, one of Britain’s best-known classicists and the author of many acclaimed books on ancient Rome, gives this year’s Leon Levy Lecture on the craft of biography. Her most recent book, Emperor of Rome, delves into what it actually meant to be a Roman emperor, offering insights into the nature of role and the people who inhabited it. A professor emerita at Cambridge, Beard has also written Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town; SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome; Women & Power; and Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern, among other books. A regular broadcaster and media commentator, she has written and presented television documentaries on history and culture, including two acclaimed series, Meet the Romans and Rome: Empire Without Limit.
Presented with the Leon Levy Center for Biography.

The President arrives The White House
2025-03-11 18:10 (America/New_York)

The President arrives The White House
2025-03-11 18:10 (America/New_York) | South Portico

The President departs Business Roundtable Office en route The White House
2025-03-11 18:05 (America/New_York)

CCT Dine & Discuss - So What Happened to the Parties of Lincoln and FDR?
2025-03-11 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | The Village Spot, 3150 Village Walk Circle, Naples, FL, 34109, United States
Join us at THE VILLAGE SPOT for a lively discussion with The Center for Critical Thinking!

The Village Spot is welcoming us with open arms and is excited to have our group!
The Village Spot
3150 Village Walk Circle
Naples, FL 34109
(Please announce at the gate that you’re attending the Center for Critical Thinking Dinner)

Refund Policy: Refunds only available up to 3 days before the event.
Eligible refunds are subject to a $4 service fee.

The event will start at 6:00 pm.

Speaker: Charles Kupchella
Topic: So What Happened to the Parties of Lincoln and FDR?
How did America’s system of political parties come about? Political parties aren’t mentioned at all in the Constitution – and were seen as threats by some of our country’s founders, so how and when did political parties acquire their standing – the right to shape government and define our choices – and do either of our principal political parties have a substantive core? The Republican Party has changed dramatically and would no doubt be unrecognizable to conservative stalwarts such as Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and Eisenhower. What happened? And what about the kaleidoscopic Democratic Party allowing itself to be identified with such extreme liberal nonsense as defunding the police and giving people free stuff. Are we stuck with a two-party system – and, if so, are we stuck with these two? Bring back the Whigs?

About the Speaker: Charles E. Kupchella, PhD served as President of the University of North Dakota from 1999 to 2008. He has held administrative positions and professorships of biology at five other universities and served as Associate Director of the University of Louisville’s School of Medicine Cancer Center. He is past-president of both the American Association for Cancer Education and the Kentucky Academy of Science. He holds a PhD in Biology from St. Bonaventure University and an undergraduate degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Dr. K is the author more than fifty published articles in medical and other scientific periodicals – also the author of eight books on varied topics such as cancer, the special senses, the environment and other aspects of human biology. Among his most recent books: The Tree Shack: A Story about the Foundations of Morality and the Origins of Humankind, 2014, Morality: How it Evolved and how it was Hijacked and Confounded by Religion, 2019, and “Our First Civil War: A Novel,” 2022.

Sergey Radchenko: Putin's End Game
2025-03-11 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | S020, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Russia: In Search of a New Paradigm: Conversations with Yevgenia Albats

Historian Sergey Radchenko of Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies will talk about Russia’s ambitions to divide the world among superpowers — the U.S., China, and Russia itself — based on his acclaimed book To Run the World: The Kremlin’s Cold War Bid for Global Power (Cambridge University Press, 2024), which includes a deep dive into the psychology behind the Kremlin’s decision-making.
Event Speakers:
Sergey Radchenko: Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Yevgenia Albats: Editor-in-Chief & CEO, The New Times

The President delivers remarks at Business Roundtable Quarterly Meeting
2025-03-11 17:00 (America/New_York)

The President arrives Business Roundtable Office
2025-03-11 16:45 (America/New_York) | Business Roundtable DC

The President departs The White House en route Business Roundtable Office
2025-03-11 16:40 (America/New_York) | South Portico

Press Briefing by the White House Press Secretary
2025-03-11 13:00 (America/New_York) | James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
On Camera

Women and Democracy in Latin America
2025-03-11 12:30 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | International Affairs Building (IAB802), 420 West 118th Street, Room IAB802, New York, NY, 10027, United States
Bringing together voices from Latin American politics, civil society, and the university for a fresh conversation on women and democracy.

On March 11, we’re bringing together voices from Latin American politics, civil society, and the university for a fresh conversation on Women and Democracy in Latin America.
Across the Western Hemisphere, organizations and movements have emerged that are focused on issues facing women in the public square, themes like leadership development, representation in politics, and online violence. What do these initiatives signal about changes in the broader political landscape and the emergence of new political leadership? How do they interact with traditional political structures and forms of participation? What is the promise of this new wave of civic participation for democratic resilience across the region? Join us for a discussion which features reflections on these questions and others, drawn from experiences of leaders and experts on the region

Moderator
Maria Victoria Murillo, Director of the Institute for Latin American Studies (ILAS) at Columbia University, Department of Political Science and School of International and Public Affairs

Guests

Silvia Lospennato, Member, Chamber of Deputies, Argentina
Natalia Herbst, Director for Latin America Strategy at Apolitical Foundation

This series is co-hosted by Incite Institute and the Institute for Latin American Studies in partnership with Apolitical Foundation.
The event will be held in IAB802, International Affairs Building, 420 W 118th St, New York, NY 10027. Pizza will be provided.
Attendance is free and open to the public, but registration is limited. Members of the public must register by Monday March 10th at noon.

The President and the Vice President have lunch
2025-03-11 12:30 (America/New_York) | Private Dining Room
Closed Press

Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
2025-03-11 10:00 UTC | Washington, DC

In-Town Pool Call Time
2025-03-11 09:00 (America/New_York) | The White House

The President holds a Ceremonial Swearing-In for the Director of the United States Secret Service
2025-03-10 17:00 (America/New_York) | Oval Office

Demasculinizing Russian “Politics of Loneliness"
2025-03-10 16:30 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | S250, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S250, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
The study examines the alienation of femininity as depicted in Russian street posters from before and after Russia’s attack on Ukraine.

In the context of contemporary Russian sovereigntism and revanchism, loneliness emerges as gendered, masculine anxiety that fuels Russian nationalism in world politics. To support this argument and explore the Russian case, Sergei Apokov argues that while representations of the Russian nation are feminized, the Russian state appears masculinized. The study examines the alienation of femininity as depicted in Russian street posters photographed between 2021 and 2023, before and shortly after Russia’s full-scale attack on Ukraine. These posters are analyzed as “dialectical collages,” which can be seen as a crucial step in preparing Russian society for war. Drawing on research conducted with Ekaterina Donskikh, Dr. Apokov also analyzes 29 videos of Vladimir Putin’s speeches to demonstrate how gendered humor is employed to address Russian masculine ontological insecurities and reinforce a heteronormative order in both foreign and domestic policy.
Deconstructing Russia’s masculine politics of loneliness provides an opportunity to envision an alternative, less gender binary and more gender-fluid conceptualization of Russian identity in global politics. Furthermore, the study of anxieties surrounding loneliness offers new insights and empirical evidence to explain why different segments of Russian society—from elites and the atomized populace to the anti-war diaspora in exile—find themselves in diverse “tidal pools of loneliness” and “regimes of truth.”
Event Speakers
Sergei Akopov, Walter Benjamin Research Fellow, Cluster of Excellence SCRIPTS, Free University of Berlin.
Myra Marx Ferree, Alice H. Cook Professor of Sociology Emerita, University of Wisconsin-Madison

The President signs Executive Orders
2025-03-10 15:00 (America/New_York) | Oval Office

The President holds a Roundtable with Technology CEO Council
2025-03-10 14:00 (America/New_York) | Roosevelt Room

Uzbekistan and Regional Cooperation in Central Asia
2025-03-10 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | S354, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Join the discussion exploring Uzbekistan’s evolving role in fostering regional cooperation, economic integration, and security collaboration

The discussion will explore Uzbekistan’s evolving role in fostering regional cooperation, economic integration, and security collaboration across Central Asia. The speaker, Akram Umarov, will discuss key developments in Uzbekistan’s diplomatic initiatives, trade partnerships, and infrastructure projects aimed at strengthening regional ties. He will also address ongoing challenges, including geopolitical tensions, water resource management, and economic disparities that impact regional stability. The event aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of Uzbekistan’s strategies and the broader prospects for cooperation in Central Asia.
Event Speakers:
Akram Umarov: Deputy Director, Institute for Advanced International Studies (Uzbekistan)
Nargis Kassenova: Senior Fellow; Director, Program on Central Asia, Davis Center
