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Meeting the Moment: The Scholars at Risk Program at Harvard University
2025-11-07 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | CGIS South, S020 Belfer Case Study Room, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
In this keynote address, program director Jane Unrue will discuss the history of Harvard SAR, reflecting on how the program has evolved.

Now in its 25th year, the Scholars at Risk (SAR) Program at Harvard University is the oldest program of its kind in the United States. In this keynote address, program director Jane Unrue will discuss the history of Harvard SAR, reflecting on how the program has evolved and why. She’ll describe how those working to provide refuge to at-risk and persecuted scholars, artists, and writers from around the world are responding to new challenges and obstacles on both international and domestic fronts. Unrue will explore what it means to be engaged in the protection of academic freedom and freedom of expression at a time of such rapid and multi-dimensional change.
The talk is part of the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Northeast Network Faculty and Administrators Workshop “Protecting Vulnerable Scholars and Partnerships” held at the Davis Center on November 7 and November 8.

Out-of-Town Travel Pool Call Time
2025-11-07 14:00 (America/New_York) | Joint Base Andrews
Out-of-Town Travel Pool

The President participates in a Bilateral Lunch with the Prime Minister of Hungary
2025-11-07 11:45 (America/New_York) | Cabinet Room
Closed Press

The President greets the Prime Minister of Hungary
2025-11-07 11:30 (America/New_York) | Stakeout Location
Open Press

In-Town Pool Call Time
2025-11-07 09:00, 2025-11-05 08:00 (America/New_York) | The White House

Employment Situation
2025-11-07 08:30 UTC | Washington, DC

The President participates in a Dinner with Central Asian Countries
2025-11-06 19:00 (America/New_York) | East Room
White House Press Pool

The President participates in Multilateral Meetings with Central Asian Countries
2025-11-06 18:00 (America/New_York) | Oval Office

The Lusophone Future
2025-11-06 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | 121 Bay State Rd, 121 Bay State Road, Boston, MA, 02215, United States
Come join us for a conversation discussing the importance of the Portuguese language in today’s world.

Please join us for a panel with the Portuguese and Brazilian General Consuls of Boston to discuss the importance of the Portuguese language as well as how Lusophone countries maintain diplomatic relations in a changing world.

The President makes an Announcement
2025-11-06 11:00 (America/New_York) | Oval Office

Mexico Country Outlook 2026 — Public Release
2025-11-06 10:30 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Rice University’s Baker Institute, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, United States
Join us for the public release of our flagship report, Mexico Country Outlook 2026.

The Mexico Country Outlook is an annual event and report produced by the Baker Institute Center for the U.S. and Mexico that unpacks the major policy issues facing Mexico and the U.S.-Mexico relationship in the year ahead. Now in its 2026 edition, the program provides investors, businesses, policy makers and the public with a strategic edge to navigate the complexity of Mexico’s policy landscape and the challenges and opportunities of the coming year.
This year’s Mexico Country Outlook public release event will feature Tony Payan, director of the Center for the U.S. and Mexico, who will present the report’s major findings and discuss Mexico’s political, economic, and security outlook, as well as emerging trends in trade, energy, and environmental policy. Open to both the public and members of the media, the event will provide an opportunity to learn directly from Payan about the report’s findings, gain deeper insight into Mexico’s evolving policy environment and explore its implications for U.S.-Mexico relations in 2026.

In-Town Pool Call Time
2025-11-06 09:00 (America/New_York)

Productivity and Costs
2025-11-06 08:30 UTC | Washington, DC

Livestream—The Triumph of Economic Freedom With Former Senator Phil Gramm
2025-11-05 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago)
Join us virtually for a discussion with Former Senator Phil Gramm

What if much of what we think we know about capitalism is wrong? From the Industrial Revolution to the 2008 financial crisis, debates over the roles of markets and government have shaped American history. But separating fact from myth has never been easy.
Former U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm will join John Diamond for an armchair conversation on “The Triumph of Economic Freedom: Debunking the Seven Great Myths of American Capitalism” (Bloomsbury, 2025), co-authored with economist Donald J. Boudreaux. The book argues capitalism has driven rising incomes, improved health and expanded opportunity since the Industrial Revolution. At key moments in U.S. history — the Progressive Era, the Great Depression and the Great Recession — Gramm and Boudreaux contend that government control often weakened the freedoms that fuel prosperity.
Using a data-driven approach, the authors challenge common beliefs: that the Industrial Revolution impoverished workers, the New Deal saved capitalism, trade hollowed out manufacturing, deregulation triggered the financial crisis and inequality reflects systemic failure.

The Triumph of Economic Freedom: With Former Senator Phil Gramm
2025-11-05 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, United States
Join us for a discussion and book signing with Former Senator Phil Gramm

What if much of what we think we know about capitalism is wrong? From the Industrial Revolution to the 2008 financial crisis, debates over the roles of markets and government have shaped American history. But separating fact from myth has never been easy.
Former U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm will join John Diamond for an armchair conversation on “The Triumph of Economic Freedom: Debunking the Seven Great Myths of American Capitalism” (Bloomsbury, 2025), co-authored with economist Donald J. Boudreaux. The book argues capitalism has driven rising incomes, improved health and expanded opportunity since the Industrial Revolution. At key moments in U.S. history — the Progressive Era, the Great Depression and the Great Recession — Gramm and Boudreaux contend that government control often weakened the freedoms that fuel prosperity.
Using a data-driven approach, the authors challenge common beliefs: that the Industrial Revolution impoverished workers, the New Deal saved capitalism, trade hollowed out manufacturing, deregulation triggered the financial crisis and inequality reflects systemic failure.
A book signing with Gramm will follow. Copies of “The Triumph of Economic Freedom” (Bloomsbury, 2025) will be available for purchase. This Director’s Lecture Series is co-sponsored by the Baker Institute Center for Tax and Budget Policy. It is free and open to the public.

The Triumph of Economic Freedom With Former Senator Phil Gramm
2025-11-05 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, United States

The President arrives The White House
2025-11-05 17:05 (America/New_York) | South Lawn

AI: A Constructive Conversation Workshop Series
2025-11-05 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Taper Hall (THH), 3501 Trousdale Parkway, ROOM THH 214, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, United States
In this interactive workshop hosted by the USC Center for the Political Future, Urban Rural Action, and Fuller Seminary.

In this interactive workshop hosted by the USC Center for the Political Future, Urban Rural Action, and Fuller Seminary, participants will learn the ABCs of Constructive Conversation and engage in small group discussions exploring diverse perspectives on artificial intelligence. Pizza is provided.

Is AI a powerful tool that will expand opportunity and innovation? Or is it a threat to jobs, privacy, and even democracy? Some see AI as the next great leap forward, while others warn it could be humanity’s biggest mistake. You don’t need to agree with the other attendees — in fact, it’s better if you don’t. This is a chance to practice meaningful dialogue while tackling one of the most important issues of our time.

Join us on Wednesday, October 15, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM for an evening of connection and conversation that builds understanding across differences.

This workshop is brought to you by Urban Rural Action, a national grassroots movement that brings Americans together across differences to address our country’s most urgent challenges. Joe Bubman, Executive Director of Urban Rural Action, and Christy Vines, Founding Executive Director at the Fuller Center for Peacebuilding & Conflict Transformation, will lead the workshop.

Cookies and Conversation with Julia Mead
2025-11-05 16:15 - 17:15 (America/New_York) | 121 Bay State Rd, 121 Bay State Road, Boston, MA, 02215, United States
Come join Julia Mead (Harvard University) for cookies and conversation following her seminar.

Following her talk “The Allure of the Gas Stove: Gender and Energy Security in Socialist Czechoslovakia,” please join Julia Mead for Cookies & Conversation.

Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) in U.S. Security Cooperation.
2025-11-05 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | The Institute of World Politics, Commodore Barry Room, 1521 16th Street Northwest, Washington, DC, 20036, United States
Join Dr. Susan Yoshihara for a lecture, reception, and signing of “Women, Peace, & Security in U.S. Security Cooperation.”

About the Lecture:
The authors of this groundbreaking book explore the origins, rationale, and evolution of Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) efforts in the context of US security cooperation. Focusing on real-world policy and practice, they draw on cases ranging from post–World War II Japan to contemporary Ghana to demonstrate how including women in security cooperation efforts, while not without challenges, has improved operational effectiveness across the US military, built better security relationships, and advanced civil-military relations and human rights.
Book link

About the Speaker:
A faculty member at IWP, Susan Yoshihara is founder and president of American Council on Women Peace and Security, a non-partisan, nonprofit think tank in the nation’s capital advancing peace and security for women, their families, and communities through education, on-the-ground engagement, policy analysis, and advocacy.
Dr. Yoshihara is a senior advisor on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) to NORAD and USNORTHCOM. She was WPS Advisor to Defense Security Cooperation Agency and University from 2020-2023 where she led the team that integrated the requirements of the WPS Act of 2017 into education and training for the U.S. security cooperation workforce.
Dr. Yoshihara participated in UN negotiations on development, security, and human rights from 2006-2020 as part of civil society, serving on the Holy See delegation during the Commission on Population and Development, and advising the UN Security Council at its Open Debate on Children Affected by Armed Conflict.She served twenty years as a U.S. Naval Aviator, leading helicopter combat logistics missions in the Gulf War and humanitarian assistance and search and rescue missions in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Islands. She was on the faculty at the U.S. Naval War College, and is on the board of directors of the White House Fellows Alumni Association and Foundation.
Dr. Yoshihara is the author of several peer-reviewed and law review articles; her books include Waging War to Make Peace: U.S. Intervention in Global Conflicts, and Population Decline and the Remaking of Great Power Politics. Her current book project on the American Way of Women Peace and Security examines how the United States is implementing WPS through security cooperation in an era of strategic competition.
Dr. Yoshihara holds a Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, M.F.A. in creative writing from Antioch University, Los Angeles, M.A. in National Security Affairs from the Naval Postgraduate School, and B.S. from the U.S. Naval Academy.

The President departs Miami, Florida, en route The White House
2025-11-05 14:40 (America/New_York) | Miami International Airport

Gender and Energy Security in Socialist Czechoslovakia
2025-11-05 14:30 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | 121 Bay State Rd, 121 Bay State Road, Boston, MA, 02215, United States
Join Julia Mead (Harvard University) for “The Allure of the Gas Stove: Gender and Energy Security in Socialist Czechoslovakia.”

In the twentieth century, Czechoslovakia had one of the highest per capita coal production rates in the world. During the socialist period, this fossil bounty formed the base of the country’s economy, and coal fueled everything from motorcycles to steel mills. From the 1960s on, however, Czechoslovakia became increasingly entangled in the global petroleum trade, thanks to the construction of pipelines that delivered oil and gas from the Soviet Union. After the global energy crises of the 1970s, Czechoslovak planners tried to return to an energy independent, coal-only economy, but they found that their citizens’ consumer desires had become inextricably entwined with oil and gas. Zooming in to the level of the household reveals that these consumer desires had a distinct gendered dimension: many women favored gas stoves and heaters for their convenience, while their husbands, fathers, and brothers favored coal for the independence they felt it gave their family and their country. This talk uses conflicts over the gas stove (and water heater and furnace) to illuminate the affective, practical, and gendered elements of energy security.

The President delivers remarks at the America Business Forum Miami
2025-11-05 13:00 (America/New_York) | Kaseya Center, Miami
Pre-Credentialed Media

The President arrives Miami, Florida
2025-11-05 12:00 (America/New_York) | Miami International Airport

The President departs The White House en route Miami, Florida
2025-11-05 09:35 (America/New_York) | South Lawn

Out-of-Town Pool Call Time
2025-11-05 08:40 (America/New_York) | Joint Base Andrews
Out-of-Town Pool

The President delivers remarks at Breakfast with Republican Senators
2025-11-05 08:30 (America/New_York) | State Dining Room

Livestream—Joni Sue Lane Lecture Series: Discussion with Dr. France Cordova
2025-11-04 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago)
Join us for a conversation regarding funding trends and policy shifts — and what it means for the future of research and innovation.

Science in the U.S. is at a pivotal moment. With major federal agencies facing steep budget cuts, researchers across the country are grappling with shrinking resources, stalled projects, and growing uncertainty.
At the inaugural installment of the Joni Sue Lane Lecture Series on Women in Science and Technology, Dr. France Córdova, president of the Science Philanthropy Alliance and former director of the US National Science Foundation (NSF), will give a keynote lecture on science, science funding, and the importance of fundamental research as well as her journey as a physicist. This lecture will take a closer look at where things stand — from funding trends to policy shifts — and what it all means for the future of research and innovation.
The Joni Sue Lane Lecture Series aims to recognize and amplify the vital contributions of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. It’s named in honor Joni Lane, a talented systems programmer, who worked at the Federal Aviation Agency and Rice University in the early days of computing. The Joni Sue Lane Lecture Series, funded by the Lane Family Endowment, is a part of the Baker Institute Civic Scientist Lecture Series, sponsored by Dr. Virginia Clark, with additional support from Benjamin and Winifer Cheng, Rice University’s George R. Brown School of Engineering and Weiss School of Natural Sciences.
This event is free and open to the public.

Joni Sue Lane Lecture Series: A Conversation with Dr. France Cordova
2025-11-04 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, United States
