Washington, D.C. — The Center for American Progress and The Century Foundation will host a program on Friday, January 23, reflecting on the past four years of Egypt’s transition, featuring a keynote address by retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, former commander of the U.S. Central Command. The program will include an expert panel discussing the Center for American Progress’ new report, “A New Anchor for U.S.-Egypt Relations: Looking to the Future and Learning from the Past Four Years of Egypt’s Transitions,” authored by Brian Katulis and Mokhtar Awad.
It will also feature a discussion on The Century Foundation’s Thanassis Cambanis’ new book, Once Upon a Revolution: An Egyptian Story. In the book, the author argues that until the Egyptian government addresses root problems of economic and political grievances it will continue to face turmoil.
WHAT:
Welcoming remarks:
Rudy deLeon, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Keynote remarks: 10:00 a.m. ET – 10:30 a.m. ET
Gen. James N. Mattis, former Commander, U.S. Central Command
Panel 1: 10:30 a.m. ET – 11:30 a.m. ET
A New Anchor for U.S.-Egypt Relations: Looking to the Future and Learning from the Past Four Years of Egypt’s Transitions
Amy Hawthorne, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
Michael Hanna, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation
Mokhtar Awad, Research Associate, Center for American Progress
Moderator:
Brian Katulis, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Panel 2: 11:30 a.m. ET – 12:15 p.m. ET
Once Upon a Revolution: An Egyptian Story
Thanassis Cambanis, Author, Once Upon a Revolution: An Egyptian Story; Fellow, The Century Foundation
Steven A. Cook, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Moderator:
Hardin Lang, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
WHEN:
January 23, 2015, 10:00 a.m. ET – 12:15 p.m. ET
WHERE:
Center for American Progress
1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor
Washington, D.C., 20005
For more information, contact Tom Caiazza at [email protected] or 202.481.7141.