Please join us at CSIS for two expert panel discussions on the use of soft power by the Trump Administration. This conversation is particularly relevant now, at a time when the value of "soft" and strategic U.S. engagement in the world is being questioned.

Please register above only if you plan to attend in person. A webcast will not be available for this event. 

The first panel from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. will focus on how responsibilities for engagement should be divided between the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Featuring

Rodney Bent

Former Acting Chief Executive Officer
Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)

 

Les Munson

Deputy Assistant Administrator
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Patrick Fine

Former Vice President for Compact Operations
Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)

 

Moderated by

Alicia Phillips Mandaville

Former Chief Strategy Officer 
Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) The second panel from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. will highlight the soft power role of agencies such as the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). 

Featuring

John Simon

Former Executive Vice President 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)

 

Lee Zak

Former Director
U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)

 

John Wasielewski

Founding Director of the Office of Development Credit
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

 

Moderated by

Daniel F. Runde

William A. Schreyer Chair and Director
Project on Prosperity and Development, CSIS

 
The Project on Prosperity and Development published a brief report this week on the role of the MCC with the next administration, and why there needs to be a greater share of responsibilities amongst development agencies.

This event is made possible by general support to CSIS. 
No direct sponsorship contributed to this event.