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Dear Friends and Colleagues of CSID:

You are invited to attend the following event next Tuesday:

Engaging Religious Communities Abroad: A New Imperative for U.S. Foreign Policy


February 23, 2010 | 11:30AM - 2:00 PM
Copley Formal Lounge
Georgetown University
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On Tuesday, February 23, 2010, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Task Force on Religion and the Making of U.S. Foreign Policy will release its final report, which focuses on strategies for better incorporating an understanding of religion into the U.S. foreign policymaking framework. The Task Force is comprised of high level and influential policymakers, academics, constitutional lawyers and religious leaders.  Dr. Radwan Masmoudi, President of CSID, has been an active member of this task force for the past 18 months and participated in the writing and editing of this report.


11:30 a.m. Registration and Lunch

12:00 p.m. Introduction and Welcome Remarks by:
Thomas Banchoff, Director, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, Georgetown University
Marshall M. Bouton, President, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs

12:15 p.m. Presentation of the Task Force Report by Cochairs and Discussants:
R. Scott Appleby, Director, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
Richard Cizik, President, New Evangelical Partnership
E.J. Dionne, Professor, Georgetown Public Policy Institute

Panel Discussion with Council Members to follow until 2:00 p.m.