The Week That Will Be

Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar)

Monday, October 20th at 3 pm: The Brookings Institution will host a panel discussion on US-Russia Relations: Beyond the Crisis in Ukraine. Victoria Panova, Steven Pifer, Jeremy Shapiro, and Michael E. O'Hanlon will speak on the future of U.S.-Russia cooperation on the two countries many common interests, including Iran, Afghanistan, and to some extent, North Korea. More information here.

Tuesday, October 21st at 12 pm: At the Woodrow Wilson Center, Jubin Goodarzi, will give a speech on Iranian Policy Toward the Iraqi and Syrian Crises, providing an overview of the evolving situation and focusing on Iran’s policies, perspectives, interests, and options in the ongoing Syrian and Iraqi crises. RSVP here. 

Wednesday, October 22nd at 3 pm: The entangled threat of crime, corruption, and terrorism remain important security challenges in the twenty-first century. In her new book, Dirty Entanglements: Corruption, Crime, and Terrorism, Louise Shelley argues that their continued spread can be traced to economic and demographic inequalities, the rise of ethnic and sectarian violence, climate change, the growth of technology, and the past failure of international institutions to respond to these challenges when they first emerged. Join Carnegie for a discussion with Louise Shelley. Milan Vaishnev will act as discussant, and Moisés Naím will moderate. Register to attend here.

Thursday, October 23rd at 9:30 am: The Stimson Center will hold a panel discussion entitled Iran and the Arab World After the Nuclear Deadline: Possible Scenarios. Discussants will cover Iran’s involvement and interventions in the Middle East and whether recent developments in nuclear talks will cause Iran to adopt a different course in the region. Geneive Abdo will moderate a conversation with Mehrzad Boroujerdi and Abbas Kadhim. RSVP here. 

Thursday, October 23rd at 10 am: The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace will host a discussion with David S. Cohen on Disrupting ISIL's Money Trail. With a broad international effort underway to degrade and defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), David S. Cohen will outline the United States’ strategy to undermine the organization’s financial foundation. He will discuss the terrorist financing challenge posed by ISIL, the group’s sources of revenue, and explain how the Treasury Department, together with its counterparts across the U.S. government and its international partners, is working to address the threat. Marwan Muasher will moderate. Register here.

Employment Announcements (More details on the Job Board)

ORGANIZATION: Office of the Director of National Intelligence JOB ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: 16871

SALARY RANGE:	$124,995-$157,100 / Per Year
OPEN PERIOD:	Sept. 11, 2014 to Sept. 11, 2015
POSITION INFORMATION:	Permanent
DUTY LOCATIONS:	McLean, VA
WHO MAY APPLY:	US Citizens
SECURITY CLEARANCE:	Top Secret/SCI with CI

JOB SUMMARY: The Office of General Counsel (OSG) of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence provides legal advice and counsel to the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and other ODNI officials on a wide range of legal issues to include intelligence and national security law, procurement and acquisition law, personnel law, government ethics, budget and fiscal law, general administrative law, legislative support, government information practices, and intellectual property law.MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide expert legal advice and guidance to senior ODNI leadership on complex areas of law affecting ODNI's duties and responsibilities under the National Security Act, Presidential directives, Executive Orders, and other related laws and policies.
• Provide expert legal counsel to support the development, review, and preparation of US Government-wide policies, procedures, guidelines, rules, and standards.
• Counsel clients, including senior ODNI leaders, on complex legal issues and provide innovative and highly effective guidance on possible courses of action; expertly prepare complex, high profile, and persuasive legal documents on complex legal issues for a variety of internal and external recipients.
• Provide timely reviews of planned ODNI and IC activities for compliance with the Constitution and laws of the US, Executive Orders, and other applicable regulations and policies affecting ODNI and the IC and brief ODNI leaders on potential legal and policy issues, and develop solutions to address difficult legal problems having potential high-level or large-scale impact on the ODNI's or the IC missions and activities.
• Provide expert briefings and advocate for ODNI and IC views on particular matters to Executive Branch entities, Congress, and private sector entities; cogently brief senior ODNI leaders on legal issues that relate to or effect ODNI and IC activities.

For more information and for directions on how to apply, please visit the employment announcement.