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(U) The International Affairs Institute
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Run Date: 07/20/2004
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International Affairs Institute
(U//FOUO) The International Affairs Institute has been reaching
out to the workforce for over 30 years, presenting to the NSA
workforce a variety of distinguished speakers from government,
industry, and academia. The IAI is a member of NSA's Council of
Learned Organizations and its aim is to promote an interest in
international events and affairs while providing unique insights into
those issues. The IAI pursues its mission through the following
activities:
The International Challenge : Open to all NSA employees, the
annual International Challenge is an unclassifed written contest
which consists of 100 multiple-choice questions on the following
topics: international and domestic affairs, politics, economics,
history, current events, the military, and geography. Cash prizes
are awarded to the participants achieving the first-, second-, and
third-highest scores. The next Challenge will be this fall.
Essay Contest : The IAI's annual essay contest covers a range of
subjects, and this year's contest on Global Scenarios for the Year
2020 has the potential to inform the National Intelligence Council's
2020 project. Cash prizes will also be awarded!
Speaker Series : One of the IAI's highest priorities is to arrange
for speakers to address the NSA workforce on matters of current
international interest. Recent speakers have included:
Ambassador Wendy Sherman, Former Special Advisor to
President Clinton and Policy Coordinator on North Korea,
who spoke on "North Korea, Iran, and Beyond: Where in
the World Are We?"
Bruce Berkowitz, Senior Analyst, Rand Corporation, who
discussed his book "The New Face of War: How War Will be
Fought in the 21st Century."
Mark Lowenthal, A/DCI for Analysis & Production, who
spoke on "The Global War on Terrorism: Implications for the
Intelligence Community."
Ambassador Nat Howell, who spoke on "Iraq, Middle East
and Al Q'aida."
Book Sales : IAI hosts book sales that offer members the
opportunity to sell their books related to international relations and
pick up some new titles. Our next used book consignment sale is
being planned for early December.
(U//FOUO) The organization is also extremely well connected to
the IA (Intelligence Analysis) Intern program . An intern sits on the
IAI Board, and the organization has recently instituted a new policy
SERIES:
(U) Learned
Organizations
1. Join a Learned
Organization
2. The Crypto-Linguistic
Association (CLA)
3. The CryptoMathematics
Institute (CMI)
4. The International
Affairs Institute
granting membership to all IA Intern new-hires, free of charge for
their first year. This recruitment tool has been very successful, and
has prompted IAI to reach out to the other skill-field communities
with a similar membership agreement offer.
(U//FOUO) Membership : IAI is currently encouraging new
membership and has 3 positions coming available on the Board of
Governors. Elections will take place the first week of August. (See
announcement .) If you would like to join IAI as a general member
or nominate yourself for a Board position, please contact
).
(U//FOUO) For more information on this organization, visit the
International Affairs Institute webpage ("go IAI").
"(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet
without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)."
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