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(U) IAI Essay Contest Winners
FROM: Brenda Martineau
International Affairs Institute
Run Date: 08/26/2004
(U//FOUO) The winners of the International Affairs Institute's annual essay contest have been
announced!
First place ($300) : "Echoes of the Past: A Global Scenario for 2020," by
S2J34
Second place ($200) : "The Empire of Unintended Consequences," by
IOTC
Third place ($100): "The World in 2020: A Summary of the Current International
Situation; A Point Paper for the President Elect " by
MRSOC
(U//FOUO) Read these papers at the Essay contest webpage .
(U) What is the IAI?
(U//FOUO) The International Affairs Institute has been reaching out to the workforce for over 30
years, presenting to the NSA population 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.
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 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. If you would like to join
IAI, please contact
.
(U//FOUO) For more information on this organization, visit the International Affairs Institute
webpage ("go IAI").
(U//FOUO) For information on other Learned Organizations, see the recent SIDtoday series .
"(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet
without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)."
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