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2025 February

• 02/04/2025 – Global Business Briefing with His Excellency Daniel García-Peña, Ambassador of Colombia...
• 02/03/2025 – From the Ground to the Galaxies: How New Actors Can Thrive...

2025 January

• 01/31/2025 – Request for Proposal: Document Translation Services for Meridian International Center
• 01/30/2025 – Understanding Washington: A Deep Dive into Federalism
• 01/29/2025 – Statecraft: Governors on the World Stage
• 01/29/2025 – America250 Diplomatic Briefing: Engaging the Diplomatic Corps for America’s 2026 Semiquincentennial
• 01/24/2025 – Reception Commemorating the 60th Presidential Inauguration
• 01/23/2025 – City of Hope: Gandhi, King and the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign
• 01/21/2025 – Request for Quotation: Technical Experts for USTDA-funded Programs
• 01/13/2025 – Request for Proposal: DC Ground Transportation for Meridian International Center
• 01/10/2025 – Shifting Views on Globalization: Adapting Private Sector Strategies to Finance and...
• 01/08/2025 – Welcome to Washington
• 01/08/2025 – Global Business Briefing with Sarah Morgenthau, Special Representative for Commercial &...
• 01/08/2025 – Revitalizing Trust with AI: Boosting Governance and Public Services 
• 01/07/2025 – Combatting Plastic Pollution
• 01/07/2025 – Interfaith Advocacy and Civic Engagement

2024 December

• 12/19/2024 – Emerging Archive Technologies to Safeguard Cultural Heritage
• 12/16/2024 – America in Transition: Navigating Leadership Changes and the Trump Administration Handoff
• 12/12/2024 – Social Media as a Tool for Building Information Resilience
• 12/11/2024 – 2024 Meridian Holiday Reception with Blair House
• 12/09/2024 – Meridian International Center Hosts Landmark Symposium on Strategic Subnational Diplomacy, Empowering...
• 12/09/2024 – Building Capacity for Responsible, Inclusive, and Rights-Respecting Approaches to AI 
• 12/09/2024 – Wildest Dreams: The Impact of Open Diplomacy on Strengthening North American...
• 12/09/2024 – Special Report: America’s Private Sector Edge: Insights to Bolstering U.S. Business...
• 12/05/2024 – Combating Trafficking in Persons
• 12/05/2024 – Education in the Digital Age II
• 12/04/2024 – Global Business Briefing with House Ways and Means Committee Chief Trade...
• 12/04/2024 – 2024 Meridian Summit: Innovate to Dominate: Harnessing Technology for Geopolitical Edge...
• 12/04/2024 – 2024 Meridian Summit: Collaborative Investment for Growth: Navigating a New Global...
• 12/04/2024 – 2024 Meridian Summit: Resilience Redefined: Corporate Strategies for an Unpredictable World 
• 12/03/2024 – 2024 Meridian Summit: Securing an Insecure World
• 12/03/2024 – 2024 Meridian Summit: The State of Geopolitics
• 12/03/2024 – 2024 Meridian Summit: The Global Swing States: Volatility and Conflict

2024 November

• 11/26/2024 – 2024 Meridian Summit: Subnational Diplomacy: A Growing Force in U.S. International...
• 11/26/2024 – 2024 Meridian Summit: Navigating National Ambitions in a Global Race for...
• 11/26/2024 – 2024 Meridian Summit: The Global Stakes of Semiconductor Supply Chains 
• 11/26/2024 – 2024 Meridian Summit: Resilient Power: Ukraine’s Energy Sector as a Catalyst...
• 11/25/2024 – Empowering Economies: How the G7 is Leveraging AI for Sustainable Growth...
• 11/25/2024 – 13th Annual Meridian Summit
• 11/18/2024 – Charting New Orbits: New U.S. Space Export Reforms
• 11/18/2024 – PAYLP 2023 Mini-Grant Highlights – Burkina Faso
• 11/15/2024 – Culture Crimes: The Illicit Art Market and the Fight for Cultural...
• 11/14/2024 – Not Too Young to Run: Engaging Youth in the Political Process...
• 11/13/2024 – After the Vote: America’s 2024 Election Debrief

2024 October

• 10/28/2024 – Global Business Briefing with His Excellency Andreas Michaelis
• 10/28/2024 – The Enduring Legacy of Collective Defense: 75th Anniversary of the North...
• 10/25/2024 – The 56th Annual Meridian Ball
• 10/23/2024 – NGO Management II
• 10/22/2024 – Global Business Briefing with The Honorable Stephen K. Benjamin, Assistant to...
• 10/09/2024 – Fostering Global Security Through Defense Industrial Cooperation
• 10/09/2024 – Promoting Cybersecurity: Cyber Resilience
• 10/03/2024 – Congress Bundestag-Bundesrat Staff Exchange Program 2024
• 10/03/2024 – Meridian to host 2024 Meridian Summit: Shaping Geopolitical Futures
• 10/02/2024 – The Global Government-to-Government Partnership (G3P) – 2024 Japanese Fellows

2024 September

• 09/27/2024 – Finding Solutions to Shared Challenges: The Next Generation of Science Diplomats
• 09/26/2024 – IVLP Impact Awards Perspectives – Understanding the Global Movement of People
• 09/18/2024 – Workforce Development for Critical and Emerging Technologies in the Quad
• 09/18/2024 – Purposeful Partnerships: Highlights from Meridian’s Annual Congressional and Ambassadorial Spouses Luncheon
• 09/17/2024 – Global Business Briefing with Her Excellency Smriti Irani, Former Indian Cabinet...
• 09/13/2024 – Celebrating Newly-Arrived Ambassadors at Meridian’s Welcome to Washington
• 09/11/2024 – Examining the Transatlantic Economic Partnership: Insights from Meridian’s Global Dialogue Dinner
• 09/10/2024 – September 2024 Corporate Diplomacy Global Leaders Program
• 09/04/2024 – 2024 GEC Conference – Impact of Corporate Diplomacy on Entrepreneurship +...
• 09/03/2024 – Investing in the Future of American Diplomacy: The 2024 Inaugural Meridian-Cox...

2024 August

• 08/28/2024 – IVLP Impact Awards Perspectives – Healing Hooves: Restoring Community through Innovative...
• 08/21/2024 – Understanding Corporate Diplomacy in the North American Context
• 08/21/2024 – Geopolitical Resilience: The New Imperative for American Business and Diplomacy
• 08/21/2024 – America’s Mega-Decade of Sports is a Powerhouse of Diplomacy
• 08/21/2024 – Central Piedmont Community College Student Selected for Meridian-Cox Foreign Service Fellowship...
• 08/21/2024 – The White House 1600 Sessions Podcast “Blair House: The President’s Guest...
• 08/21/2024 – State Department and Meridian International Center Launch Global Business of Media...
• 08/21/2024 – United States Hosts Creators and Intellectual Property Policymakers from Ghana, Kenya,...
• 08/21/2024 – Jibilika Partners US to Promote Hip-Hop Culture
• 08/21/2024 – Amaya Gains Insight Into Foreign Service
• 08/21/2024 – DC Diplomatic Spouses Take Center Stage in Culture and Soft Diplomacy
• 08/21/2024 – A Better America 250
• 08/21/2024 – U.S. Mission to the OAS Celebrates Pan-American Day and Jazz Appreciation...
• 08/21/2024 – The New Space Race: International Partnerships (Op-Ed)
• 08/21/2024 – Yemariam Gebeyehu, BA IR ’26, Selected for Prestigious Meridian-Cox Foreign Service...
• 08/21/2024 – Kofas Represents Ghana at US Department of State-Funded Training Program
• 08/21/2024 – Uzbekistan: Deaf Photographers Document the World Around Them
• 08/21/2024 – Buttigieg Swipes at Congressional Inaction on Rail Safety Bill as Biden...
• 08/21/2024 – Kayla Barral named a Meridian-Cox Foreign Service Fellow for Emerging Leaders
• 08/21/2024 – The 2024 Meridian Space Diplomacy Forum: Advancing Dialogue for the Expanding...
• 08/21/2024 – America’s global ‘soft power’ strategy is aging poorly — especially compared...
• 08/21/2024 – Pete Buttigieg complains Railroad Safety Act still ‘waiting its turn’
• 08/21/2024 – Secretary Buttigieg on Advancing Transportation Agenda
• 08/21/2024 – Bp Renegades for Cultural Exchange Tour with US students
• 08/21/2024 – Hip-Hop Diplomacy: State Department Using Urban Music To Push Racial Justice...
• 08/21/2024 – New Ambassadors Welcomed to DC
• 08/21/2024 – Iryna Borovets Paid a Working Visit to the USA
• 08/21/2024 – US-UK Ties Anchored on Mutual Respect Despite Disagreements’
• 08/21/2024 – U.S. Department of State Brings International Hip Hop Artists to the...
• 08/21/2024 – The Department of State’s Reception Centers: Back to the Future
• 08/21/2024 – Celebrate International Jazz Day this Weekend
• 08/21/2024 – Artemis Accords Signatories to Meet This Month
• 08/21/2024 – This DMV Real Estate Agent has Become a Reluctant Social Media...
• 08/21/2024 – 2024 White House Correspondents’ Foreign Press Party
• 08/21/2024 – Libertarian love-in takes hold in LA
• 08/21/2024 – UAE Recognized for Achievements in Space at Meridian Space Diplomacy Forum
• 08/21/2024 – Annual Meridian Forum for Space Diplomacy Celebrates the UAE’s Achievements in...
• 08/21/2024 – Lithuania 40th Nation to Sign Artemis Accords
• 08/21/2024 – Peru and Slovakia Sign the Artemis Accords
• 08/21/2024 – Breakdancing News: Diplomacy Meets Hip Hop as 22 Artists Visit US
• 08/21/2024 – First-Year History Student Awarded Prestigious Fellowship
• 08/21/2024 – Advocating for Responsible Exploration of the Final Frontier
• 08/21/2024 – OAS, Meridian Center Foster Diplomatic-Business-Policy Dialogue
• 08/21/2024 – Armenia Signs Artemis Accords
• 08/21/2024 – OAS – Meridian International Center to Promote Collaboration and Dialogue Between...
• 08/21/2024 – European Visitors and Students Discuss Pressing Global Issues
• 08/21/2024 – American Resources Corporation’s ReElement Technologies Adds Former United States Ambassador Mark...
• 08/15/2024 – Pan Africa Youth Leadership Program (PAYLP) – Spring 2024 Opening
• 08/14/2024 – Trilateral Security and Economic Prosperity in the Indo-Pacific Region
• 08/08/2024 – Understanding Washington: A Deep Dive into Federalism
• 08/02/2024 – The 2024 British American Parliamentary Group Luncheon
• 08/01/2024 – 2024 British American Parliamentary Group (BAPG)
• 08/01/2024 – Educational Resilience Following Natural Disasters

2024 July

• 07/31/2024 – Press Release: Meridian International Center and U.S. Department of State Launch...
• 07/29/2024 – Blog: Youth Civic Engagement in an Election Year
• 07/25/2024 – Meridian Celebrates the Impactful Contributions of Embassy Social Secretaries & Cultural...
• 07/24/2024 – Blog: IVLP Impact Awards Perspectives: Building Stronger Communities: Combatting Human Trafficking...
• 07/19/2024 – Global Business Briefing with Mr. Daniel Erikson, Special Assistant to the...
• 07/17/2024 – The Art of Activism
• 07/17/2024 – Culinary Crossroads: Exploring the Intersection of Food, Culture, and Diplomacy
• 07/17/2024 – 2024 Meridian Cultural Diplomacy Awards Gala
• 07/17/2024 – 2024 Culturefix Morning Conversations
• 07/17/2024 – Fireside Chat with Gloria & Emilio Estefan
• 07/15/2024 – Entrée to Dialogue: German Ambassador hosts the first dinner for Meridian’s...
• 07/12/2024 – EPA’s Environmental Blueprint: Insights@Meridian with The Honorable Jane Nishida
• 07/12/2024 – Special Report: Space Diplomacy Forum – Advancing Dialogue for the Expanding...
• 07/03/2024 – Press Release: Meridian International Center Celebrates the Legacy of the Meridian-Cox...

2024 June

• 06/20/2024 – Global Business Briefing with The Honorable Brian Nichols, Assistant Secretary for...
• 06/18/2024 – Global Business Briefing with His Excellency Jaume Duch, Director General, European...
• 06/12/2024 – Press Release: Meridian and OAS Sign MOU to Strengthen Collaboration, Global...
• 06/10/2024 – Meridian International Center Welcomes 4 New Members to the Board of...

2024 May

• 05/29/2024 – Media Advisory: Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Jeffrey Gibson, and Others Will...
• 05/28/2024 – Vision for the Americas: Key Insights from OAS Secretary General Luis...
• 05/23/2024 – Geopolitical Implications of Upcoming U.S. and EU Elections with POLITICO
• 05/23/2024 – Blog: 10 Years of Towards a More Safe and Secure World
• 05/23/2024 – Meridian Convenes Curated Dialogue on the Geopolitics of Clean Energy Diplomacy
• 05/16/2024 – Meridian Launches Space Cooperation into Orbit at 2024 Diplomacy Forum
• 05/16/2024 – Global Business Briefing with Her Excellency Diana Mondino, Minister for Foreign...
• 05/14/2024 – The Future of Diplomacy and Statecraft
• 05/13/2024 – Blog: Hip-Hop and Civic Engagement
• 05/13/2024 – Global Business Briefing with His Excellency Dato’ Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul...
• 05/10/2024 – Meridian Convenes American Diplomats, Congressional Staffers, and Tech Industry Leaders Through...
• 05/09/2024 – Media Advisory: Insights@Meridian Featuring H.E. Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the...
• 05/08/2024 – Celebrating Global Journalism Excellence: Meridian’s Third Annual White House Foreign ‘Press...
• 05/07/2024 – Global Business Briefing with Ms. Maria Martin-Prat de Abreu, Deputy Director...
• 05/02/2024 – Press Release: Announcing the Meridian Global Leadership Award for Space Diplomacy...
• 05/01/2024 – DECODING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: TRENDS IN THE 2024 CYCLE – ELECTION...

2024 April

• 04/23/2024 – Blog: The Dynamics Behind the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy...
• 04/19/2024 – Meridian Council Salon Series: The Pulse of the Pacific
• 04/18/2024 – Explainer: Understanding Space Diplomacy
• 04/18/2024 – Media Advisory: Meridian Space Diplomacy Forum 2024: “Advancing Dialogue for the...
• 04/11/2024 – Enabling U.S.- India Commercial Space Partnership: A Single Country Project for...
• 04/11/2024 – DIPLOCRAFT: THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN LNG ENERGY LEADERSHIP
• 04/03/2024 – Explainer: Understanding AI Diplomacy
• 04/03/2024 – Launching the Meridian Corporate Council Working Groups with Sarah Morgenthau, Special...
• 04/01/2024 – Navigating the New Diplomatic Landscape: Corporate Diplomacy in a Changing World

2024 March

• 03/26/2024 – Special Report: 2023 Diplomatic Skills Training for Emerging Scientists
• 03/26/2024 – Understanding Washington: U.S. Trade Policy Training
• 03/26/2024 – Global Business Briefing with Her Excellency Dame Karen Pierce, Ambassador of...
• 03/25/2024 – $750 INDIVIDUAL/$1,500 COUPLE – FRIENDS CIRCLE
• 03/25/2024 – $500 RISING LEADERS CIRCLE
• 03/25/2024 – $3,500 INDIVIDUAL/$5,000 COUPLE– DIPLOMAT’S CIRCLE
• 03/25/2024 – $10,000 – AMBASSADOR’S CIRCLE
• 03/25/2024 – $25,000 – PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE
• 03/25/2024 – $50,000 – CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE
• 03/20/2024 – Next Level: Ecuador
• 03/20/2024 – Navigating the Intersection of Technology, Privacy, and Public Safety with Microsoft:...
• 03/19/2024 – Next Level: Bahrain
• 03/19/2024 – Next Level: Barbados
• 03/19/2024 – Next Level: Bolivia
• 03/19/2024 – Next Level: Australia
• 03/19/2024 – Next Level: Argentina
• 03/19/2024 – Next Level: The Philippines
• 03/19/2024 – Next Level: Algeria & Tunisia
• 03/19/2024 – Next Level: Bosnia and Herzegovina & Montenegro
• 03/18/2024 – 2021 Global Humanities Symposium: Observing Cultural Diplomacy
• 03/18/2024 – Mayan Discoveries Panel Discussion and Lecture
• 03/18/2024 – 2022 Global Humanities Symposium: Engaging in Cultural Diplomacy
• 03/18/2024 – Global Cinema Panel Discussion
• 03/15/2024 – Hearts and Minds: Jazz as a Universal Language of Diplomacy during...
• 03/14/2024 – Alumni Spotlight
• 03/13/2024 – The Return of Great Powers: Book Talk and Reception with Jim...
• 03/11/2024 – Elevating U.S. Business Competitiveness: Working Groups Chaired by Special Representative Sarah...
• 03/07/2024 – Global Business Briefing with Ms. Christina Segal-Knowles, Special Assistant to the...
• 03/06/2024 – Diplomacy in the District: Meridian’s Welcome to Washington
• 03/05/2024 – Roots of Friendship: 50 Years of U.S.-Bangladesh Relations
• 03/05/2024 – Anchored in Alliance: Celebrating U.S.-Bahrain Relations

2024 February

• 02/28/2024 – Meridian Council Salon Dinner Series, Entrée to Dialogue: “A Sustainable and...
• 02/27/2024 – Global Business Briefing with His Excellency Dr. Kevin Rudd, Ambassador of...
• 02/27/2024 – Combating Trafficking in Persons: A Regional Project for the Near East...
• 02/22/2024 – Sustainability, Water Stewardship, and Workforce Development in Latin America with Coca-Cola:...
• 02/21/2024 – Planes, Trains, Drones and Autonomous Automobiles: Insights@Meridian with The Honorable Pete...
• 02/21/2024 – Meridian-Cox Foreign Service Fellowship for Emerging Leaders
• 02/14/2024 – Media Advisory: Insights@Meridian with Secretary Pete Buttigieg: Exploring Transportation Strategies for...
• 02/07/2024 – Global Business Briefing with Her Excellency Maria Luiza Viotti, Ambassador of...
• 02/07/2024 – Global Business Briefing with The Honorable Paul Rosen, Assistant Secretary for...
• 02/06/2024 – Advancing Responsible Innovation: Insights from Meridian’s Global Dialogue Dinner
• 02/01/2024 – IVLP Impact Awards Applicant Informational Meetings

2024 January

• 01/25/2024 – Roadmap to November: An Election Briefing with Punchbowl News
• 01/25/2024 – Special Report: Culturefix: Advancing Inclusive Democracy and Diplomacy through Arts and...
• 01/24/2024 – Global Business Briefing with His Excellency Jean-Arthur Régibeau, Ambassador of Belgium...
• 01/23/2024 – Meridian Council Foreign Policy Salon: The Evolution of U.S. Strategy in...
• 01/23/2024 – Unveiling Diplomacy 2.0: Navigating America’s Global Strategy in the 21st Century
• 01/17/2024 – Space, Diplomacy, and Beyond: Insights@Meridian with Chirag Parikh
• 01/16/2024 – Media Advisory: Roadmap to November – Election Briefing Series
• 01/12/2024 – Pan Africa Youth Leadership Program (PAYLP) – Summer 2023 Cohort
• 01/04/2024 – Media Advisory: Insights@Meridian: The Future of Space Diplomacy with Chirag Parikh,...

2023 December

• 12/22/2023 – Meridian’s Bicentennial Celebration of U.S.-Mexico Diplomatic Ties through Sports Diplomacy
• 12/18/2023 – Blair House Holiday Reception
• 12/18/2023 – 2024 U.S. Congress – Republic of Korea National Assembly Exchange Program
• 12/15/2023 – U.S. Speaker Program for Korea
• 12/15/2023 – U.S. Speaker Program for Canada
• 12/14/2023 – Global Business Briefing with The Honorable Geoffrey R. Pyatt, Assistant Secretary...
• 12/14/2023 – Celebrating the Transformative Power of Jazz and Hip Hop Diplomacy
• 12/12/2023 – Global Business Briefing with His Excellency Olivier Becht, Minister Delegate for...
• 12/11/2023 – IVLP Impact Awards Application Process
• 12/06/2023 – Code Breakers: International AI Governance
• 12/06/2023 – Global Business Briefing on U.S.-Baltic Security and Economic Cooperation
• 12/05/2023 – Explainer: Understanding Sports Diplomacy

2023 November

• 11/30/2023 – 2023 Meridian Corporate Council Annual Meeting
• 11/30/2023 – Global Business Briefing with The Honorable Daniel Kritenbrink, Assistant Secretary of...
• 11/28/2023 – Partners on the Frontline: Unveiling Ukraine’s Cultural Resilience Amidst Invasion
• 11/27/2023 – The Road to COP28: Insights@Meridian with David W. Livingston, Senior Advisor...
• 11/20/2023 – Canada – U.S. Canada City Pair Alumni Conference: Countering Violent Extremism-Strong...
• 11/17/2023 – Partners on the Frontline’ Showcases Cultural Resilience in Ukraine-U.S. Collaboration for...
• 11/13/2023 – Sustainable Aviation Takes Off
• 11/07/2023 – 12th Annual Meridian Global Leadership Summit
• 11/07/2023 – Global Business Briefing with Mr. Michael Morell, former Deputy Director of...

2023 October

• 10/31/2023 – Media Advisory: Unveiling “Partners on the Frontline: Ukraine-U.S. Fight for Peace,...
• 10/31/2023 – Promoting Electoral Integrity: A Project for Jordan
• 10/31/2023 – The 55th Annual Meridian Ball
• 10/26/2023 – IVLP Impact Awards Events
• 10/25/2023 – Youth and Civic Engagement
• 10/20/2023 – Press Release: Announcing the Meridian Center for Corporate Diplomacy
• 10/13/2023 – Media Advisory: Meridian Summit to Explore Diplomatic Side of American Competitiveness...