The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region.
MONDAY, May 23:
Iran: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi visits China.
Iraq: Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas visits Baghdad (to May 24).
Russia/NATO: The International Institute for Strategic Studies in London hosts a discussion titled "Prospects For NATO-Russia Cooperation On Missile Defense."
Russia/Ukraine: Russian-Ukrainian naval exercise Fairway of Peace 2011 starts in the Black Sea (to May 27).
World: Sixteenth ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) opens in Bali, Indonesia (to May 27).
TUESDAY, May 24:
Afghanistan/Pakistan: U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to host a hearing titled "Al Qaeda, The Taliban And Other Extremist Groups In Afghanistan And Pakistan."
Georgia: The International Institute for Strategic Studies in London hosts Georgian Deputy Prime Minister Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili.
OECD: France hosts the annual OECD meeting.
Uzbekistan/Germany: Uzbek Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov visits Berlin (to May 26).
WEDNESDAY, May 25:
Azerbaijan: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov visits Indonesia to participate in the meeting of countries joined in the Non-Aligned Movement (to May 27).
Georgia: Georgian opposition plans to hold a peaceful protest in Tbilisi.
Iran: The Heritage Foundation in Washington hosts a discussion titled "Iran: Rising Power And Deepening Internal Repression."
Pakistan: The Wilson Center holds a discussion on religious education and the politics of pluralism in Pakistan.
Russia: Second EU-Russia Innovation Forum opens in Lappeenranta, Finland (to May 26).
Russia: International Islamic Forum opens in Chechnya's capital, Grozny.
Russia/EU: Russia holds a presentation on the South Stream natural-gas pipeline in Brussels.
World: The Center for Strategic and International Studies launches its annual "Global Peace Index 2011" in Washington.
World: International Missing Children's Day.
THURSDAY, May 26:
Pakistan: The United States Institute of Peace hosts a discussion titled "Seeking A Silver Bullet: Key Challenges In India-Pakistan Normalization."
Serbia/Kosovo: EU High Representative Catherine Ashton travels to Serbia and Kosovo (to May 27).
World: G8 Summit opens in Deauville, France (to May 27).
FRIDAY, May 27:
Poland: Seventeenth meeting of presidents of Central European States opens in Warsaw (to May 28).
Ukraine/Poland: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych visits Warsaw (to May 28).
SATURDAY, May 28:
World: Fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Amnesty International.
SUNDAY, May 29:
UN: International Day of UN Peacekeepers.
MONDAY, May 23:
Iran: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi visits China.
Iraq: Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas visits Baghdad (to May 24).
Russia/NATO: The International Institute for Strategic Studies in London hosts a discussion titled "Prospects For NATO-Russia Cooperation On Missile Defense."
Russia/Ukraine: Russian-Ukrainian naval exercise Fairway of Peace 2011 starts in the Black Sea (to May 27).
World: Sixteenth ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) opens in Bali, Indonesia (to May 27).
TUESDAY, May 24:
Afghanistan/Pakistan: U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to host a hearing titled "Al Qaeda, The Taliban And Other Extremist Groups In Afghanistan And Pakistan."
Georgia: The International Institute for Strategic Studies in London hosts Georgian Deputy Prime Minister Ekaterine Tkeshelashvili.
OECD: France hosts the annual OECD meeting.
Uzbekistan/Germany: Uzbek Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov visits Berlin (to May 26).
WEDNESDAY, May 25:
Azerbaijan: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov visits Indonesia to participate in the meeting of countries joined in the Non-Aligned Movement (to May 27).
Georgia: Georgian opposition plans to hold a peaceful protest in Tbilisi.
Iran: The Heritage Foundation in Washington hosts a discussion titled "Iran: Rising Power And Deepening Internal Repression."
Pakistan: The Wilson Center holds a discussion on religious education and the politics of pluralism in Pakistan.
Russia: Second EU-Russia Innovation Forum opens in Lappeenranta, Finland (to May 26).
Russia: International Islamic Forum opens in Chechnya's capital, Grozny.
Russia/EU: Russia holds a presentation on the South Stream natural-gas pipeline in Brussels.
World: The Center for Strategic and International Studies launches its annual "Global Peace Index 2011" in Washington.
World: International Missing Children's Day.
THURSDAY, May 26:
Pakistan: The United States Institute of Peace hosts a discussion titled "Seeking A Silver Bullet: Key Challenges In India-Pakistan Normalization."
Serbia/Kosovo: EU High Representative Catherine Ashton travels to Serbia and Kosovo (to May 27).
World: G8 Summit opens in Deauville, France (to May 27).
FRIDAY, May 27:
Poland: Seventeenth meeting of presidents of Central European States opens in Warsaw (to May 28).
Ukraine/Poland: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych visits Warsaw (to May 28).
SATURDAY, May 28:
World: Fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Amnesty International.
SUNDAY, May 29:
UN: International Day of UN Peacekeepers.