International Security Studies
Events
United Nations Human Rights Council: Assessing the U.S. Policy of Engagement
October 19, 2011 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Panelists will offer a range of perspectives on the accomplishments and challenges of the Human Rights Council over the past two years, reflecting on whether or not engagement at the Council has sufficiently advanced U.S. interests and values.
Border Security Challenges After 9/11: A Conversation With Three Commissioners of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
September 09, 2011 // 11:00am — 12:00pm
Commissioner Alan Bersin of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) joins former commissioners Robert Bonner and Ralph Basham in a discussion of border security since 9/11. This roundtable, facilitated by Professor Bruce Hoffman of Georgetown University, will examine how the federal government consolidated border security into one CBP in 2003 and how threats to the nation’s homeland have evolved over the last decade.
Book Discussion: Terrorism and National Security Reform: How Commissions Can Drive Change During Crises
May 19, 2011 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
A book discussion with author Jordan Tama, professor, at the School of International Service at American University
America's Nuclear Energy Future
April 26, 2011 // 12:00pm — 1:30pm
A meeting with U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel B. Poneman, co-sponsored with the Los Alamos National Laboratory
Nuclear Power, Spent Fuel Management, and Best Practice for Nonproliferation
March 30, 2011 // 12:00pm — 1:30pm
A discussion with Roger Cashmore, working group chair of the Royal Society Science Policy Project on Nuclear Nonproliferation
Book Discussion: The New Muslim Brotherhood in the West
March 17, 2011 // 12:00pm — 1:30pm
A discussion with author Lorenzo Vidino, visiting fellow at RAND Corporation
Book Discussion: The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict Between America and Al-Qaeda
February 10, 2011 // 11:00am — 12:30pm
Author Peter Bergen, Director, National Security Studies, New America Foundation
International Reactions to the Nuclear Posture Review
November 19, 2010 // 11:00am — 12:30pm
Scott Sagan, Professor of Political Science and Co-Director, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University
Terrorism, Radicalization, and Prisons
November 15, 2010 // 11:00am — 12:30pm
Peter Neumann, Visiting Fellow, Center for Peace and Security Studies, Georgetown University, and Director, International Centre for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence, King's College London
Book Discussion: The End of Arrogance: America in the Global Competition of Ideas
October 21, 2010 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Author Bruce W. Jentleson, Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, Duke University