International Security Studies
Events
Book Discussion: The Secret History of MI6
October 01, 2010 // 12:00pm — 1:30pm
Author Keith Jeffery, Professor of British History, Queen's University, Belfast; Sir John Scarlett, Former Director General, British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)
Book Launch: The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam
September 16, 2010 // 4:00pm — 6:00pm
The latitudinal tenth parallel — located 700 miles above the equator — constitutes a "faith-based fault line" between Islam and Christianity, said Eliza Griswold at the launch of her latest book.
Deterring a Nuclear Iran: Can It Be Done?
September 14, 2010 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Amitai Etzioni, University Professor and Professor of International Affairs and Director, Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies, The George Washington University; Robert Litwak, Vice President for Programs and Director, International Security Studies, Woodrow Wilson Center; Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Book Talk: A Chance in Hell: The Men Who Triumphed Over Iraq's Deadliest City and Turned the Tide of War
June 30, 2010 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
Jim Michaels, Former Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center and Reporter, USA Today
From Lisbon to Lisbon: Afghanistan and Russia as Test Cases for the new EU Foreign Policy
June 24, 2010 // 3:30pm — 4:30pm
Two new positions introduced by the Lisbon Treaty will significantly affect EU's ability to conduct foreign policy: the permanent Presidency of the European Union and the appointment of a High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Anne-Marie Le Gloannec argued that the EU's ability to formulate and execute a common foreign policy foreign remains questionable because the Lisbon Treaty "does not simplify representation; does not conjure up coherence; and does not muster will." Given these problems, she argued that Europeans should continue to develop institutions and cooperative representation outside the scope of EU institutions.
Congress, the Executive Branch and the Cyber Threat
May 17, 2010 // 4:00pm — 6:00pm
Howard A. Schmidt, Assistant to President Barack Obama & White House Cybersecurity Coordinator; Deborah Parkinson, Professional Staff Member, Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Government Affairs; Marcus H. Sachs, Verizon Communications, Director for National Security & Cyber Policy & former NSC Staff for Cyberspace Security ; Lt. Col. Forrest B. Hare, Staff, Office of Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, Department of Defense
Book Discussion: Exporting the Bomb: Technology Transfer and the Spread of Nuclear Weapons
May 14, 2010 // 12:00pm — 1:30pm
Matthew Kroenig, Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Georgetown University
American Jihad: Why al Qaeda Is Winning
May 07, 2010 // 12:00pm — 1:30pm
Bruce Hoffman, Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, and Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
Counterterrorism in the Obama Administration: Tactics and Strategy
April 02, 2010 // 12:00pm — 1:30pm
Ambassador Daniel Benjamin, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State
Buying National Security: How America Plans and Pays for Its Global Role and Safety at Home
March 10, 2010 // 3:00pm — 4:30pm
Gordon Adams, Professor, School of International Service, American University, and Distinguished Fellow, Stimson Center; Cindy Williams, Principal Research Scientist, Security Studies Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ambassador Marc Grossman, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; Dov Zakheim, Former Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)