EVENTS ARCHIVE

Afghanistan: A Distant War Renowned photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg has been publishing photographs from Afghanistan since 1988, when he accompanied a group of mujahideen fighters across the border from Pakistan.  The remarkable images he has captured bring into focus the day-to-day consequences of war, poverty, oppression, and political turmoil in Afghanistan – a country few people […]

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Treasury’s War: The Unleashing of a New Era of Financial Warfare   Friday, October 18, 2013 12:15 – 1:30 p.m.   New America Foundation 1899 L Street NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 Over the past decade, America has quietly and successfully waged a new kind of war against the financial networks of terrorist groups, rogue […]

Peter Bergen CNN NATIONAL SECURITY ANALYST AND BEST-SELLING AUTHOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 15050 WEST MAPLE ROAD ST. ANDREW’S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 10:30 A.M. DOORS OPEN AT 9:30 ABOUT OUR SPEAKER One of the few Westerners to interview Osama bin Laden face-to-face, Peter Bergen is a print and television journalist, documentary producer, and best selling author. […]

Out of the Mountains     Wednesday, September 18, 2013 12:15 – 1:30 p.m.   New America Foundation 1899 L Street NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 Over the past 12 years, the NATO campaign in Afghanistan has been primarily defined by the guerrilla nature of the war and the challenges it has posed to more […]

Monday, September 9, 2013 Time: 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM Venue: Bipartisan Policy Center Address: 1225 Eye St. NW Suite 1000 Washington DC Attached files: On Monday, September 9, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) Homeland Security Project Co-chairs former Governor Thomas Kean and former Representative Lee Hamilton will preside over the release of the first in an annual series of threat […]

The Experience SVWC is a festival of ideas and literature with some of the most extraordinary writers and thinkers in the world, the most generous audience one is ever likely to encounter – close to 1,000 people, a good number of whom wield considerable influence in business, politics, media, and entertainment circles, but all of […]

Event Detail CREATE Distinguished Speaker Series with Peter Bergen Jihadist Terrorism at Home and Abroad: A Threat Assessment July 30, 2013 12:30pm to 2:30pm University Park Campus Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC) Ballroom Cost: FREE with RSVP. Please RSVP by July 23 at www.usc.edu/esvp (Use Code: BERGEN) Peter Bergen will examine the capabilities and intentions […]

HBO’S Manhunt at the 2013 Aspen Security Forum On May 2, 2011, Osama Bin Laden was killed during a covert operation in Abottabad, Pakistan. Now, two years after the death of one of the United States’ most feared adversaries, analysts, advisors, and leaders have begun to reflect on the individual and societal struggles that were […]

Aspen Security Forum Wednesday, July 17 – Saturday, July 20, 2013 Aspen, CO Please join us for the fourth annual Aspen Security Forum, presented by the Aspen Institute Homeland Security Program. The Aspen Security Forum is an annual summer gathering at our signature “Aspen Meadows” campus in Colorado of top-level present and former government officials […]