EVENTS ARCHIVE

[Online] Training for Victory: U.S. Special Forces Advisory Operations from El Salvador to Afghanistan Event One of the most difficult security challenges of the post–Cold War era has been stabilizing failing states in an era of irregular warfare. A consistent component of the strategy to address this problem has been security force assistance where outside […]

Over the last two decades, the United States has supported a range of militias, rebels, and other armed groups in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. Critics have argued that such partnerships have many perils, from enabling human rights abuses to seeding future threats. Is it possible to work with such forces but mitigate some of these […]

Our Nation at Risk: Election Integrity as a National Security Issue Event In recent years, the sight of gun-wielding citizens patrolling ballot boxes and voting sites has become increasingly familiar. Major news corporations parroting false claims of election fraud, ballot stuffing, and faulty voting systems is the new normal. In an era of global anti-democratic […]

[Online] Soul by Soul: The Evangelical Mission to Spread the Gospel to Muslims Event U.S.-born Protestant evangelicalism has gone global to an extent of which many might be unaware. In doing so it has become part of the story of the global reverberations of the post-9/11 era. In Soul by Soul: The Evangelical Mission to […]

Post Islamism: Conceptual, Social, Political Trends & Policy Framework The Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) is announcing its inaugural conference on “Post-Islamism: Conceptual, Social, Political Trends & Policy Framework.” The conference will be held in partnership with the Elliott School of International Affairs, the Sigur Center for Asian Studies, and the Institute of Middle […]

GLOBAL SUMMIT ON TERRORISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE SEPTEMBER 12-13 2024 – NEW YORK, NY The inaugural Global Summit on Terrorism and Political Violence will take place from September 12-13 in New York, New York, hosted by The Soufan Center. This invitation-only event will bring together leaders from the United States government, intelligence community, international organizations, […]

More info here: www.newamerica.org/conference/future-security-forum-2024/ September 9–10 2024 Washington, D.C. Global Security in the Next Decade The Future Security Forum is the main annual event of the Future Security partnership connecting Arizona State University and New America. This year, we celebrate our 10th annual Forum, in collaboration with Security & Defence PLuS, on September 9 and […]

WASHINGTON – On July 24, the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation will release the sixth annual edition of Bringing Americans Home, an independent research report that provides new information about the ongoing crisis of Americans taken hostage abroad by terrorists or wrongfully detained by nation states. In addition to data that convey the scale, scope, and […]

[ONLINE] The Art of Diplomacy How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements that Changed the World EVENT Art of Diplomacy book cover Rowman & Littlefield Publishers In his new book, The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements that Changed the World, diplomat and negotiator Stuart E. Eizenstat provides a history of the major […]

[ONLINE] A Matter Of Trust: India-U.S. Relations from Truman to Trump EVENT A Matter of Trust book cover Better World Books India, the world’s largest democracy, is holding general elections, which will wrap up in June. How will the election shape U.S.-India relations at a time when growing global tensions have put a spotlight on […]