EVENTS ARCHIVE

Second Global Security Forum: 15-16 October 2019 Established in 2018, the Global Security Forum is an annual international gathering bringing together a multi-disciplinary network of experts, practitioners, and policy-makers from government, security, academia, media, entertainment, international organizations, the humanitarian sector, the private sector and beyond to come together to discuss the world’s most pressing topics. This invite-only event provides […]

                Special Operations Policy Forum Washington, D.C. / Wednesday, September 18, 2019 RSVP New America, the Center on the Future of War and McCain Institute of Arizona State University (ASU), the Global SOF Foundation, and the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College are pleased to extend […]

Moderated by: Dr. William Rosenau, Senior Policy Historian, CNA Following the September 11th terror attacks, US counterterrorism efforts have largely focused on international Islamist terrorist organizations based overseas. Yet since 2001, domestic terrorism has killed more Americans than international terrorism. Law enforcement officials have noted in Congressional testimony this year that there has been a […]

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Reporting on Civilian Casualties in the War Against ISIS EVENT Photo credit: Kainoa Little, April 12, 2017 in Mosul’s Old City after visiting a Federal Police unit on the front line Reporters at U.S. media outlets strongly believed that civilian harm should be a central component of war coverage. Yet, civilian casualties from U.S. airstrikes […]

Bringing Americans Home How is U.S. Hostage Policy Working? Event Having a son or daughter, husband or mother taken hostage or detained in a foreign land is one of the most frightening experiences imaginable. On the fourth anniversary of the implementation of reforms to U.S. hostage policy, The James W. Foley Legacy Foundation in partnership […]

Share Tweet The Targeter My Life in the CIA Hunting Terrorists and Challenging the White House Event In 1999, Nada Bakos moved from her lifelong home in Montana to Washington, DC, to join the CIA. In her new book The Targeter: My Life in the CIA Hunting Terrorists and Challenging the White House, Bakos takes […]

Share Tweet The Shadow War Inside Russia and China’s Secret Operations to Defeat America Event Poisoned dissidents. Election interference. Armed invasions. International treaties thrown into chaos. Secret military buildups. Hackers and viruses. Weapons deployed in space. China and Russia repeatedly spark news stories by carrying out bold acts of aggression and violating international laws and […]

The U.S. Army History of the Iraq War Monday, May 13, 2019 9:00 am – 11:00 am CSIS Headquarters, 2nd Floor Cancel Please join CSIS for a discussion of the U.S. Army’s recently published and long-awaited two volume history, The U.S. Army in the Iraq War, 2003-2011. The authors will outline key findings from major […]

The record number of foreigners who fought in the Syrian civil war and their involvement in terrorist attacks in the West have highlighted the importance of foreign fighters and the need to develop better policies to stop them. In his latest book, “Road Warriors: Foreign Fighters in the Armies of Jihad,” Brookings Senior Fellow Daniel […]