EVENTS ARCHIVE

Why do some religious minorities provoke the ire of majoritarian groups and become targets of organized violence, even though they lack significant power and pose no political threat. In his new book Liminal Minorities: Religious Difference and Mass Violence in Muslim Societies, Güneş Murat Tezcür examines this question within Muslim societies, arguing that these faith […]

MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024 Industry Sessions There will be a variety of Industry-focused sessions, to include a SOF AT&L Intro, SBIR and CRADA 101s, SOFWERX briefings, and more. Sessions will run from 0900 – 1630. More details will be available via the full agenda soon. SOF for Life Transition Seminar The SOF for Life Transition […]

[Online] Combating Antisemitism in Germany and Poland: Strategies Since 1990 DATE: May 2, 2024 TIME: 12:00-1:00 PM EST In both Germany and Poland—primary locations of the Holocaust—the legacy of antisemitism remains a major obstacle to reconciliation with the past. In his new book Combating Antisemitism in Germany and Poland: Strategies Since 1990, Thomas Just examines […]

[ONLINE] The Yemen Model: Why U.S. Policy Has Failed in the Middle East In 2023, Yemen again burst into the news, as Houthi rebels attacked shipping in the Red Sea, and the United States along with the U.K. and other countries responded with a campaign of air strikes. Yet this is only the latest crisis […]

Deterring America’s Rivals and Enemies Deterring America’s Rivals and Enemies Event description FreeOpen to the public The Leadership, Democracy and National Security Lab is proud to present Peter Bergen, Author, documentary producer, podcast host, professor of practice at Arizona State University, vice president at New America, and CNN’s national security analyst. Topic: The world’s leading […]

[ONLINE] – The Return of the Great Powers EVENT The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 dawned what Francis Fukuyama called “The End of History.” Three decades later, the global order as we long have known it is now gone. Powerful nations are determined to assert dominance on the world stage. Russia’s invasion of […]

[ONLINE] – The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the CIA, and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq EVENT In The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the CIA, and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq, bestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Steve Coll, tracks the decades-long relationship between the United States and Saddam Hussein in a deeply […]

[ONLINE] – How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler EVENT In the summer of 1941, Britain was struggling to combat Hitler’s powerful propaganda machine. British claims that Hitler was dangerous had little impact against Germany’s wave of disinformation. Except for the broadcasts of someone called Der Chef, a German who questioned […]

Share Tweet [ONLINE] – American Mother Event In late 2021, Diane Foley sat at a table across from her son’s killer, Alexanda Kotey, a member of the ISIS group known as “The Beatles” who pleaded guilty to the kidnapping, torture, and murder of her son seven years before. Kotey was about to go serve life […]