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Save the dates for SVWC 2015: July 17 – 20 SPEAKERS/PARTICIPANTS   PETER BERGEN JILL BIALOSKY JEFFREY BROWN WILLIAM COHAN WILLIAM DALRYMPLE ANTHONY DOERR JOHN T. EDGE SHERI FINK RICHARD FORD ALEXANDRA FULLER ROBERT GATES BETH MACY DINAW MENGESTU MARY ROACH STACY SCHIFF HAMPTON SIDES NATASHA TRETHEWEY LAWRENCE WRIGHT ABOUT THE CONFERENCE Background Become a […]

Events | July 02, 2015 | 12:15 PM – 01:45 PM | Team of Teams In the new book Team of Teams, General McChrystal and his coauthors, David Silverman and Chris Fussell, show how the challenges they faced in Iraq, Afghanistan, and over a decade of special operations missions around the globe can be relevant […]

Blood Year In June 2014, ISIS seized Mosul, the anchor of northern Iraq and home to more than two million. Can we recover from this? What does a coherent strategy look like after this disastrous year? In “Blood Year: Terror and the Islamic State,” Dr. David Kilcullen draws upon interviews with communities and combatants, work […]

Contested Terrain: The Future of Afghan Women Share Tweet Facebook Email event | May 28, 2015    Contested Terrain: The Future of Afghan Women Thursday, May 28, 2015 12:15 PM – 01:45 PM 1899 L Street NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 RSVP   With the U.S. withdrawing from Afghanistan and a new Afghan government […]

  Our next Thunderbird convocation takes place Friday, May 8. Join us for this convocation event and other graduation activities. Graduates’ Reception Date: Thursday, May 7, 2015 Time: 4:30 – 6 p.m. Location: The Roy and Pam Herberger Administration Building, Thunderbird School of Global Management Attire: Business Guests: Open to all students, friends, family and Thunderbird Community, Tickets are not […]

U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Thursday, May 7, 2015, at 10 a.m. at a hearing titled “Jihad 2.0: Social Media in the Next Evolution of Terrorist Recruitment.”   

May 6 11:00AM American Forum – ISIS – Muslin Jihadists or Just Terrorists Peter Bergen May 6, 2015, 11:00AM Part of a new American Forum special series in Spring 2015 The Aftermath of the Endless War Television Broadcast: May 31, 2015 PETER BERGEN is a journalist, documentary producer, and the author of four books about […]

Monday, May 04, 2015 12:15 PM – 01:45 PM 1899 L Street NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 RSVP   When Emma Sky, a British civilian, volunteered to help rebuild Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003, her assignment was only supposed to last three months. She went on to serve there longer […]