EVENTS ARCHIVE

Online Radicalization: Myths and Realities The Boston Marathon attacks thrust the issue of online radicalization to the front and center of the debate about homegrown violent extremism in the United States. The elder of the two Tsarnaev brothers behind the attacks had posted videos lauding violent jihad on his personal YouTube channel, visited online jihadist […]

May 2nd, 2013 04:06 PM ET Fareed Zakaria to Go ‘Beyond the Manhunts’ in New Counterterrorism Special Follows HBO’s ‘Manhunt’ debut on CNN CIA, NSA, and FBI insiders give insights into America’s secret wars on terrorists in the U.S. and abroad As questions continue to emerge about the quality of U.S. counterterrorism intelligence in the […]

What’s Next for Pakistan’s New Government?   Thursday May 23, 2013 12:15 -1:45 p.m.  New America Foundation 1899 L St. NW Suite 400 Washington DC, 20036   On May 11, Pakistanis turned out to the polls in record numbers to vote in a momentous election: the country’s first transition from one democratically elected government to […]

Jihad and Politics in North Africa French intervention in Mali earlier this year quickly dislodged insurgents from their strongholds in the northern part of the country, but even before victory had been secured, Paris began making moves to bring its troops home. Most of the 4,000 French troops sent to Mali remain there today, but […]

Drone Wars: Counterterrorism and Human Rights Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:15 -1:45 p.m. New America Foundation 1899 L St. NW Suite 400 Washington DC, 20036 In Collaboration with the American Society of International Law On March 15, Ben Emmerson, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counterterrorism, released a statement that categorically declared the […]

The Washington Daybook May 8, 2013 The New America Foundation (NAF) holds a discussion on “Auditing Afghanistan.” TIME: 12:15 p.m. LOCATION: NAF, 1899 L Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, D.C. CONTACT: Clara Hogan, 202-596-3369, hogan@newamerica.net; [Note: Register at http://newamerica.net/events/2013/auditing_afghanistan PARTICIPANTS: Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko; and Peter Bergen, director of the NAF […]

An Evening with CNN Analyst Peter Bergen in Cambridge, MA   07 May 2013     Holy Trinity Church of Greater Boston will host a presentation by Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst and best-selling author of Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Osama bin Laden – From 9/11 to Abbottabad, on Tuesday, May 7, beginning […]

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