EVENTS ARCHIVE

Effective Interrogation Techniques Eliciting Information, Deradicalization and Counterinsurgency From Indonesia to Iraq Join the New America Foundation and The National Interest for a discussion with Matthew Alexander, the former senior military interrogator who led an elite interrogation team in Iraq that found Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the former al-Qaeda leader, who was killed in a subsequent […]

OBAMA’S WAR ON AL QAEDA AND ITS ALLIES” PETER BERGEN The Steel Family Lecture Date and Time: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 , 5:30 p.m. Location: Fleishman Commons, Sanford Building (map) Cost: Free Parking: Science Drive Visitor Lot (map) Bergen, a CNN national security analyst and New America Foundation fellow, will discuss the Obama’s strategic and […]

A Future Tense Event from Slate Magazine and the New America Foundation Manhunt: From Saddam to bin Laden What Social Networks Mean for Modern Warfare Friday, February 26, 2010 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. New America Foundation 1899 L St NW, 4th Floor Washington, DC 20036 In 2003, a team of innovative U.S. soldiers captured […]

Al-Qaeda Central Capabilities, Allies, and Messages Thursday, February 25, 20109:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.New America Foundation 1899 L St NW, 4th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Two strikingly different but simultaneously accurate pictures of al-Qaeda have dominated recent discussion of the terrorist group: one, a resilient foe still determined to attack the United States and its […]

Open Forum Series Al Qaeda Now: Networks, Strategies, Goals Featuring Peter Bergen Terrorism Analyst, CNN Author of The Osama bin Laden I Know Fellow, Center on Law and Security Roger Cressey Partner, Good Harbor Consulting Fellow, Center on Law and Security Thomas Hegghammer Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Defense […]

A French View of al Qaeda and Affiliated Groups   Monday, February 15, 20103:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. New America Foundation1899 L St NW, 4th FloorWashington, DC 20036 Eight years after September 11 al Qaeda’s strength is unclear; the organization has active affiliates in the Arabian Peninsula, Africa, and the Middle East, but has suffered […]

“Yemen on the Brink? A Threat Assessment of al Qaeda in Yemen.” TIME: 12:15 p.m.LOCATION: NAF, 1899 L Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, D.C.CONTACT: Kate Brown, 202-596-3365, brown@newamerica.net; communications@newamerica.net; PARTICIPANTS: independent journalist Barack Barfi; Christopher Boucek, associate at the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Brian Fishman, counterterrorism fellow at NAF; […]

The Only Thing Worth Dying For How Eleven Green Berets Forged a New Afghanistan Eight years and over 900 fallen American soldiers later, the war in Afghanistan rages on. With the release of The Only Thing Worth Dying For, readers will finally get a look into the secret world of Special Forces soldiers operating in […]

The Middle East Policy Council Invites you and your colleagues to their 59th Capitol Hill Conference 18 Months and Beyond: Implications of U.S. policy in Afghanistan Panel includes Frank Anderson, President, Middle East Policy Council Peter Bergen, Senior Research Fellow, Co-Director, Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative, New America Foundation Marc Sageman, Principal, Sageman Consulting, LLC; Director of […]

  Camp Victory, Afghanistan Wednesday, September 22, 20104:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.The New America Foundation 1899 L St. NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20036   Please join the New America Foundation Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative for a screening of the feature-length documentary “Camp Victory, Afghanistan.” Drawing from three years spent on the ground and nearly 300 […]