EVENTS ARCHIVE

Thursday, September, 17, 2009 Afghanistan The Metropolitan Museum, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, New York, NY

Thursday, September 17, 2009, 6:00 PM Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium $23.00 Afghanistan Today Peter Bergen, print and television journalist, an author, and an adjunct professor at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Years of war and much foreign intervention have had a profound effect on the traditional way of life in Afghanistan. […]

Wednesday, September, 16, 2009 Afghanistan Sandhills Community College in Pinehurst, NC

Sandhills Community College in Pinehurst, NC at 7:30 pm.  It is free and open to the public. PINEHURST — The Ruth Pauley lecture series celebrates its 23rd season with five presentations considering the topics of Afghanistan, globalization, taxes, and insurance-free health care. There will also be a special guest appearance by our 16th President. The […]

Tuesday, September, 01, 2009 “Beyond ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’: Exploring Afghanistan Today” University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO, Jesse Auditorium Room: Columbia

Annual Summer Reading Program: “A Thousand Splendid Suns” Title: “Beyond ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’: Exploring Afghanistan Today” Audience Description: Students, faculty, staff, and community members Website: www.missouri.edu Mizzou Reads Speaker PETER BERGEN! Beyond A Thousand Splendid Suns: Exploring Afghanistan Today Host:  stufftodo.missouri.edu Type:  Education – Lecture Network:  Global Date:  Tuesday, September 1, 2009 Time:  7:30pm […]

Friday, November, 21, 2008 MEI’s 62nd Annual Conference November 21 Washington DC

MEI’s 62nd Annual Conference November 21   “US Middle East Policy: Pathways to Renewal” Middle East Officials and Dignitaries to Address Conference WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Middle EastInstitute holds its 62nd Annual Conference November 20-21, 2008 at theNational Press Club in Washington, DC. Prominent speakers will analyze thethreats and challenges facing US policy […]

Friday, October, 17, 2008 Afghanistan Today NYU, Lipton Hall, 108 W. 3rd Street, New York

Afghanistan Today: Drugs, Detention, and Counterinsurgency Hosted by The Center on Law and Security at NYU School of Law, co-sponsored by The New America Foundation KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY AMBASSADOR RICHARD C. HOLBROOKE As the U.S. engages in a simmering war as well as in continued attempts at building infrastructure, the conference will consider a wide-ranging […]

Sunday, June, 08, 2008 Afghanistan Today with Ambassador Said Tayeb Jawad New America Foundation, 1630 Connecticut Ave, NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC

Friday, June 8, 2007 12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. (Brown-Bag Lunch) Featured Speakers Ambassador Said Tayeb Jawad Afghan Ambassador to the United StatesPeter Bergen Schwartz Senior Fellow, New America Foundation Terrorism Analyst, CNN

Friday, May, 02, 2008 Understanding the Bin Ladens New America foundation

Understanding the Bin Ladens An Arabian Family in the American Century   The Bin Ladens rose from poverty to privilege; they loyally served the Saudi royal family for generations and became wealthy enough to live and invest in other countries, including the United States. Yet the family struggled to adapt simultaneously to Saudi Arabia’s puritanism […]

Friday, April, 25, 2008 Understanding the Bin Ladens

Understanding the Bin Ladens An Arabian Family in the American Century Sign up to Attend this New America Event Email: * First Name: * Last Name: * Organization: Phone: Image: Learn More About: Peter Bergen, Steve Coll, Steven Clemons Topics: Books, Foreign Policy E-mail, Print or Share this Event Page:   About These Icons The […]

Wednesday, April, 09, 2008 House Select Intell Ctte -Assesing al Qaeda

April 9, 2008House (Select) Intelligence CommitteeCOMMITTEE: House (Select) Intelligence CommitteeFull committee hearing on “Assessing the Fight Against al Qaeda.”TIME: 11 a.m.LOCATION: April 9, 2008House (Select) Intelligence CommitteeCOMMITTEE: House (Select) Intelligence CommitteeFull committee hearing on “Assessing the Fight Against al Qaeda.”TIME: 11 a.m.LOCATION: 210 Cannon House Office BuildingCONTACT: 202-225-4121 PARTICIPANTS: Robert Grenier, managing director of Kroll, […]

Friday, April, 04, 2008 Al Qaeda’s Media Nexus

LOCATION: GWU Hospital, 900 23rd Street NW, Room 6115, Allen B. Weingold Conference Center, Washington, D.C. Time 10amCONTACT: 202-457-6900; 202-457-6949; [Note: RSVP to Ravi Alfreds at, 202-994-0986 or hspi1@gwumc.edu]PARTICIPANTS: Daniel Kimmage, senior analyst at RFE/RL and report author; Peter Bergen, CNN terrorism analyst and senior fellow at the New America Foundation; and Frank Cilluffo, director […]