EVENTS ARCHIVE

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 […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Pakistan in Peril A Report from the Field on Bhutto’s Death, Terrorism, and U.S. Policy Benazir Bhutto is dead. Her assassination and the Musharraf government’s reaction to it is transforming the political landscape of a nuclear-armed nation in a volatile region.The New America Foundation/American Strategy Program invites you to attend a discussion with leading experts […]

The Jihadists’ Revolt Against Al Qaeda Why Some of Al Qaeda’s Old Allies Have Turned Against I   This event is co-sponsored by New America Foundation and The Counterterrorism Foundation. Start: 09/23/2008 – 10:00am End: 09/23/2008 – 12:00pm 2255 Rayburn House Office Building Washington United States See map: Google Maps Participants Peter Bergen Schwartz Senior […]

11:00 AM Peter Bergen Forum: Face to Face with Osama bin Laden Peter Bergen is a print and television journalist who produced the first television interview with Osama bin Laden for CNN, where he is a terrorism and national security analyst. Bergen is also a Schwartz Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, an Adjunct […]