The Homeland Security Experts Group hosted a forum on a wide range of national security priorities. In this portion, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Demers joined New A…
150 viewsFormer State Department and National Security Council officials discussed U.S. policy toward Iran, including the recent U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. They disc…
419 viewsThe Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC hosted a discussion on the U.S. Army’s two-volume report of the war in Iraq. During this portion, the two co-authors of t…
543 viewsThe International Spy Museum hosted a conversation with terrorism specialists and a U.S. citizen and former al-Qaeda member, Bryant Neal Vinas. The panelists talked about how terrorist netwo…
436 viewsNew America hosted a discussion about the political climate and ongoing conflict in Afghanistan. Participants talked about how the country has changed since the U.S. first sent troops there …
504 viewsNew America hosted a discussion on the release of a new report discussing ways to inhibit radical groups like ISIS from being able to effectively recruit online. The report’s methodology and…
329 viewsFormer intelligence analysts Muhammad Fraser-Rahim and Yaya Fanusie took part in a discussion on countering violent extremism by exploring the de-radicalization of the Nation of Islam follow…
588 viewsArizona State University and New America hosted a discussion on the future of war with national security and military experts. In the first portion, Retired Lieutenant General Robert Schmidl…
601 viewsThe Counter Extremism Project (CEP) held a panel discussion on efforts to combat global extremist groups' use of social media platforms to recruit and radicalize individuals. Senate Homeland…
553 viewsPanelists assessed counterterrorism strategies since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. They compared and contrasted the counterterrorism policies of the Trump and Obama administrati…
422 viewsPeter Bergen talked about his book, United States of Jihad: Investigating America’s Homegrown Terrorists.
1,254 viewsAfghanistan Ambassador to the U.S. Hamdullah Mohib discussed the relationship between the U.S. and Afghanistan. Ambassador Mohib’s said that the country’s top priorities included rooting out…
380 viewsPeter Bergen talked about his book, United States of Jihad: Investigating America’s Homegrown Terrorists, which examines Islamist terrorism in the U.S. and what can be done to combat extremi…
1,082 viewsPanelists talked about President Obama’s 2009 pledge to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. They discussed the desirability of closure and when or if the facility would be closed. T…
213 viewsGerman Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Wittig and senior policy fellows from the Brookings Institution and the Migration Policy Institute talked about the humanitarian and security implications…
413 viewsLeaders from humanitarian and advocacy group talked about the global response to the Syrian refugee crisis following the November 13, 2015, terrorist attacks in Paris. Slides were shown. …
813 viewsState Department officials talked about the humanitarian and security implications of the Syrian refugee crisis following the November 13, 2015, terrorist attacks in Paris. “Policy Respo…
268 viewsChris Woods talked about his book, Sudden Justice: America’s Secret Drone Wars, about America’s use of drones in Yemen, Pakistan, and Somalia and the reaction it has caused. Mr. Woods argued…
671 viewsWitnesses testified at a hearing on the role of social media in recruiting for terrorist organizations. The witnesses outlined the online tactics and capabilities of ISIS* and other terror g…
3,422 viewsThe New America Foundation hosted a discussion on U.S. hostage policy. Panelists included former FBI negotiator Gary Noesner; Debra Tice, the mother of Austin Rice; an American journalist mi…
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