Lessons from the Covid War
The COVID Crisis Group director Philip Zelikow discussed the Group’s report on the successes and failures in the response to the COVID pandemic and how we can prepare for future crisis.
264 viewsThe COVID Crisis Group director Philip Zelikow discussed the Group’s report on the successes and failures in the response to the COVID pandemic and how we can prepare for future crisis.
264 viewsFormer Obama administration National Economic Council Director Larry Summers was among those speaking at an Atlantic Council discussion on the ways Russian assets frozen by U.S. sanctions co…
261 viewsThe John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum convened political and intelligence experts to revisit the October 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis on the 60th anniversary of the confrontation …
376 viewsThe Bipartisan Policy Center hosted a virtual discussion on the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the current threat assessment in the United States. During the first part of the con…
455 viewsPhilip Zelikow talked about his book, The Road Less Traveled: The Secret Battle to End the Great War, 1916-1917. It examines a five-month period during which the United States, the United Ki…
525 viewsFormer White House administration staff members analyzed the work of political cartoonist Pat Oliphant. They focused on the presidencies of George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush…
730 viewsPhilip Zelikow (National Security Adviser to President George H.W. Bush) James Graham Wilson (Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State), William Taubman (Author Gorbachev: His Life …
717 viewsA look at the relationships between Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin, and how they influenced the new Russia after the dissolution of the U.S.…
705 viewsAt a conference about presidential transitions and the potential policy agenda for the first year of the Trump administration two George W. Bush administration officials discussed how nation…
348 viewsA panel of experts who had advised presidents, secretaries of state, and secretaries of defense on issues ranging from climate change to humanitarian intervention to national security consid…
474 viewsMichele Flournoy, former undersecretary of Defense for Policy under President Obama, and Philip Zelikow, who served in President George H.W. Bush’s National Security Council, talked about U.…
373 viewsPanelists talked about the use of drones by Presidents George W. Bush and Obama administrations for targeted killings. Topics included the legal and policy implications, the need for more op…
455 viewsPhilip Zelikow chaired a discussion of the statecraft of President George H.W. Bush. They responded to questions from members of the audience. “Bush’s Statecraft” was a panel at the Presiden…
510 viewsIntelligence and national security experts talked about national security since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2011. Among the issues they addressed were levels of global cooperation…
292 viewsThe Center for Strategic and International Studies held a discussion on the National Security Reform (PNSR) recent report on the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). Following Philip Ze…
634 viewsPanelists spoke about U.S. foreign policy since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Among the topics they addressed were their experience with defense planning in the post-Cold War era, how differe…
372 viewsWitnesses testified about the Bush Administration’s detention and interrogation program for prisoners and enemy combatants. This was the first hearing on the topic since the release of the J…
3,626 viewsSenator Lindsey Graham spoke to reporters following a hearing on detainee treatment and interrogation policy during the George W. Bush Administration. Philip Zelikow, a former State Departme…
161 viewsStaff members of the 911 Commission presented preliminary findings on intelligence gathering and dissemination at the Federal Bureau of Investigation before and after the September 11, 2001,…
360 viewsFormer national security advisers and officials participated in a conference on U.S.-China relations during the Cold War. Mr. Zelikow gave a keynote address on the history of China relations…
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