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Randall Schriver, the assistant defense secretary for Asian and Pacific security affairs, spoke at the Jamestown Foundation’s ninth annual China Defense and Security Conference. He talked ab…

Foreign policy analysts talked about Russia’s use of private military companies (PMCs) in Syria and other parts of the Middle East as part of its hybrid approaches to proxy warfare. Among th…

Retired General Frank Gorenc, a former commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Africa, talked about Russian air power in the Syrian conflict. This program was part of a Jamestown Foun…

Foreign policy experts talked about Russia’s energy relationship with Persian Gulf states, regulation of oil and gas prices, and the effects of U.S. and European sanctions against Russian co…

Foreign policy experts talked about Russia’s relationship with Israel and Iran. Following their remarks, they took questions from the audience. This program was part of a Jamestown Founda…

Former CIA Analyst Bruce Riedel, and Gary Sick, who served on the National Security Council under Presidents Ford, Carter, and Reagan, talked about the impact of political unrest in the Arab…

A former State Department analyst who recently returned from Egypt said the country needed more economic support from Western powers to avoid an escalation of unrest. During the panel discus…

Panelists spoke about political unrest and popular uprisings in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Bahrain. Among the topics they addressed were regional and religious tensions between Sunni and …

Panelists talked about political unrest and popular anti-government protests in Yemen. Among the topics they addressed were U.S. interests in political stability in the country, past coopera…

Former Afghan Security Director Amrullah Saleh gave the keynote address at the Jamestown Foundation annual conference on terrorism. In his remarks he advocated an aggressive stance against t…

Panelists talked about the terrorist organization Laskkar and its presence in Pakistan, focusing on its origins and its 2008 attack in Mumbai, India. Following their remarks they responded t…

Panelists talked about terrorist threats and organizations operating in Northern Africa. Among the topics they addressed were the evolution and transformation of terrorist groups in the regi…

Former CIA Director Michael Hayden spoke about the future of terrorist threats in the U.S. and abroad. In his remarks he said that future terrorist attacks would be of a “lower threshold” an…

Following opening remarks at a day-long conference on terrorism and counterterrorism challenges, panelists focused on the terrorist threat along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region, U.S. …

Bruce Riedel spoke about U.S. counterterrorism strategy and the state of al-Qaida and Taliban forces in Afghanistan and Pakistan. He also talked about terrorist recruiting both in Pakistan a…