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Peter Bergen and a panel of contributors to the book, Talibanistan: Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics and Religion talked about the threat posed by extremists who operate in…

J. Alexander Thier spoke about U.S. policy in Afghanistan, troop withdrawals, and the future of Afghanistan following U.S. withdrawal. He said that education and health care rates had…

Dan Benjamin gave the keynote address at a New America Foundation event on assessing the threat of al-Qaeda threat 10 years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. He spoke about…

Following Steve Coll’s opening remarks, panelists assessed the al-Qaeda threat 10 years after the terrorists attacks of September 11, 2001. All of the panelists agreed that while the threat…

Panelists talked about the use of robotic technology in the military. Among the topics they addressed were the size and sophistication of new technologies being adopted for military use,…

A bipartisan group of scholars, business executives, former government officials and journalists known as the Afghanistan Study Group released a report on the war. It recommended changes in…

George Poste gave the keynote address at a forum on military technology and robotics. Afterward, panelists talked about emerging technologies developed for and used by the military and the…

Panelists discussed the Obama administration after one year. The panel consisted of essayists from the January-February 2010 issue of American Interest on the first year of the Obama…

Panelists discussed US-Latin American relations, with an emphasis on President Obama’s decision to ease travel restrictions to Cuba. They also talked about the Summit of the Americas. The…

Leo Tilman talked about the origins of the current financial crisis and how to radically redesign the financial system to make it fit to survive. Mr. Tilman, president of strategic advisory firm L.M. Tilman…

Steve Clemons and Karen Greenberg introduced the conference on the current threat posed by al-Qaeda and its affiliates and what steps the next administration should take in combating al Qaeda at home and abroad. Then a panel…

A conversation was held on Pakistan’s political environment in the wake of President Musharraf’s resignation. Pakistani Ambassador Haqqani Husain talked about the current situation in…

Eric Liu, former speechwriter for President Clinton, talked about his book, The True Patriot, co-written with Nick Hanauer, published by Sasquatch Books. He contended that the definition of patriotism has been…

Desmond Lachman offered a Power Point presentation, followed by remarks by Joel Kotkin on the economic report he authored. Then the panel of economic experts talked about U.S. economic…