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Guilford Technical Community College Professor Jeff Kinard taught a class about Civil War weaponry and shared artifacts such as muskets, carbines, and revolvers. He described technological…

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, former ambassador Nicholas Burns, and other participants talk about U.S.-China relations in the 21st century.

Chazen Institute senior scholar Anu Bradford talked about the power and influence of the European Union.

David Kilcullen, former counterinsurgency adviser to Gen. David Petraeus, looked at the ways hostile forces have adapted to the ways the U.S. fights wars.

Historian Richard Frank provided the first of a multi-volume history of the Asia-Pacific War, from 1937-1942.

David Enrich, finance editor at the New York Times, took a critical look at the history and current business practices of Germany’s Deutsche Bank.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson fielded questions from members on his government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak in an extended Question Time session. This was the last session before the House…

Joshua Hammer told the story of a black market animal smuggling operation and reported on related international and American trade regulations.

Gary May talked about his book The Informant: The FBI, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Murder of Viola Liuzzo, published by Yale University Press. The book recounts former FBI informant Gary Thomas…

Slate national security columnist Fred Kaplan provided a history of American policy on nuclear war.

Georgetown University’s Ben Buchanan talked about the normalizing of cyber warfare as a geopolitical tool.

Labor activist and longtime communist Tony Pecinovsky talked about the history of the Communist Party USA and profiled six of its leaders.

West Point law Professor Tim Bakken argued that the U.S. military is hurting itself and the country by elevating loyalty over all other values.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper held a virtual briefing with service members on the department’s response to coronavirus. He was joined by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Mark Milley and…

Michael Gove, minister of the U.K. Cabinet Office, led the government’s coronavirus briefing in London following the announcement that both Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Health Secretary Matt…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that he tested positive for coronavirus and was self-isolating but continuing to govern.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered an address on the bloc’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. She spoke to members in the European Parliament during the opening of their plenary…

Retired Admiral James Stavridis, former NATO supreme allied commander of NATO, talked about his book, Sailing True North: Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character, on the lessons on…

David Shulkin talked about his book, It Shouldn’t Be This Hard to Serve Your Country: Our Broken Government and the Plight of Veterans, in which he recounts his time as the secretary of the…

Brown University’s Peter Andreas talked about the relationship between six drugs - alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, opium, amphetamines, and cocaine - and war.