Security for a New Century
Security for a New Century is an ongoing briefing series for Congressional audiences, which seeks to inform policymakers on national security and foreign policy issues. The series runs regular off the record briefings in the House and Senate, featuring leading speakers from military, US government, diplomatic and think tank communities. It is currently the only program operating inside Congress to inform personal and committee staffers from both the House and Senate, on security issues.
Our video archive page contains short interviews with our distinguished guests from past SNC briefings.
The program is run by a Congressional Fellow sponsored by Senators Richard Lugar (R-IN) and Ben Nelson (D-NE). READ MORE »
Events
Women and Girls in the Aftermath of the Haitian Earthquake »
Monday, March 8 at 3 pm at Capitol Visitors Center, Room SVC 212
Heidi Lehmann, Head of the International Rescue Committee's Gender-Based Violence Technical Unit and recently returned from Haiti, and Kathryn Striffolino, Amnesty International's Associate Director for Latin America, joined us for a discussion on efforts to combat gender-based violence in Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake.
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Budgeting for National Security »
Friday, March 5 at 10 am at Senate Visitor Center, Room 215
Gordon Adams, former Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget, joined us for a discussion of the FY11 budget and the tools of national security. Adams is co-author of Buying National Security: How America Plans and Pays for its Global Role and Safety at Home (Routledge 2010).
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FY11 Budget and Securing Nuclear Materials »
Wednesday, February 24 at 11 am at Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room G11
Kenneth Luongo, President of Partnership for Global Security, and Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, joined us for a discussion of the implications of the President's budget on the four-year goal to secure all vulnerable materials worldwide.
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Afghanistan: Insights from a War Correspondent »
Monday, February 1 at 11 am at Senate Visitor Center, Room 215
Anand Gopal, Afghanistan-based journalist for the Wall Street Journal, joined us for an update on the current state of the insurgency in Afghanistan.
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The New Strategy in Afghanistan: An Afghan Perspective »
Friday, January 29 at 10 am at Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room G-11
Mr. Hekmat Karzai, Founder and Director of the Centre for Conflict and Peace Studies in Kabul, Afghanistan and former Head of the Political Department in the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, DC, joined us for a discussion on the implications of the U.S. military and civilian "surge" in Afghanistan.
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