Security for a New Century Study Group

Program Events

• Challenges and Opportunities for Counterterrorism Cooperation in South Asia and the Horn of Africa

  August 11, 2011 — Alistair Millar joined us for a discussion on counterterrorism efforts in South Asia and the Horn of Africa.  Mr. Millar is founder and director of the Center on

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• U.S. Civilian Response to Crises Overseas: A Discussion with Ambassador Robert Loftis

  August 5, 2011 — Ambassador Robert Loftis joined us for a discussion on the U.S. State Department’s Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) and its

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• Crisis in East Africa: From Drought to Famine

  July 29, 2011 — EJ Hogendoorn and Lauren Ploch joined us for a discussion on the security and political implications of the drought in East Africa, and in particular, the famine in

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• The Northern Limit Line: A Potential Flashpoint for the Korean Peninsula

  July 22, 2011 - Dr. Terence Roehrig joined us for a discussion on the Korean Northern Limit Line - a disputed maritime border between North and South Korea.  Dr. Roehrig is a

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• Drones and the Laws of Armed Conflict

  July 15, 2011 — Lieutenant Colonel Chris Jenks joined us for a discussion on Unmanned Aerial Systems (drones) and the laws of armed conflict. Lt. Col. Jenks is the Chief of the

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• A Report from the Commanders of the USS Kearsarge and the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit

  June 24, 2011 — CAPT Pete Pagano, commander of USS Kearsarge Amphibious Group (KSG ARG), and Col Mark Desens, commander of the 26^th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), joined us for a

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• Cyberspace: The New and Evolving Global Battlefield

  June 10, 2011 — Dr. Herbert S. Lin joined us for a discussion on cyber security and the laws of armed conflict.  Dr. Lin is chief scientist of the Computer Science and

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• The US, Iran, and Stability in Afghanistan

  May 27, 2011 — Dr. Mohsen Milani joined us for a discussion on the current status of Iran-Afghanistan relations and the implications for US interests in the region.  Dr. Milani is a

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• Drug-Trafficking and Transnational Crime in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran

  May 13, 2011 — Matthieu Aikins and Umar Riaz joined us for a discussion on transnational threats and their destabilizing effect on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran.  Aikins is an

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• Dancing in the Glory of Monsters:  A Discussion on Conflict in the Congo

  May 6, 2011 — Jason Stearns, a former Coordinator of the UN Group of Experts on the Congo, joined us for a discussion on the roots of the DRC conflict and an assessment of the current

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• What is Happening in Yemen?

  April 28, 2011 — Gregory Johnsen joined us for a briefing (via video conference from Cairo) on recent developments in Yemen and the implications for US national security.  Mr. Johnsen

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• India in Afghanistan: Tensions with Pakistan and the Impact on US Interests

  April 19, 2011 — Christine Fair joined us for a briefing on India's influence in Afghanistan.  Dr. Fair is a professor at the Center for Peace and Security Studies within Georgetown's

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• The Role of the Media in Pakistan

  April 8, 2011 — Journalist Huma Yusuf joined us for a briefing on the role of Pakistani media on US-Pakistan relations.  Ms. Yusuf is an award winning columnist and investigative

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• Unrest in Syria

  Dr. Joshua Landis joined us by video conference from his office in Oklahoma to discuss the current unrest in Syria.  Dr. Landis is the Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies

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• Multi-Track Approaches to Conflict Management –  The Ongoing Case of Ivory Coast

  March 25, 2011 — Dr. Andrea Bartoli joined us for a discussion on the various tools of conflict prevention and resolution and how they apply to the current unrest in Ivory Coast.  Dr.

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• The Geopolitics of Oil

  March 18, 2011 — Robert McNally, former Senior Director for International Energy on the National Security Council (2001-2003), joined us for a discussion on the geopolitics of oil and

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• The Dilemma of Neutrality in Humanitarian Assistance

  March 11, 2011 — Martin de Boer joined us for a discussion on the challenges faced by humanitarian assistance organizations to remain neutral and distribute aid affectively during

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• Beyond Cairo: Prospects for Change in the Middle East

  February 14, 2011 — Ellen Laipson and Dr. Steven Heydemann joined us for a discussion on the current unrest in the Middle East and a general discussion on the history and potential for

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• A Zero-Sum Future?

  February 7, 2011 — Gideon Rachman joined us for a discussion of his new book, Zero-Sum Future: American Power in an Age of Anxiety.  Rachman is the chief foreign affairs columnist for

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• The Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Civilian Nuclear Agreements, and Nonproliferation

  January 28, 2011 — Ms. Susan Squassoni joined us for a discussion on the nuclear fuel cycle, the future of civilian nuclear cooperation programs and the implications for

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• Diplomacy and Development in an Age of Austerity

  January 21, 2011 — Dr. Gordon Adams joined us for a discussion on the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR), pressures to reduce government spending and the national

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• Sudan’s Referendum

  December 17, 2010 — Ambassador Timothy Carney and Jonathan Temin  joined us for a discussion on the upcoming January referendum in Sudan, the implications of Southern independence, and

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• Iran: Internal Politics and Global Ambitions

  December 10, 2010 — Dr. Ray Takeyh joined us for a discussion on recent political developments in Iran, the current round of multilateral negotiations and the future of U.S.-Iran

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• Haiti’s Challenges

  December 3, 2010 — Haiti specialist Dr. Robert Maguire joined us for a discussion on Haiti's recent elections and the country's continuing struggle to rebuild following the January

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• Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power

  November 10, 2010 — Best-selling author Robert D. Kaplan and Ambassador Arun K. Singh joined us for a discussion of Mr. Kaplan's new book Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of

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• Mexico: Drugs, Violence and Expanding Criminal Networks

  October 21, 2010 — Dr. Andrew Selee and Armand Peschard-Sverdrup joined us for a discussion on Mexico's expanding criminal networks and the violence that has erupted in recent years.

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• Transition in North Korea

  October 14, 2010 — Dr. Victor Cha joined us for a discussion on the current situation in North Korea and the implications of Kim Jong Il's apparent succession plans.  Dr. Cha holds the

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• Demography and International Security

  October 7, 2010 — Richard Cincotta joined us to discuss likely demographic implications on international security between now and the next twenty years. Dr. Cincotta is a political

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• The War in Afghanistan: Competing Assumptions

  September 24, 2010 — Matthew Hoh and Dr. Michael O'Hanlon joined the Stimson Center in its latest chapter of the Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran briefing series in partnership with the

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• The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam

  September 17, 2010 — Eliza Griswold joined us for a discussion on her new book, The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam.  She is a journalist

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• Implementing Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy in the Developing World

  August 13, 2010 — Brian Finlay joined us for a discussion of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and global efforts to implement more rigorous non-proliferation

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• The Implications of the Rwandan Elections

  August 6, 2010 — Susan Page, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa at the U.S. Department of State, joined us for a discussion on the August 2010 presidential elections in Rwanda.

  The

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• Potential for Political Violence: Kenya’s Aug. 4 Constitutional Referendum and 2012 General Election

  August 2, 2010 — John Langlois, Country Representative for USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) in Kenya, joined us for a discussion on the potential for political violence

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• Water Management and Conflict in Pakistan

  July 23, 2010 — Dr. Daanish Mustafa joined us for a discussion on the nexus of water management and conflict in Pakistan. Dr. Mustafa is the Senior Lecturer in Environment, Politics,

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• al Shabaab: Reaching Beyond Somalia?

  July 16, 2010 — Bronwyn Bruton and Ambassador David H. Shinn joined us to discuss al Shabaab in the context of the security situation in East Africa. Ms. Bruton was an international

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• The US National Security Strategy

  July 1, 2010 — Dr. Peter Feaver and Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld joined us for a discussion on the recently released Obama National Security Strategy. Dr. Feaver served as Special Advisor for

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• The US and the International Criminal Court

  June 28, 2010 — John B. Bellinger, III and Ambassador David J. Scheffer joined the Security for a New Century Group to discuss the United States and its changing relationship with the

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• Turkey’s Changing Role in the World

  June 25, 2010 — Dr. Henri J. Barkey and Dr. Kemal Kirisci joined us for a discussion on the implications of Turkey’s changing role in regional and global affairs. Dr. Barkey is a

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• Security, Reconstruction, and Development: The Role of Civil Society in Afghanistan

  June 7, 2010 — Three leaders of Afghan civil society joined us to discuss the role of civil society organizations in facilitating peace, security, and sustainable development in

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• Cell Phones: Tools for Terrorists and Assets for Aid Workers

  May 28, 2010 — Cori Dauber, an Associate Professor of Communication Studies and of Peace, War, and Defense at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Josh Nesbit, the

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• The Afghanistan-Kyrgyzstan Nexus

  May 20, 2010 — Two of International Crisis Group's field-based experts joined us for a discussion on the confluence of instability in Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan. Kabul-based senior

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• Energy Security in Asia

  May 3, 2010 — Mikkal E. Herberg, Research Director of the Energy Security Program at The National Bureau of Asian Research, joined us for a discussion on “pipeline politics” in Asia

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• De-Radicalization and the Psychology of Terrorism

  April 30, 2010 — Dr. John Horgan, Director of the International Center for the Study of Terrorism and Associate Professor of Science, Technology and Society at Pennsylvania State

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• Prospects for the 2010 NPT Review Conference

  April 26, 2010 — Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapala, former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs (1998-2003), joined us for a discussion of the upcoming Nuclear

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• Elections in Sudan

  April 12, 2010 — Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, Head of the Government of Southern Sudan’s Mission to the United States, joined us for a discussion of Sudan’s national elections.

  Ezekiel Lol

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• Oil, Drugs, and Conflict: Transnational Issues in West Africa

  March 26, 2010 — Jennifer Cooke, director of the CSIS Africa Program, and Emmanuel Bombande, director of the West African Network for Peacebuilding in Ghana, joined us for a discussion

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• Key Issues in US-Latin America Relations

  March 19, 2010 — Michael Shifter, José Cárdenas, and Eric Farnsworth joined us for a discussion on U.S. policy toward Latin America. Michael Shifter is Vice President for Policy and

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• Elections in Iraq

  March 12, 2010 — Laith Kubba, former Senior Advisor to Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, and Reidar Visser, research fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs,

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• Women and Girls in the Aftermath of the Haitian Earthquake

  March 8, 2010 — Heidi Lehmann, Head of the International Rescue Committee's Gender-Based Violence Technical Unit and recently returned from Haiti, and Kathryn Striffolino, Amnesty

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• Budgeting for National Security

  March 5, 2010 — 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

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• FY11 Budget and Securing Nuclear Materials

  February 24, 2010 — Mr. Kenneth Luongo, President of Partnership for Global Security, and Dr. Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government,

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• Afghanistan: Insights from a War Correspondent

  February 1, 2010 — Anand Gopal, Afghanistan-based journalist for the Wall Street Journal, joined us for an update on the current state of the insurgency in Afghanistan.

  Mr. Gopal has

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• The New Strategy in Afghanistan: An Afghan Perspective

  January 29, 2010 — 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

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• US Counterterror Intelligence: Options for Reform

  January 25, 2010 — Dr. Jennifer Sims, Director of Intelligence Studies at Georgetown University and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence Coordination, joined us

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• The Rise of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iran

  December 18, 2009 — Dr. Michael Connell, the director of Project Iran and a research analyst in the International Affairs Group at the Center for Naval Analyses, joined us for a

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• Security in Afghanistan: Local Perceptions

   December 14, 2009 — Prakhar Sharma, former Head of Research at the Centre for Conflict and Peace Studies in Kabul, Afghanistan, joined us for a discussion on the underlying causes and

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• Nonproliferation and the Legacy of the Cold War

  December 11, 2009 — David Hoffman, contributing editor at The Washington Post, will join us for a discussion of his recent book, The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War and its

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• USAID in Sudan

  December 4, 2009 — William Hammink, U.S. Agency for International Development Mission Director in Sudan, joined us for a discussion on the U.S. government’s development and

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• Turmoil in Yemen

  November 20, 2009 — April Longley Alley, Research Associate at the National Defense University, joined us for a discussion on the deteriorating situation in Yemen, a country in which,

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• Terrorism and Counterterrorism in India

  November 17, 2009 — Vappala Balachandran and Prakash Singh will joined us for a discussion on terrorism and counterterrorism in India.

  What are the different sources and dimensions of

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• Climate Change and National Security

  November 13, 2009 — Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn (Ret.), Nigel Purvis, and Matthew Rojansky joined us for a discussion that examines the links between climate change and national

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• The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

  November 9, 2009 — Theodore Sorensen, former Special Counsel and Adviser to President John F. Kennedy, and Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr., former Special Representative of the President

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• Displaced Civilians in Pakistan

  November 3, 2009 — Mike Young, the International Rescue Committee’s Deputy Regional Director in Pakistan, joined us for a discussion on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Pakistan. Mr.

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• Obama Goes to China: A Preview of the President’s Trip

  October 30, 2009 — Douglas H. Paal and Robert G. Sutter, joined us for a discussion of the issues likely to dominate the agenda during President Obama’s upcoming trip to China. Dr.

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• Venezuela: The Chávez Question

  October 23, 2009 — Mark P. Sullivan, a specialist in Latin American Affairs for the Congressional Research Service who recently returned from a trip to the region, joined us for a

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• A Renewed Effort in Somalia?  Peacebuilding and Counterterrorism Operations in the Horn of Africa

  October 16, 2009 — Andre Le Sage, an assistant professor of terrorism and counterterrorism at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University, joined us for

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• Escalating Ethnic Tension in Iraq: The Next Battlefront?

  October 9, 2009 — Joost Hiltermann, Deputy Program Director for the Middle East and North Africa at the International Crisis Group, joined us for a discussion on the implications of

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• US Nuclear Weapons Policy: Challenges and Opportunities

  September 25, 2009 — Dr. Charles Ferguson of the Council on Foreign Relations and Ambassador Linton F. Brooks, former Administrator of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear

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• Afghanistan and the Crisis of Legitimacy

  September 18, 2009 — J Alexander Thier, Director for Afghanistan and Pakistan at the United States Institute of Peace and editor and coauthor of The Future of Afghanistan (USIP, 2009),

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• Pakistan on the Brink?

  September 11, 2009 — John R. Schmidt, a former senior officer in the U.S. Foreign Service who was Political Counselor at the US Embassy in Pakistan (1998-2001) and who currently

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• Learning from the H1N1/Swine Flu

  May 18, 2009 — Dr. Rebecca Katz, assistant research professor in the Department of Health Policy at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, and

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• Uighur/Han Clashes in China

  July 31, 2009 — Dr. Sean Roberts, director of the international development studies program and associate professor of the practice of international affairs at The George Washington

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• Elections in Afghanistan: A Preview

  July 24, 2009 — Dr. Amin Tarzi, Director of Middle East Studies at the Marine Corps University in Quantico, Virginia, joined us for a dialogue focusing on the upcoming round of

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• Mitigating Cyber Attacks

  July 20, 2009 — Mr. Gregory Garcia, former assistant secretary for Cybersecurity and Telecommunications at the Department of Homeland Security and president of Garcia Strategies, and

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• Development in Afghanistan

  Security for a New Century hosted Dr. Scott Guggenheim, senior policy advisor for AusAID’s National Program for Community Empowerment, Indonesia, and designer of the National

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• Nuclear Proliferation Issues

  Security for a New Century hosted Dr. Morton H. Halperin, member of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States and Dr. Andrew K. Semmel, former deputy

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• Space Security

  Security for a New Century hosted Michael Krepon, co-founder of the Henry L Stimson Center and director of its Space Security Program for a discussion on space diplomacy under the new

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• Regional Security in the Horn of Africa

  Dr. Terrence Lyons, associate professor of Conflict Resolution at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Research (ICAR) at George Mason University, will join us for a discussion on

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• Infrastructure and Homeland Security

  Security for a New Century was pleased to welcome Mr. David Gehr and Mr. Paul F. Mlakar, members of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), to lead a discussion on the findings

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• China and Latin America

  Security for a New Century was delighted to host Dr. Cynthia Watson, chairwoman of the Department of Security Studies at the National War College and a member of the National Committee

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• Human Rights and Civil Society in Afghanistan

  The Security for a New Century Study Group was honored to host Mr. Ahmad Nader Nadery, commissioner of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission in Kabul, and Mr. Paul van

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• Maritime Security Issues

  The Security for a New Century Study Group was honored to host Vice Admiral Kevin J. Cosgriff, former Commander of the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, for a discussion of current

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• The Mexican Drug Cartels

  The sharp increase in gang related violence along the US-Mexico border has propelled the drug trade towards the top of both the national security and the political agenda. Fresh tales

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• Iran and Sanctions

  The Security for a New Century Study Group was honored to host Mr. Orde Kittrie, professor of Law at Arizona State University and senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of

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• Elections in Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan

  Dr. Kenneth Katzman, senior Middle East analyst for the Congressional Research Service (CRS), will join us to discuss the pivotal elections in these three key Middle East nations that

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• Iran: Internal Social and Political Dynamics

  The Security for a New Century Study Group was honored to host Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, author of Women Building Peace: What They Do, Why It Matters, for a discussion of social

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• The Future of the US-Russia Relationship

  Security for a New Century was pleased to host a discussion on one of the key foreign policy questions facing the new administration - the future of the US – Russia relationship.

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• Nuclear Laboratory Capabilities for 21st Century National Security

  The Security for a New Century Study Group was honored to host Elizabeth “Libby” Turpen, co-director of the Cooperative Nonproliferation Program at The Henry L. Stimson Center, and

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• Iraq: Recent Events and Challenges Ahead

  The Security for a New Century Study Group was honored to host Ambassador Charles P. Ries, senior fellow at RAND Corporation and former Minister for Economic Affairs and Coordinator

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• Public Opinion in Iran

  Security for a New Century was pleased to host Dr Steven Kull, Director of WorldPublicOpinion.org and the Program on International Policy Attitudes to discuss recent polling of public

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• War in Afghanistan

  The Security for a New Century Study Group was honored to host Dr. Catherine Dale, specialist in International Security at the Congressional Research Service (CRS), for a discussion of

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• Global Trends 2025: A Changed World

  Dr. Mathew J. Burrows, director of Analysis and Production Staff at the National Intelligence Council (NIC), will join us for a discussion on the report Global Trends 2025: A

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• The Post-Election Relationship with Iran

  Bahman Baktiari, director of Research and Academic Programming in the School of Policy and International Affairs at the University of Maine, will join us for a discussion on the

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• Preventing Nuclear Terrorism

  The Security for a New Century Study Group was honored to host Mr. Matthew Rojansky, Executive Director of the Partnership for a Secure America and Mr. Brian Finlay, Senior Associate

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• Russian Ambitions vs. Russian Reality

  The Security for a New Century Study Group was honored to host Dr. Eugene Rumer, of the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University for a discusson of the

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• Dynamic Growth, Stability and Social Change in China

  Charles Freeman, the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and former managing director of the China Alliance, and Jacques

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• United States and the Emerging Iraqi Reality

  Ellen Laipson, president and CEO of the Henry L Stimson Center and Ambassador Edward W. Gnehm, Jr. professor for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs, at the Elliott School of

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• Humanitarian Intervention and the Right to Protect

  Joel Charny, vice president for policy, Refugees International and Roberta Cohen, senior adviser, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement at the Brookings Institution, will

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• Military Reform and Innovation

  Dr. Lawrence Korb, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and a senior advisor to the Center for Defense Information, will join us for a discussion on military reform and

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• The Rise of Sovereign Wealth Funds

  Edwin Truman, senior fellow at Peterson Institute for International Economics and former assistant secretary of the US Treasury for International Affairs, and Tom Karol, president and

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