EVENTS ARCHIVE

Indian Genius: The Meteoric Rise of Indians in America It is virtually impossible to turn on CNN, read the Wall Street Journal, go to a hospital, attend a university, or browse a bookstore without encountering a sea of Indian names and faces. In her new book Indian Genius: The Meteoric Rise of Indians in America, […]

SOF Week Held in Tampa, Florida, Special Operations Forces (SOF) Week is an annual conference for the international SOF community to learn, connect, and honor its members. Jointly sponsored by USSOCOM and the Global SOF Foundation, the 2024 edition attracted over 19,000 attendees. SOF Week 2025 aims to be the premier global gathering of special […]

Global Security Forum 2025 The Impact of Non-State Actors on Global Security April 28-30 2025 The 2025 Global Security Forum (GSF) will take place from April 28-30, 2025, in Doha, Qatar, hosted by The Soufan Center and the Qatar International Academy for Security Studies (QIASS). Under the auspices of His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman […]

What is life really like in the Gaza Strip? Few outside observers have spent as much time on the ground in Gaza exploring this question as Brian K. Barber. In his new book, No Way But Forward, Barber traces how three ordinary young Palestinian men have experienced life in Gaza over the past thirty years—including […]

Guantanamo at Twenty-Three Explore the future of Guantánamo Bay as experts discuss its history, current challenges, and prospects for closure. January 14, 2025 12 pm – 1 pm ET Online January 11, 2025, marked the 23rd anniversary of the opening of the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, which was established in the wake of the […]

\ Over the course of his presidency, Donald Trump intimidated, silenced, and bent to his will Justice Department and FBI officials, from Attorneys General Jeff Sessions and William Barr to career public servants. He sowed public doubt in both agencies so successfully that when he tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election, he […]

[Online] Training for Victory: U.S. Special Forces Advisory Operations from El Salvador to Afghanistan Event One of the most difficult security challenges of the post–Cold War era has been stabilizing failing states in an era of irregular warfare. A consistent component of the strategy to address this problem has been security force assistance where outside […]

Over the last two decades, the United States has supported a range of militias, rebels, and other armed groups in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. Critics have argued that such partnerships have many perils, from enabling human rights abuses to seeding future threats. Is it possible to work with such forces but mitigate some of these […]