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Foley Foundation to release 2025 Bringing Americans Home research report WASHINGTON – The James W. Foley Legacy Foundation will release the results of its seventh annual Bringing Americans Home research report, which evaluates the effectiveness of U.S. government hostage policy and its support for families of Americans unjustly held captive abroad. Elizabeth Richards, the Foundation’s […]

Colorado Remembers 9/11: Commemoration & National Security Forum Published:8/27/2025 8/27/2025 Thursday, September 11 @ 7 PM Ellie Caulkins Opera House, Denver Performing Arts Complex Dr. Mark T. Esper – 27th U.S. Secretary of Defense & 23rd Secretary of the Army Brett McGurk – Former White House Coordinator for the Middle East Peter Bergen – CNN […]

2025 GLOBAL SUMMIT ON TERRORISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE September 9–10, 2025 New York, NY The Soufan Center will host the second annual Global Summit on Terrorism and Political Violence on September 9–10, 2025, in New York City. Held as part of the September 10 Project, the Summit underscores our continued commitment to honoring the memory […]

How I Found Myself in the Midwest: Reinvention and the Power of Going Local Event Just after turning forty, Steve Grove left Silicon Valley as a Google executive to move to his home state of Minnesota. Gone from the Midwest for two decades, Grove traded his career at Google for a position in state government […]

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 […]