Upcoming Events

From Life Itself Event This event is cosponsored with ASU and the Future Security Initiative. One neighborhood in Istanbul offers a window onto a city, a country, a region, and a world in upheaval. In From Life Itself: Turkey, Istanbul, and a Neighborhood in the Age of Erdoğan, Suzy Hansen centers her reporting on Karagümrük. […]

This marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Four different US Presidents waged wars against al-Qaeda and its affiliated groups. International correspondent Peter Bergen asks what do we know now about al-Qaeda and bin Laden that we didn’t understand two and half decades ago? Drawing on his donation of 150,000 pages of documents and […]

The Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s In the 1970s, an unprecedented wave of international terrorism broke out around the world. More ambitious, networked and far-reaching than ever before, new armed groups terrorized the West with intricately planned plane hijackings and hostage missions, leaving governments scrambling to cope. Their motives were […]

What is the “Trump Doctrine?” A discussion with Peter Bergen, CNN’s national security analyst and vice president for global studies and fellows at New America Thursday, Feb 19, 2026 12:30pm – 2:00pm EST McCourt School of Public Policy [ map ]

The Warhead: The Quest to Build the Perfect Weapon EVENT Paveway, the first “smart” bomb, was created to be a more precise and ostensibly humane weapon, reducing civilian casualties. The true impact of the bomb, however, is ever more complex and unpredictable. In his new book, The Warhead: The Quest to Build the Perfect Weapon […]