EVENTS ARCHIVE

Peter Bergen – Alper JCC Berrin Family Jewish Book Festival Tuesday, November 01, 2016, 7:30pm to 9:30pm Peter Bergen is an acclaimed journalist, producer, CNN–TV’s national security analyst, and helps run a public policy think tank. His latest book United States of Jihad is a riveting look at ‘homegrown’ Islamist terrorism from 9/11 to the […]

The Next President’s Fight Against Terror RSVP When October 19, 2016 8:30 am – 3:45 pm Where New America 740 15th St NW #900 Washington, D.C. 20005 On Wednesday, October 19, Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, New America, and The McCain Institute for International Leadership will host a one-day conference on international […]

  DC Daybook – Policy & News EventsOctober 18, 2016 Tuesday 9:00 AM GMTThe Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) – DiscussionSECTION: WAGEN; Foreign AffairsLENGTH: 78 words TIME: 9:00 a.m. EVENT: The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) holds a discussion on “The […]

  Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affai UP TO THE MINUTE: United States of Jihad: Investigating America’s Homegrown Terrorists Oct 6, 2016 04:30PM to 06:00PM Peter Bergen, Vice President, New America; CNN National Security Analyst; author, “United States of Jihad” Add to Calendar » Share » An analysis of “homegrown” Islamist terrorism from […]

Adnan’s Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial Register to Attend In early 2000, Adnan Syed was convicted and sentenced to life for the murder of his former girlfriend Hae Min Lee, a high school senior in Baltimore, Maryland. Syed maintained his innocence, and Rabia Chaudry, a family friend, believed him. By 2013, […]

August 9, 2016 TuesdayAIRPORT INDUSTRY TO MEET IN MONTREAL FOR ANNUAL CONFERENCEBYLINE: States News ServiceLENGTH: 481 wordsDATELINE: WASHINGTON The following information was released by the Airports Council International – North America: SUMMARY: Airports Council International – North America (ACI-NA) and ACI World are co-hosting the 2016 ACI-NA/World Annual Conference/World Annual General Assembly September 25 28, […]

Incarnations: A History of India in Fifty Lives Register to Attend Driving India’s emergence onto the world stage is a rich history, shaped by remarkable individuals. Yet, Indian history remains a curiously unpeopled place – beyond a few mythic celebrities, we know very little about the personal struggles that have gone into making India. In […]

September 22, 2016New America holds a discussion on “Covering Terrorism: Civil Resilience in the Information Age,” the first in a three-part series on “the role of political rhetoric, government communications, social media, and news media in shaping public reactions to terrorism.”TIME: 12:15 p.m.LOCATION: New America, 740 15th Street NW, Suite 900, Washington, D.C.CONTACT: Maria Elkin, […]

True Believer: Stalin’s Last American Spy Register to Attend Noel Field, once a well-meaning and privileged American, spied for Stalin during the 1930s and ’40s. A pawn in Stalin’s sinister master strategy, Field was kidnapped and tortured by the KGB and forced to testify against his own Communist comrades. How did an Ivy League-educated, US […]

RSVP Photo: Shutterstock/Frontpage When September 15, 2016 12:15 pm – 1:45 pm Where New America 740 15th St NW #900 Washington, D.C. 20005 Once, war was a temporary state of affairs—a violent but brief interlude between times of peace. Today, America’s wars are everywhere and forever: our enemies change constantly and rarely wear uniforms, and virtually […]