EVENTS ARCHIVE

“Yemen on the Brink? A Threat Assessment of al Qaeda in Yemen.” TIME: 12:15 p.m.LOCATION: NAF, 1899 L Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, D.C.CONTACT: Kate Brown, 202-596-3365, brown@newamerica.net; communications@newamerica.net; PARTICIPANTS: independent journalist Barack Barfi; Christopher Boucek, associate at the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Brian Fishman, counterterrorism fellow at NAF; […]

The Only Thing Worth Dying For How Eleven Green Berets Forged a New Afghanistan Eight years and over 900 fallen American soldiers later, the war in Afghanistan rages on. With the release of The Only Thing Worth Dying For, readers will finally get a look into the secret world of Special Forces soldiers operating in […]

The Middle East Policy Council Invites you and your colleagues to their 59th Capitol Hill Conference 18 Months and Beyond: Implications of U.S. policy in Afghanistan Panel includes Frank Anderson, President, Middle East Policy Council Peter Bergen, Senior Research Fellow, Co-Director, Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative, New America Foundation Marc Sageman, Principal, Sageman Consulting, LLC; Director of […]

  Camp Victory, Afghanistan Wednesday, September 22, 20104:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.The New America Foundation 1899 L St. NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20036   Please join the New America Foundation Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative for a screening of the feature-length documentary “Camp Victory, Afghanistan.” Drawing from three years spent on the ground and nearly 300 […]

“The Evolving Nature of Terrorism – Nine Years after the 9/11 Attacks” Full Committee Wednesday, September 15, 2010 10am 311 Cannon House Office Building Full Committee Hearing “The Evolving Nature of Terrorism – Nine Years after the 9/11 Attacks” Witnesses: Members of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s National Security Preparedness Group: Peter Bergen, Senior Fellow, New […]

  CQ Congressional Testimony September 15, 2010 Wednesday THE EVOLVING NATURE OF TERRORISM; COMMITTEE: HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY SECTION: CAPITOL HILL HEARING TESTIMONY LENGTH: 8709 words   TESTIMONY-BY: PETER BERGEN, SENIOR FELLOW AFFILIATION: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION Statement of Peter Bergen Senior Fellow New America Foundation Committee on House Homeland Security September 15, 2010 My testimony will […]

  The Center on Law and Security presents Open Forum Series The Threat Today: An Assessment featuring Peter Bergen, CNN National Security analyst and Center on Law and Security Fellow Mitchell Silber, Director of Intelligence Analysis, NYPD Juan Carlos Zarate, Senior Adviser, Transnational Threats Project and Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program,  Center for Strategic and […]

  The Battle for Afghanistan and Pakistan A Threat Assessment of al-Qaeda and its Allies   Join the New America Foundation for a timely assessment of the threat from al-Qaeda and its allies in Afghanistan and Pakistan with three experts on the subject. Michael Waltz recently returned from a one year tour of duty in […]

Hosted by Journalist Peter Bergen, ID INVESTIGATES: WHY IS BIN LADEN ALIVE? Premieres Sunday, September 12 at 10PM ET  SILVER SPRING, Md., Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ — As the U.S. embarks on its 10th year since September 11, America’s leading investigation network takes an in-depth look at how it is possible that no one has been […]

Counterinsurgency: America’s Strategic Burden November 20, 2009     9:15 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks Karen J. Greenberg Executive Director, Center on Law and Security, NYU Law   9:30-11:00 a.m. Counterinsurgency Today: Theory vs. Reality Panelists: Conrad Crane, Janine Davidson, Steve Fondacaro, John Nagl, Adam Silverman Moderator: Peter Bergen   11:00-12:30 p.m. Lessons from the […]