The State Department has released a reorganization plan that would usher in significant changes to the way the United States conducts its diplomacy and foreign assistance, at a time of considerable geopolitical change. Proposals by the Trump administration include eliminating or restructuring a number of the Department’s longstanding functions, dissolving and/or folding USAID into…

Our A Road Less Traveled event series concluded with its final event of the ’24-25 Academic Year on Thursday, April 3. We were honored to invite: Zaid Zaid Director, Head of U.S. Public Policy, Cloudfare; Former: Head of North America, Strategic Response Policy, Meta; Special Assistant to the President and Associate White House Counsel Event…

  The Department of Justice Then and Now Wednesday, March 5, 2025 1:10 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. Find the recording here.   Event Description & Participants: Presidents have long pursued policy prerogatives through the Department of Justice, but traditionally there’s been a clear dividing line between those and DOJ enforcement decisions. At this Forum, experts…

 We hosted another A Road Less Traveled event on Tuesday, March 4. We were honored to speak with: Alexis Blane ’08 Special Counsel to Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer; Former: Principal Deputy Counsel, Office of the Mayor of New York City; Attorney Adviser, U.S. Department of State Event Details Tuesday, March 4, 2025 1:15 – 2:15…

  On Wednesday, February 26th, we hosted Distinguished Scholar in Residence Lisa Monaco, who kicked off her return to the Reiss Center and NYU Law by joining a lunchtime discussion with NYU Law students about recent developments in geopolitics and the transatlantic alliance. We are grateful to Monaco for taking time to share thoughts on…

We hosted our first A Road Less Traveled event of the 2025 on Monday, February 3. We were honored to speak with: Hope Goins Democratic Staff Director, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security; Former: Senior Advisor and Counsel to the Chairman, Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol…

Jen Easterly, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), was in conversation with Judi Germano, Adjunct Professor of Law and Distinguished/Senior Fellow, CCS/RCLS to discuss current issues in cybersecurity, key takeaways from Easterly’s role at CISA, and the intersection between national security and AI. This event was co-hosted by the NYU Center for…

On Thursday, November 14, the Reiss Center on Law and Security welcomed Brett Holmgren, Acting Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), to NYU. Acting Director Holmgren sat down with NYU Law students for an informal lunch discussion focused on information sharing practices, evolutions in the terrorism and counterterrorism landscape, and the role of the…