The origin of the Sicilian mafia has been attributed to the demand of property rights enforcement in the markets of land, sulfur, citrus fruits and labor conflicts in 19th century Sicily. But what about the “supply”? How has the mafia developed and maintained its power of intimidation for 180 years? On September 19, Diego Gambetta, author of…

  On April 6, 2022, the Reiss Center on Law and Security and the National Security Law Society concluded the 2021-2022 season of A Road Less Traveled with our fifth speaker: Jonathan Lee, Director of Global Public Policy at WhatsApp.

  On March 4, 2022, the Reiss Center on Law and Security and the National Security Law Society will welcome Ruchi Gill, Counsel at Latham & Watkins and former Deputy Chief Counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, our fourth speaker of the 2021-2022 season of A Road Less Traveled.

    In the face of Russia’s escalation of the military crisis in Ukraine and the risk of expanded conflict in Europe, a panel of leading experts and former US diplomats examined the current state of play, the domestic and international law issues involved, and the larger geopolitical and historical context. Cohosted by the NYU…

  On Wednesday, February 9, 2022, Reiss Center on Law and Security and the National Security Law Society resumed our 2021-2022 season of A Road Less Traveled by welcoming our third speaker: Ben Huebner, Chief of the Civil Liberties, Privacy, and Transparency Office at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

    Following China’s recent barrage of incursions into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone, experts and officials on both sides of the Pacific are analyzing the risk of military conflict and options for keeping peace in the Taiwan Strait at a time of significant pressure on U.S.-China relations. A virtual panel of practitioners and experts…

  On Monday, November 15, 2021, the Reiss Center on Law and Security and the National Security Law Society welcomed Akunna Cook, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Southern Africa and Economic and Regional Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, our second speaker of the 2021-2022 season of a A Road Less Traveled.

    As the debate over U.S. presidential war powers gains steam in Washington, the Reiss Center co-sponsored a virtual panel discussion and Q&A, jointly organized with Just Security and the International Crisis Group. In “The ‘War on Terror’: Twenty More Years?,” a panel of experts in national security policy and law discussed the legal…