• Presidential Powers: An American Debate

    The Presidential Powers Conference convened leading figures in law, history, journalism, and public policy, including John Dean, Viet Dinh, Sidney Blumenthal, Nat Hentoff, Bob Kerrey, Anthony Lewis, Richard Posner, Jeffrey Toobin and Sean Wilentz. Participants discussed fundamental questions facing Congress, the courts and the American people. Panels covered issues such as legislative war powers, the

  • Prosecuting Terrorism: The Global Challenge

    Featuring: Judge Baltasar Garzón of Spain Judge Jean-Louis Bruguière of France Judge Armando Spataro of Italy Scotland Yard’s Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Antiterrorism, Peter Clarke Former National Security Council member, Roger Cressey CNN terrorism correspondent and author, Peter Bergen The topics at this year’s conference included: Lessons Learned: New York, London, Madrid; Lessons Learned: Al

  • Terrorism and Security: Coordination and Cooperation

    In this sixth meeting of an ongoing project at the Center, participants discussed pressing issues in the global fight against terrorism. A distinguished group of prosecutors and terrorism experts from Spain, Morocco, Germany, Belgium, France, Egypt, Colombia, Holland, Turkey, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, and the United States met for two days in June at NYU’s

  • A Conversation with Lawrence Wright

    "Mr. Wright's book gives the reader a searing view of the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, a view that is at once wrenchingly intimate and boldly sweeping in its historical perspective" ~ Michiko Kakutani of the New York The Looming Tower With questions by: Steven Simon, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on

  • Safety and Security

    JOIN US AS WE WELCOME JEREMY WALDRON, Newly-appointed Professor of Law and Philosophy, NYU School of Law