On September 23, 2024, the Reiss Center on Law and Security & the National Security Law Society welcomed the first speaker of the 2024-2025 season of A Road Less Traveled: Stephen Townley, Legal Director of TrialWatch, Clooney Foundation for Justice. Former: Deputy Legal Adviser, US Mission to the UN in New York & in Geneva
On Thursday, September 26, the Reiss Center hosted a multilateral side event convened by the United States, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Japan, and the European Union on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly high-level week. The discussion addressed the topic of stopping the destabilizing flow of sensitive technology and was chaired by U.S. Assistant
We hosted our second A Road Less Traveled event of the 2024-25 academic year on Thursday, October 24. We were honored to speak with: Tarun Chhabra Deputy Assistant to the President and Coordinator for Technology and National Security, National Security Council; Former: Director, Project on International Order and Strategy, Brookings Institution Event Details Thursday,
[youtube id="WQbU7poH0mI" width="600" height="350" autoplay="no" api_params="" class=""] Americans will soon go to the polls to elect their next president and decide control of the House and Senate. In a year of numerous elections around the globe affecting roughly half of the world's population, the U.S. elections will be a consequential capstone with the potential
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
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
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
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 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
[youtube id="8VqeNRAgNbA" width="600" height="350" autoplay="no" api_params="" class=""] 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