[youtube id="xnaAaP35IaA" width="600" height="350" autoplay="no" api_params="" class=""] Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West tells the story of a century-long espionage war between Russia and the West. In Walton’s telling, the Cold War began earlier than is widely understood and extended beyond the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, fueled
On Tuesday, October 24, national security students at NYU Law had the opportunity to attend an informal lunch discussion featuring Reiss Center Faculty Co-Directors Ryan Goodman and Andrew Weissmann in conversation with former Deputy Director of the FBI Andrew McCabe. McCabe addressed topics relating to law enforcement, national security, and the rule of law. Discussion
On Thursday, November 2, 2023, the Reiss Center on Law and Security and the National Security Law Society welcomed our second speaker of the 2023-2024 season of A Road Less Traveled: Ian Moss, Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Bureau of Counterterrorism, Department of State. Event Details November 2, 2023 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Furman Hall Room
[youtube id="jCOBTEEfLVY" width="600" height="350" autoplay="no" api_params="" class=""] The surveillance authorities contained in Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act are set to expire on December 31, 2023, unless Congress acts to renew them. Long regarded by the U.S. government as an indispensable national security tool necessary for averting threats posed by foreign terrorists
On Wednesday, February 7, 2024, the Reiss Center on Law and Security and the National Security Law Society welcomed our third speaker of the 2023-2024 season of A Road Less Traveled: Priyanka Motaparthy, Director, Project on Counterterrorism, Armed Conflict and Human Rights at the Human Rights Institute at Columbia Law School. Event Details February 7, 2024
[youtube id="QZNQg1CA6HA" width="600" height="350" autoplay="no" api_params="" class=""] On February 29, 2024, Just Security and the Reiss Center on Law and Security welcomed the Director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines, to NYU School of Law for an event in celebration of Just Security’s 10th anniversary year. Director Haines delivered remarks regarding strategic declassification, the role of
On Friday, March 1, 2024, the Reiss Center on Law and Security and the National Security Law Society welcomed our fourth speaker of the 2023-2024 season of A Road Less Traveled: Tess Bridgeman (’10), Co-Editor-in-Chief, Just Security; Senior Fellow & Visiting Scholar, Reiss Center on Law and Security. Former: Deputy Legal Adviser to the National
[youtube id="YAmUlnqYkDQ" width="600" height="350" autoplay="no" api_params="" class=""] Recent issues of major public concern (the COVID pandemic; threats to the secure administration of federal elections) have engendered a wave of mis- and disinformation, often spread virally through social media platforms. This has highlighted a vital but unsettled question in US law: When can the government
[youtube id="vief2orJXFk" width="600" height="350" autoplay="no" api_params="" class=""] Former President Donald Trump is facing four explosive criminal prosecutions: the January 6 and classified documents cases brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith in federal court, the election interference case in Georgia, and the “hush money” case in New York. The outcomes could alter American democracy for
On Monday, April 1, Reiss Center Non-Resident Senior Fellow Tom Joscelyn sat down with NYU Law students for an informal lunch talk covering a wide range of topics. Joscelyn discussed his work on the House January 6 Committee as a principal author of the Committee’s report; the ongoing threat and operations of groups who participated
