Past Events

A Road Less Traveled: National Security Careers After Law School – Alex Abdo

Vanderbilt Hall 202 40 Washington Square S, New York, NY, United States

  On Tuesday, October 19, 2021, the Reiss Center on Law and Security and the National Security Law Society welcomed our first speaker of the 2021-2022 season of a A Road Less Traveled: Alex Abdo, Litigation Director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University.

The War on Terror: Twenty More Years?

[youtube id="ZrCqO9sz0jg" width="600" height="350" autoplay="no" api_params="" class=""]     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

A Road Less Traveled: National Security Careers After Law School – Akunna Cook

  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.

Diplomacy, Strategy and Force: Managing Rising Tensions in Taiwan

[youtube id="jjJfzvEbLOQ" width="600" height="350" autoplay="no" api_params="" class=""]     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 Road Less Traveled: National Security Careers After Law School – Ben Huebner

  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.

The Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Navigating Law, Diplomacy, and Force

[youtube id="5FDT07j747M" width="600" height="350" autoplay="no" api_params="" class=""]     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

A Road Less Traveled: National Security Careers After Law School – Ruchi Gill

  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.

The Origins of the Sicilian Mafia: What We Know and What We Still Cannot Explain

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

Investigating Mar-a-Lago

[youtube id="w8afCO7TbQo" width="600" height="350" autoplay="no" api_params="" class=""]   The U.S. Department of Justice’s unprecedented investigation continues into the documents found at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, raising many intertwined domestic law and national security concerns. What is the likely trajectory of the criminal investigation? How might the Mar-a-Lago proceedings be sequenced with the separate

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