Past Event
Seminar

Preventing the Next Attack: A Strategy for the War on Terror

Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

A conversation with with Lisa Monaco, former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism.

Former top Obama counterterrorism advisor Lisa Monaco will discuss how to prevent the next attack and broader strategy for the war on terrorism.

Lisa Monaco

About

Lisa O. Monaco served as Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism between 2013 and 2017. As the President’s Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor, she was responsible for advising the President on all aspects of counterterrorism policy and strategy and coordinating homeland security-related activities on issues ranging from terrorist attacks at home and abroad to cybersecurity, pandemics, and natural disasters. Monaco also chaired the Cabinet-level Homeland Security Principals’ Committee which advises the President on homeland security policy issues and crises. She is a senior fellow with the Belfer Center’s Homeland Security Program.