Research, ideas, and leadership for a more secure, peaceful world

Past Event
Seminar

"R = T x V x C: A Practical Primer for National Security Decision-making," with Paul Hollingsworth

RSVP Required Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

The Intelligence Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a seminar with Paul Hollingsworth, the former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Intelligence Programs on the NSC staff at the White House. The seminar will take place on Thursday, November 16th from 2:00-3:30pm in the Belfer Center Library (L369). Rolf Mowatt-Larrsen, Director of the Intelligence Project, will moderate.

Date: Time: - Location: Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

About

Paul Hollingsworth will draw on his time on the National Security Council staff and 27 years in the CIA to discuss the interplay between policy and intelligence, including how it works in both theory and in practice.

Mr. Hollingsworth has been the intelligence advisor on Eurasia for BP since September 2014. He previously served for 27 years in a variety of capacities in the Central Intelligence Agency, including overseas assignments in Russia and Greece and a domestic assignment at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. For the final two years of his government career he was the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Intelligence Programs on the National Security Council staff at the White House.

He has a B.A. in Catholic theology from Georgetown University and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Byzantine and Medieval Slavic Studies from the University of California (Berkeley).

Up Next