45 Events

General Qassem Soleimani

Press Office of Iranian Supreme Leader/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

The Middle East Post-Soleimani: An Intelligence Assessment

Wed., Feb. 12, 2020 | 11:45am - 1:00pm

Taubman Building - Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor

The Intelligence Project will host a panel discussion with Bernard Hudson, former Director of Counterterrorism for the CIA, and Norman Roule, former National Intelligence Manager for Iran. Kristin Wood, former Senior CIA Analyst, will moderate. 

Admission open to Harvard staff, students, fellows, faculty, and alumni. Lunch will be provided on a first come, first served basis. Please RSVP below and bring your Harvard ID for check-in at the door. 

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Defense Project Series: Strategic Intelligence for National Security Decision-Making

Wed., Feb. 5, 2020 | 11:45am - 1:00pm

Belfer Building - Bell Hall, 5th Floor

The Defense Project and Intelligence Project will co-host a lunch with LTG Karen Gibson, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for National Security Partnerships, from 11:45a,-1:00pm in Bell Hall. 

Please RSVP below. Admission open to Harvard staff, students, fellows, faculty, alumni, and affiliates. 

Dr. Ronen Bergman

Dor Malka

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

[AT CAPACITY] Rise and Kill First: A Discussion with Dr. Ronen Bergman

Wed., Jan. 29, 2020 | 4:15pm - 5:30pm

Taubman Building - Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor

This event is at capacity. Please email caitlin_chase@hks.harvard.edu to be added to the waitlist. 

The Intelligence Project and the Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics, and Public Policy will co-host a seminar with Dr. Ronen Bergman, contributing writer for the New York Times and author of Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations, from 4:15-5:30pm in the Allison Dining Room (T-520).

Paul Kolbe, Director of the Intelligence Project, and Nancy Gibbs, Director of the Shorenstein Center and Visiting Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press, Politics and Public Policy, will co-moderate.

Refreshments will be provided on a first come, first served basis. This event is open to Harvard students, staff, faculty, fellows, and alumni.  Please RSVP below and bring your Harvard ID for check-in at the door. 

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Climate Crisis & Truth Decay: The Global Threats of Our Time

Thu., Dec. 12, 2019 | 12:00pm - 1:15pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

The Intelligence Project will host a lunch with General James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence, from 12:00-1:15pm in the Belfer Center Library. Paul Kolbe will moderate.

Lunch will be provided on a first come, first served basis. Please RSVP below and bring your Harvard ID for check-in at the door. 

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

The Chinese Intelligence Storm on the U.S.

Wed., Dec. 11, 2019 | 12:00pm - 1:15pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

The Intelligence Project will host a lunch with Mark Kelton, Former Director of Counterintelligence for the CIA, on Wednesday, December 11th from 12:00-1:15pm in the Belfer Center Library. Paul Kolbe will moderate.

Lunch will be provided on a first come, first served basis. Please RSVP below and bring your Harvard ID for check-in at the door. 

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Cybersecurity, Espionage, and the 5G Future

Wed., Dec. 4, 2019 | 12:00pm - 1:15pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

The Intelligence Project will host a seminar with The Honorable Mike Rogers, Former Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, from 12:00-1:15pm in the Belfer Center Library. Intelligence Project Director Paul Kolbe will moderate.  

Admission will be open to Harvard students, staff, fellows, faculty, and affiliates. Lunch will be provided on a first come, first served basis. Please RSVP below.

Dan Hoffman

Screenshot from Fox News

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Kyiv’s Perfect Storm: Ukraine’s Perilous Position between Russian Aggression and U.S. Partisan Warfare

Mon., Nov. 25, 2019 | 2:00pm - 3:15pm

One Brattle Square - Room 350

The Intelligence Project will host a seminar with Daniel Hoffman, former Chief of Station and Senior Executive Clandestine Service Officer with the CIA, on Monday, November 25th from 2:00-3:15pm in One Brattle 350. Paul Kolbe will moderate. 

Admission will be open to Harvard students, staff, faculty, fellows, and affiliates and refreshments will be provided.

New York Times headline: "Whistle-Blower Alleged White House Cover-Up of Ukraine Call"

Screenshot by USA Today of the New York Times website: "Whistle-Blower Alleged White House Cover-Up of Ukraine Call"

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Strange Bedfellows: The Fourth Estate and the Second Oldest Profession

Wed., Nov. 20, 2019 | 12:00pm - 1:15pm

Littauer Building - Malkin Penthouse, 4th Floor

The Intelligence Project will host a seminar with David Sanger, Suzanne Kelly, and Bill Harlow from 12:00pm-1:15pm in the Malkin Penthouse. Intelligence Project Director Paul Kolbe will moderate.  

Lunch will be provided on a first come, first served basis. Please RSVP below.

The Honorable Susan M. Gordon

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Breakfast with the Honorable Susan M. Gordon, Former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence

Tue., Nov. 19, 2019 | 8:45am - 10:00am

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

The Intelligence Project will host a seminar with the Honorable Susan M. Gordon, Former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence in the Belfer Center Library (L369).

Admission Policy: Open to Harvard students, staff, faculty, fellows, and affiliates. Breakfast will be provided on a first come, first served basis. Please RSVP below. 

Tamir Pardo, JFK IOP Forum

Harvard Kennedy School IOP

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

[AT CAPACITY] A Discussion with Former Mossad Director Tamir Pardo

Mon., Nov. 18, 2019 | 12:15pm - 1:30pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

The Intelligence Project will host a lunch with Tamir Pardo, Former Director of Mossad, from 12:00-1:15pm in the Belfer Center Library. Graham Allison will moderate. 

Lunch will be provided on a first come, first served basis. Please RSVP. Admission Policy: Harvard students, staff, faculty, fellows, alumni, and affiliates.