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Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Spies, Lies, and Disinformation: How History Can Help

Wed., Oct. 16, 2019 | 12:00pm - 1:15pm

One Brattle Square - Room 350

The Intelligence Project will host a lunch with Gillian Bennett, Former Chief Historian of the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office, from 12:00-1:15pm in One Brattle 350. Paul Kolbe will moderate.

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

Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the US

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

A Conversation with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United States

Tue., Oct. 8, 2019 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Littauer Building - Malkin Penthouse, 4th Floor

The Intelligence Project and Middle East Initiative will host a discussion with Shaikh Abdullah bin Rashed bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United States of America, from 4:00-5:00pm in the Malkin Penthouse. Paul Kolbe will moderate.

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

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Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Intelligence Challenges in the 2020's

Wed., Sep. 18, 2019 | 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Taubman Building - Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor

The Intelligence Project will host the Fall Semester kick-off seminar from 12:00-1:30pm in the Allison Dining Room. Lunch will be provided on a first come, first served basis. Panelists will include:

The Honorable Mike Rogers, Former Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, Former Department of Energy Director of Intelligence & Counterintelligence; Former CIA Division Chief; Former CIA Chief of Station

BG (Ret) Kevin Ryan, Former Defense Attache to Russia; Founder, US-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism; Founder, Elbe Group

Kristin Wood, Former Deputy Director, Innovation & Technology Group, Open Source Center, CIA

Bernard Hudson, Former Chief of Counterterrorism for the CIA 

Norman Roule, Former National Intelligence Manager for Iran

Moderated by the new Intelligence Project Director:

Paul Kolbe, Former CIA Division Chief; Former CIA Chief of Station

May 7, 2019

Conference - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

The Ethics & Morality of Intelligence

Tue., May 7, 2019 | 8:00am - 6:00pm

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. The Ethics of Intelligence is a full day conference hosted by the Intelligence Project at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. 

The conference will consist of four panels, a working lunch, and a reception. The morning sessions will focus on the purpose, role, and constraints of intelligence as a lever of statecraft while the afternoon sessions with address the moral and ethical questions raised by the means of intelligence. 

The conference is open to all and free to attend. However, advanced registration is required.

Location: The Wadsworth Room, Charles Hotel, 1 Bennett St, Cambridge MA

US troops of the 69th Infantry Division (left), shake hands with Russian troops in a staged photo on the wrecked bridge over the Elbe at Torgau, Germany, to mark the previous day's link-up between American and Soviet forces, 26th April 1945. Among the Americans are Bernard E. Kirschenbaum and Richard Johnson (second and third from left, respectively).

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Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Elbe Group 2019 Recap: Revisiting the Reykjavik Summit

Wed., Apr. 10, 2019 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

Former Defense Intelligence Agency Director LTG Michael Maples and former Defense Attache BG (ret) Kevin Ryan will recap the 2019 Elbe Group meeting on Wednesday, April 10th from 2:00-3:30pm in the Belfer Center Library (L369). Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, Director of the Intelligence Project, will moderate. Please register using the RSVP link. Refreshments will be provided.

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Special Series - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Women in Intelligence: Panel Discussion and Networking Event

Mon., Oct. 15, 2018 | 4:00pm - 6:30pm

Taubman Building - Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor

From uncovering Benedict Arnold to providing actionable intelligence on Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the role of women who work in the intelligence community continues to change in a dynamic, threat-rich world.
 
Please join the Intelligence Project for a panel discussion with senior female executives from across the intelligence community to discuss their careers and the important role women who work in intelligence play in national security decision making.