4 Events

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, meets with Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Richard Marles, second from left, at the Pentagon on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, Washington.

Associated Press

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

AUKUS, the Quad, and Australia's Strategic Vision for the Indo-Pacific: Perspectives from Australia's Defense Experts

Tue., Mar. 7, 2023 | 3:30pm - 5:00pm

Littauer Building - Malkin Penthouse, 4th Floor

​​Please join the Belfer Center’s Defense Project and the Asia-Pacific Initiative for “AUKUS, the Quad, and Australia's Strategic Vision for the Indo-Pacific: Perspectives from Australia's Defense Experts”, a panel featuring the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI).

Attendance is limited to Harvard ID holders only. Please RSVP here

State Department

U.S. Department of State

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Perspectives from the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff with Principal Deputy Director Matan Chorev

Tue., Feb. 28, 2023 | 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Taubman Building - Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor

Please join the Asia-Pacific Initiative and Future of Diplomacy Project for a special conversation with Matan Chorev, Principal Deputy Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department on "Navigating the Post Post-Cold War Era." This event will be moderated by Chris Li (Director of Research, Asia-Pacific Initiative) and Mayu Arimoto (MPP'23 and Belfer Young Leader Student Fellow).

Advance registration is required, and attendance is limited to current Harvard affiliates (students, staff, faculty, fellows). This event will be off the record.

NSFs at the Open House

Belfer Center

Information Session - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Defense Project Open House

Tue., Sep. 27, 2022 | 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Wexner Building - G02 Seminar Room

Come meet the 2022-2023 National Security Fellows and learn about their plans for the academic year, including the revamping of the For the Common Defense sessions and the Defense Project Seminar Series. 

Light refreshments will be provided and we welcome suggestions for upcoming event topics. 

This event will take place in the Quad Courtyard.

Please RSVP here.

Janne Kuusela, Defense Policy Director of Finland

The office of Mr. Janne Kuusela

Seminar - Open to the Public

Europe’s Security Landscape: The View from Finland with Janne Kuusela, Director General for Defense Policy

Tue., Sep. 27, 2022 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Rubenstein Building - David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab, Room 414AB

Please join the Belfer Center’s Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship and Defense Project for a seminar on the current European security landscape with Janne Kuusela, Defense Policy Director of Finland. Mr. Kuusela will discuss Finland’s recent NATO bid, security challenges for Northern Europe, the future of European defense cooperation and its implications for the transatlantic relationship. Professor Eric Rosenbach, co-Director of the Belfer Center, will moderate the discussion.

This event will be hybrid.