Please join the Asia-Pacific Initiative and the Defense Project for a conversation with Martin Romualdez, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines. The Speaker will deliver remarks on the future of the U.S.-Philippines alliance, the foreign and defense policy of the Philippines under President Marcos, and evolving geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region. His remarks will be followed by a conversation moderated by Eric Rosenbach (Co-Director of the Belfer Center).

Advance registration is required.

Please join the Belfer Center’s Defense Project for a seminar on the Boston Marathon Bombings featuring former Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, Juliette Kayyem, and Eric Rosenbach. The event will be held in the Allison Dining Room on Tuesday, April 4th from 3:30 - 4:30pm.

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

Please join National Security Fellows LtCol Richard Neikirk and Mr. Ryan Canady for a seminar with special guest General Eric Smith, the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps. 

This event is a part of the Defense Project Speaker Series, in which National Security Fellows invite speakers to co-present with them on pressing national security issues. 

Harvard staff, students, and faculty are welcome to attend this event in person. The public is welcome to attend this event virtually. 

Light refreshments will be provided. 

The Belfer Center's Asia-Pacific Initiative and Defense Project will host a Director's Seminar with John C. Demers, former Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the U.S. Department of Justice. The conversation will be moderated by Eric Rosenbach, Co-Director of the Belfer Center, and Chris Li, Director of Research for the Asia-Pacific Initiative.

Advance registration is required, and attendance is limited to current Harvard affiliates (students, staff, faculty, fellows).

You are permitted to attend only if you receive an email confirmation. 

As part of their seminar series, National Security Fellows Steven Cooper and Brian Eno will be joined by Chief Master Sergeant Geoffrey P. Ikert to discuss the tactical implications of policy decisions in high stress scenarios. The attempted rescue of Luke Somers from Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Yemen will be used as an example to discuss this topic.

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.

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.

The Intelligence and Defense Projects at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a breakfast seminar with LTG Robert P. Ashley, Jr., Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, on Friday April 26th from 08:45-10:00am in the Belfer Center Library. 

Breakfast will be provided on a first come, first served basis. RSVP required.