Imagine if you woke up tomorrow to news of:

• A massive cyber-attack that irreparably damaged financial markets and shut down critical infrastructure, or
• A significant conventional defeat due to strategic surprise like happened at Pearl Harbor, or
• The release of a manufactured pathogen that marks the beginning of a new global pandemic.

Please join the Intelligence and Applied History Projects at the Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School, for a day of thoughtful discussion about the top challenges facing the existing intelligence and national security mechanisms in the United States, and possible mitigation strategies to ensure that the U.S. has the people, structure, systems, integration, legal authority, and partnerships needed to protect national interests in the years ahead. Panelists include intelligence historians Dr. Sara Castro, Dr. Michael Warner, and Dr. James Wirtz, and former intelligence practitioners Sue Gordon and Ellen McCarthy. Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper will provide a keynote address. At the conference, we will showcase the winners of our essay competition: A New National Security Act for the 21st Century.

This event will take place in hybrid format under Chatham House Rules. Registration is required. Harvard community members are welcome to attend in person. Please register for the event here: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_U_wuab28R0y1NnLQtIqylg.

A recording of this event is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0FNYuKmFY0.

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Major attention is being paid to if, when, and how a Russian invasion might take place, but there is need for more consideration of: then what? What would it mean for U.S. defense and intelligence programs and strategy going forward? What is Russia likely to do with Ukraine after occupying it? What are potentially unexpected or unanticipated consequences?

Join the Honorable Jim Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence, and Beth E. Sanner, former Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Mission Integration and presidential daily briefer, in conversation with Intelligence Project Director Paul Kolbe on these long-term questions relating to the rapidly-evolving Ukraine situation. This event is open to the public and registration is required. Content cannot be attributed to a speaker without obtaining permission. To register, go to: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_B6fcpA_fR1mjowRIGLQ2mw.

Climate Change, Intelligence, and Global Security is a half-day conference co-sponsored by the Intelligence Project and the Environment and Natural Resources Program at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs along with the Center for Climate and Security. 

Headlined by John Kerry, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, the conference will directly follow the April 22/23 Earth Day Leaders Climate Summit, and will emphasize the critical need for international cooperation and global leadership to collectively address the security threats posed by the climate crisis. We will convene senior climate experts, current and former intelligence officers, and leaders in the private sector and academia to facilitate productive dialogue and innovative solutions for combating the climate crisis. The four panels will examine climate change from a security perspective, discuss the role of the intelligence community in monitoring and mitigating the threats posed by climate change, explore new ways of thinking about international intelligence cooperation, and examine the role and contributions of the private sector.

This conference is virtual, open to the public, and free to attend.  Advanced registration is required. Please register individually for each session. 

The Intelligence Project will host a post-election conversation with Gen (ret.) James R. Clapper on Monday, November 9th from 12:00-1:15pm via Zoom. 

This event is off-the-record and open to the Harvard students, staff, fellows, and faculty. Advance registration required. 

The Intelligence Project will host a webinar with the Honorable James R. Clapper, Former Director of National Intelligence, on Wednesday May 6th from 12:00pm-1:00pm.

This session will be recorded and on the record. Priority registration will be given to Harvard students, staff, faculty, fellows, and affiliates. Please register below for access to the zoom link. 

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. 

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

General (Ret) James R. Clapper, Former Director of National Intelligence

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

Paul Kolbe, 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

The Intelligence Project will host a lunch with General James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence, from 12:00-1:30pm in Bell Hall (Room B-500). Rolf Mowatt-Larssen 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. 

Forum with James R. Clapper, Jr. and Mike Rogers, moderated by Graham Allison.