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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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

Information Session 1 for Spring 2018 Student Delegation to Saudi Arabia

Tue., Jan. 23, 2018 | 10:00am - 12:00pm

Belfer Building - Bell Hall, 5th Floor

The Saudi & GCC Security Project will be leading a small student delegation to Saudi Arabia in Spring 2018. To find out more about the trip, please join us at one of our information sessions taking place Tuesday, January 23rd from 10:00am-12:00pm and Thursday, January 25th from 12:00pm-2:00pm in Bell Hall (B-500) at Harvard Kennedy School.

Rolf Mowatt-Larssen will give an overview of the trip and be available for any questions. The information sessions will be informal and anyone interested is encouraged to stop in (there is no need to stay the entire duration) to receive more information. Food and refreshments will be provided.

Rolf Mowatt-Larssen (right) and BG Kevin Ryan

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Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

"Nuclear and Biological Terrorism: Is the Threat Real?" Intelligence Lunch with Rolf Mowatt-Larssen

Wed., Dec. 6, 2017 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm

One Brattle Square - Room 350

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host an Intelligence Lunch with Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, Director of the Belfer Center’s Intelligence Project, former Director of Intelligence and Counterintelligence for the DOE, and career CIA officer, on Wednesday, December 6th from 12:00-1:00pm in One Brattle 350.

Lunch from Flour Bakery will be provided. Harvard IDs checked at the door. First come, first served.

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

"Winning the Long War: Terrorism and Sectarianism," with Bernard Hudson

Tue., Dec. 5, 2017 | 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Saudi & GCC Security Seminar with Bernard Hudson, Former CIA Director of Counterterrorism, on Tuesday, December 5th from 2:00-3:15pm in the Belfer Center Library (L369.) Rolf Mowatt-Larssen will moderate.

Refreshments will be provided. RSVP below. First come, first served.

This event is now at capacity. If you would like to be added to the wait-list please email Caitlin_chase@hks.harvard.edu.

Bertrand Besancenot during his appointment as French Ambassador to Saudi Arabia

Asharq Al-Awsat English Archive

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

[Location Change] "The French View on the Gulf Crisis and Perspectives in the Middle East," with Ambassador Bertrand Besancenot

Mon., Dec. 4, 2017 | 12:15pm - 1:30pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Saudi & GCC Security Seminar with Ambassador Bertrand Besancenot, Senior Diplomatic Advisor to the French Government and Special Envoy to the GCC, on Monday, December 4th from 12:15-1:30pm in the Belfer Center Library (L369).

Lunch will be provided. RSVP below. First come, first served.

This event has been moved to the Belfer Center Library.

Ambassador Abdallah Al-Mouallimi and Yemen U.N. Ambassador Khaled Hussein Al-Yamani hold a press conference, Monday Nov. 13, 2017 at U.N. headquarters.

(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

[AT CAPACITY] "Saudi Arabia: Amidst Turbulence and Hope," Lunch with Ambassador Abdallah Al-Mouallimi

Wed., Nov. 29, 2017 | 12:15pm - 1:30pm

One Brattle Square - Room 350

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Saudi & GCC Security Seminar with Ambassador Abdallah Y. Al-Mouallimi, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations, on Wednesday, November 29th from 12:15-1:30pm in One Brattle 350.

Lunch from Flour Bakery will be provided. RSVP below. First come, first served.

This event is at capacity. If you would like to be added to the wait list, please contact Caitlin Chase.

Saint Basil's Cathedral on Red Square, Moscow, Russia, 1961

Burt Glinn

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

"British Intelligence, the Kremlin, and the Cold War: Past and Present"

Mon., Nov. 27, 2017 | 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

The Intelligence Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a round table discussion on the new insights into British intelligence during the Cold War provided by recently declassified and still closed government records. Discussants include Calder Walton, Ernest May Fellow at the Kennedy School, Michael Goodman, Professor of Intelligence Studies and International Affairs at Kings College London, and Huw Dylan, Senior Lecturer in Intelligence and International Security at Kings College London. Rolf Mowatt-Larssen will moderate. 

The seminar will take place on Monday, November 27th from 2:00-3:15pm in the Belfer Center Library (L369). Snacks from Flour Bakery will be served. 

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Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

"R = T x V x C: A Practical Primer for National Security Decision-making," with Paul Hollingsworth

Thu., Nov. 16, 2017 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

The Intelligence Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a seminar with Paul Hollingsworth, the former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Intelligence Programs on the NSC staff at the White House. The seminar will take place on Thursday, November 16th from 2:00-3:30pm in the Belfer Center Library (L369). Rolf Mowatt-Larrsen, Director of the Intelligence Project, will moderate.

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Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

"Demystifying Women in Intelligence - A Conversation," An Intelligence Lunch with Cynthia Epler and Cecile Caplin

Wed., Nov. 15, 2017 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm

One Brattle Square - Room 350

The Intelligence Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host an Intelligence Lunch on Wednesday, November 15th from 12:00pm-1:00pm in the 3rd floor conference room at One Brattle Square (OB-350). Cynthia Epler and Cecile Caplin, Recanati-Kaplan Fellows at the Belfer Center, will be hosting a conversation on "Demystifying Women in Intelligence." Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, Director of the Intelligence Project, will moderate.

No RSVP necessary. Harvard ID's checked at the door. Lunch from Flour Bakery will be served. 

David S. Cohen

Benn Craig/Belfer Center

Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

"Financial Intelligence in the Digital Age," Lunch with David S. Cohen

Thu., Nov. 9, 2017 | 12:15pm - 1:30pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

The Intelligence Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a lunch seminar with David S. Cohen, the former Deputy Director of the CIA, on "Financial Intelligence in the Digital Age." The lunch will take place on Thursday, November 9th from 12:15-1:30pm in the Belfer Center Library (L369). Rolf Mowatt-Larrsen, Director of the Intelligence Project, will moderate.

Putin and Trump speak at the G20 Summit.

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Seminar - Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

"US-Russia Through the Eyes of the General Staff," Lunch with BG (ret) Kevin Ryan and Ambassador Douglas Lute

Wed., Nov. 8, 2017 | 12:15pm - 1:30pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

The Intelligence Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a seminar with Former US Ambassador Douglas Lute and former Defense Attache BG (ret) Kevin Ryan on "US-Russia Though the Eyes of the General Staff," taking place on Wednesday, November 8th from 12:15-1:30pm in the Belfer Center Library (L369). Rolf Mowatt-Larrsen, Director of the Intelligence Project, will moderate.

Lunch will be served. First come, first served.