20 Events

BARROW, Alaska- The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, a 420 ft. icebreaker homeported in Seattle, Wash., breaks ice in support of scientific research in the Arctic Ocean.

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Prentice Danner

Seminar - Open to the Public

Sailing through the Northwest Passage: How Scientific Research and International Diplomacy Made that Possible

Tue., Oct. 26, 2021 | 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Wexner Building - Room 102, Marc Heng and Family Conference Room

Join us for a conversation about science, diplomacy, and geopolitics with Arctic Initiative Senior Fellow Fran Ulmer and Professor and Director of The Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping at the University of New Hampshire Larry Mayer. Professor Mayer led the science team onboard the US Coast Guard Cutter Healy, which just completed a cruise from Alaska to Greenland through the Northwest Passage. Please register to attend this event here

Jökulsárlón, Iceland

UnSplash/Roxanne Desgagnés

Seminar - Open to the Public

"Together towards a Sustainable Arctic": An Earth Day Dialogue with Iceland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chair of the Arctic Council, H.E. Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson

Thu., Apr. 22, 2021 | 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Online

Join the Arctic Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center and the Polar Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center for an engaging Earth Day dialogue with Iceland's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, about  Iceland’s Chairmanship of the Arctic Council on what is next. 

Signatures on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) document.

Public Domain

Seminar - Open to the Public

Iran's Nuclear Decision-Making: Historical Trends and the Role of U.S. Policy

Thu., May 17, 2018 | 10:00am - 11:30am

Littauer Building - Fainsod Room, 324

Speaker: Sahar Nowrouzzadeh, Research Fellow with the Iran Project and Project on Managing the Atom

During this seminar, Sahar Nowrouzzadeh will examine historical trends in Iran's nuclear-decision making and discuss the role of U.S. foreign policy in shaping such decision-making.  This event comes on the heels of President Trump's May 8th decision to have the United States cease fulfilling its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or "Iran nuclear deal," reached between the P5+1, EU and Iran in 2015. The event will be off-the-record.
 

Seminar - Open to the Public

The History of Cyber and Intelligence Operations

Mon., Feb. 27, 2017 | 5:15pm - 6:30pm

Taubman Building - Nye A, 5th Floor

Please join us for a panel discussion with Command Historian Dr. Michael Warner and Historian of GCHQ Professor Richard Aldrich, moderated by the International Security Program's Dr. Calder Walton and the Cyber Security Project's Director Dr. Michael Sulmeyer. This event is open to the public, but seating and admittance will be offered on a first come, first served basis.

Seminar - Open to the Public

Competing Visions of Grand Strategy and the Consequences for Nuclear Proliferation

Thu., Mar. 12, 2015 | 12:15pm - 2:00pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

Since the end of the Cold War, there has been a vigorous public and academic debate on which grand strategy the United States should pursue. It has also narrowed to essentially three positions. First, deep engagement proponents define U.S. interests broadly and advocate an expansive role for the U.S. military in the world. Second, restraint proponents define U.S. interests narrowly and advocate a moderately reduced U.S. military role. Third, neo-isolationists also define U.S. interests narrowly but advocate a drastically reduced U.S. military role.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

Seminar - Open to the Public

Dr. Strangelove: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Wed., Jan. 29, 2014 | 3:00pm - 5:30pm

Littauer Building - Malkin Penthouse, 4th Floor

Please join the Managing the Atom/Defense and Intelligence Projects for a screening of the classic 1964 film, Dr. Strangelove: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb on the 50th anniversary of its release.This co-sponsored event will be followed by a brief discussion on the most important questions the film raises, moderated by Research Fellows and United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonels Jay Folds (MTA/ISP) and Douglas Gosney (ISP).

Pizza and refreshments provided. Please join us - Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

Seminar - Open to the Public

Cooperating to Compete: The Role of Regional Powers in a U.S.-Led Global Nuclear Order (New Date and Location)

Wed., Jan. 29, 2014 | 10:00am - 11:30am

Littauer Building - Fainsod Room, 324

Multilateral institutions are proliferating in seemingly every sphere of international cooperation. From the environment to economics, from security to the nuclear realm, a growing number of institutions at the regional, transnational and bilateral levels are complementing the work of already established global institutions. But what drives this phenomenon, and more importantly, who stands to gain from it and why? The central argument of this MTA seminar is that institutional proliferation should be read both as a functional and a strategic phenomenon.

Coffee and tea provided. Please join us - Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis. NOTE - NEW DATE AND LOCATION.

Seminar - Open to the Public

Transparency and Sino-U.S. Strategic Stability

Wed., Dec. 11, 2013 | 10:00am - 11:30am

Littauer Building - Fainsod Room, 324

Are there any circumstances under which China can be more transparent regarding nuclear deterrence and ambiguity? MTA fellow Han Hua will present a seminar on the implications of this questions. This seminar will also touch upon U.S. strategic posturing and China's attitude towards transparency.

Coffee and tea provided. Please join us - Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

Seminar - Open to the Public

Trustbuilding in the U.S.-China Nuclear Relationship

Wed., Nov. 27, 2013 | 10:00am - 11:30am

Littauer Building - Fainsod Room, 324

Policy-makers and analysts point to the lack of mutual trust in U.S.-China nuclear relationship as an obstacle for deep cooperation on nuclear arms control and nonproliferation issues. But what does trust mean in their nuclear relationship? Does trust matter for bilateral cooperation on nuclear issues? If so, has any trust been built during their engagement and communication with each other over the past few decades? This presentation offers a preliminary analysis of these issues.

Coffee and tea provided. Please join us - Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.