Conference
- Open to the Public
Wed., May 11, 2022
| 10:00am
- 3:00pm
Belfer Building - Starr Auditorium, Floor 2.5
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.