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Five University Symposium: China, The United States, and the Future of Conflict in East Asia
Public Panel
Dec 5, 2024, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall Bowl 016
Speakers
  • Professor Victor Cha
    Distinguished University Professor, D.S. Song-KF Endowed Chair in Government and International Affairs
  • Professor Danny Quah '80
    Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics and Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
  • Professor Kiichi Fujiwara
    Project Professor, Faculty of International Liberal Arts, Juntendo University
  • Professor Jie Dalei
    Associate Professor at the School of International Studies of Peking University
  • Professor Jae-Seung Lee
    Director, Ilmin International Relations Institute, Director, Jean Monnet EU Center of Excellence, Korea University
Sponsors
  • Center for International Security Studies
  • Reimagining World Order
Open to the Public
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A Personal Pivot to Asia: Two Decades Working to Advance U.S. Alliances in the Indo-Pacific
with Christopher Johnstone
Dec 5, 2024, 12:00 pm
Location
Robertson Bowl 001
Speaker
Christopher Johnstone
Managing Principal at The Asia Group
Sponsor
CISS
Open to the Public
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The Anatomy of Choice: Southeast Asia between the Superpowers
with Dr. Yuen Foong Khong
Dec 4, 2024, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall Bowl 001
Speaker
Dr. Yuen Foong Khong
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
Sponsor
CISS
Open to the Public
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Oceans Rise and Empires Fall
In Conversation with Dr. Gerard Toal (Gearóid Ó Tuathail)
Dec 2, 2024, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall 023
Speaker
Dr. Gerard Toal
Virgina Tech
Sponsor
CISS
Open to the Public
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Advisory Influence in Foreign Policy
with Dr. Joshua Kertzer
Nov 21, 2024, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Bowl 016
Speaker
Dr. Joshua D. Kertzer
Harvard University
Sponsors
  • CISS
  • SPIA
Open to the Public
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Strategic Maneuvers: Leveraging Military Power Below the Threshold of Conflict – Lessons from Syria and Eastern Europe
In Conversation with Colonel Dan Leard
Nov 21, 2024, 12:00 pm
Location
JRR A97
Speaker
Colonel Dan Leard
National Security Fellow, Princeton University; U.S. Army
Sponsor
CISS
Open to the Public
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Economic Interdependence and Rising Power Grand Strategies
In Conversation with Dr. Ketian Vivian Zhang
Nov 19, 2024, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall Bowl 001
Speaker
Dr. Ketian Vivian Zhang
George Mason University
Sponsor
CISS
Open to the Public
Poster for 2024 Fall Crisis Sim
Fall 2024 Crisis Simulation: The Road to WWII
Invasion of Manchuria
Nov 9, 2024, 9:00 am
Location
Robertson Hall
Sponsor
CISS
Princeton University Students, Faculty and Staff
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“Bending” Institutions to Meet the Moment: Reimagining Asia’s Role in the G7 
with Dr. Victor Cha
Nov 7, 2024, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall Bowl 016
Speaker
Dr. Victor Cha
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Georgetown University
Sponsor
CISS
Open to the Public
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From Silicon Valley to the Pentagon: The Future of Defense Innovation
with Raj M. Shah '93
Nov 5, 2024, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall Bowl 016
Speaker
Raj M. Shah
Shield Capital
Sponsor
CISS
Open to the Public
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Fighting the Guerrilla in the 21st Century
Reflections on insurgency, organized crime, national security, and geopolitics from Colombia's former Minister of Defense Juan Carlos Pinzón
Nov 5, 2024, 12:00 pm
Location
Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building A17
Speaker
Juan Carlos Pinzón
Sponsor
CISS
Princeton University Students, Faculty and Staff
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What Do You Mean “We" – Chinese Americans in the U.S. Defense Industry 
with LTC Hai Feng Peng
Oct 23, 2024, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall 023
Speaker
LTC Hai Feng Peng
Sponsor
CISS
Open to the Public
Dr. Oriana Skylar Mastro
Upstart: How China Became a Great Power
with Dr. Oriana Skylar Mastro
Oct 1, 2024, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall Bowl 1
Speaker
Dr. Oriana Skylar Mastro
Sponsor
CISS
Open to the Public
CISS 2024 Spring Grand Strategy Simulation
Spring 2024 Simulation: India-Pakistan Regional Grand Strategy
Apr 20, 2024, 9:00 am
Location
Robertson Hall
Sponsor
CISS
Open to the Public
David Finkelstein
US-PRC Defense and Military Relations: Looking Back, Looking Forward
with Dr. David M. Finkelstein
Apr 18, 2024, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall Bowl 002
Speaker
Dr. David M. Finkelstein
Sponsor
CISS
Open to the Public
Rose Gottemoeller
Implications of the Ukraine War for Stability and Security in NATO Europe
with Rose Gottemoeller
Apr 16, 2024, 12:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall
Speaker
Rose Gottemoeller
Sponsor
CISS
Open to the Public
Professor Tamar Mitts Academic Speaker Event Poster
Information Operations, Territorial Control, and Perceptions of Power During Conflict
with Professor Tamar Mitts
Apr 15, 2024, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall
Speaker
Dr. Tamar Mitts
Columbia University
Sponsor
CISS
Princeton University Students, Faculty and Staff
Event speakers
The Importance of US Allies and Air Defense in the Indo-Pacific
with Brigadier General Ajai Singh Dabas, Colonel Carina Kelley, and Lieutenant Colonel Wade Smith
Apr 3, 2024, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall
Speakers
  • Brigadier General Ajai Singh Dabas
  • Colonel Carina Kelley
  • Lieutenant Colonel Wade Smith
Sponsor
CISS
Open to the Public
Event poster for MIL101 9/11, FBI, and National Security Event
9/11, the FBI, and National Security
with Special Agent (ret.) Mark Vukelich and Special Agent (ret.) G. B. Jones
Mar 28, 2024, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall
Speakers
  • Special Agent (ret.) Mark Vukelich
  • Special Agent (ret.) G. B. Jones
Sponsor
CISS
Open to the Public
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Trans-Pacific Perspectives and the Princeton Experience
with Professor Ja Ian Chong
Mar 25, 2024, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall
Speaker
Professor Ja Ian Chong
Sponsor
CISS
Princeton University Students, Faculty and Staff
CISS Annual Conference 2024
CISS Annual Conference: What Comes After? Making, Building, and Keeping Peace
Feb 29, 2024
Location
Robertson Hall
Speakers
  • His Excellency Jean-Marie Guéhenno
    Director of the Kent Global Leadership Program on Conflict Resolution and Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University
  • Professor Eric Min
    UCLA
  • Professor Kenneth Roth
    Princeton University
  • Professor Desh Girod
    Georgetown University
  • Professor Jacob Kathman
    University at Buffalo
  • Ms. Ilene Cohn
    United Nations Mine Action Service
  • Dr. Robert Ulrich Nagel
    Georgetown University
  • Professor Sabrina Karim
    Cornell University
  • Professor Melani Cammett
    Harvard University
  • Professor Rick Barton
    Princeton University; U.S. State Department
  • Ms. Sofie Garde Thomle
    United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
  • Professor Kidane Mengisteab
    Pennsylvania State University
  • Ms. Sandra Nichols Thiam, J.D.
    Environmental Law Institute
Sponsor
CISS
Open to the Public
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Modes of Non-Compliance: How Duterte and Hun Sen Protected Chinese Cyber Fraud Operations
with Dr. Alvin Camba
Feb 15, 2024, 5:00 pm
Location
Robertson Hall
Speaker
Dr. Alvin Camba
Sponsor
CISS
Princeton University Students, Faculty and Staff
El Ghassim Wane
The Future of UN Peacekeeping: MINUSMA Leader Reflects on a Decade in Mali
with UN Special Representative El Ghassim Wane
Jan 30, 2024, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall
Speaker
El Ghassim Wane
Sponsor
CISS
Open to the Public
Dr. Michael Vickers
By All Means Available: Memoirs of a Life in Intelligence, Special Operations, and Strategy
with Dr. Michael Vickers
Jan 29, 2024, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall
Speaker
Dr. Michael Vickers
Sponsors
  • CISS
  • Alexander Hamilton Society
Open to the Public
Capitol Hill at night
The Brain Behind DC: Navigating Careers in Think Tanks
Dec 5, 2023, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall
Speakers
  • Mallie Prytherch
    Brookings Institution
  • Connor Fiddler
    AEI
  • Lauren Dudley, MPA '25
    Princeton University
Sponsor
CISS
Princeton University Students, Faculty and Staff
Event poster for speaker LT Joe Tran
Space & Maritime Domains: An Interconnected Battlefield
Discover the fragility of America's space superiority with Guest Speaker LT Joe Tran
Nov 28, 2023, 12:00 pm
Location
Robertson Hall
Speaker
LT Joe Tran
Sponsor
CISS
Open to the Public
Speakers Natalie Herbst on the left and Christian Vanizette on the right
Climate Futures and Human Security: Communities of Suffering and Hope
Panel with Natalia Herbst and Christian Vanizette
Nov 14, 2023, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall
Speakers
  • Natalia Herbst
  • Christian Vanizette
Sponsor
CISS
Open to the Public
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Forever Competition: The Endgame of Sino-U.S. Rivalry
with Professor Dominic Tierney
Nov 13, 2023, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall
Speaker
Dominic Tierney
Swarthmore College
Sponsor
CISS
Open to the Public
Defense Technology and Trends Event Poster
Defense Technology and Trends: Past, Present, and Future
Nov 7, 2023, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall
Speaker
Lt Col Mike Benitez
Sponsor
CISS
Open to the Public
Speakers Margaret Myers and Martin Schapiro
Carving its Own Path Between the Eagle and the Dragon: Latin America’s Response to the US-China Energy Race
Nov 6, 2023, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall
Speakers
  • Margaret Myers
  • Martin Schapiro
Sponsor
CISS
Open to the Public
Fall 2023 Space Crisis Simulation Poster
Fall 2023 Space Crisis Simulation
Nov 4, 2023, 9:00 am
Location
Robertson Hall
Sponsor
CISS
Open to the Public
The Sister Poster
The Sister: North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, the most dangerous woman in the world
Book talk with the author Dr. Sung-Yoon Lee
Oct 24, 2023, 4:30 pm
Speakers
  • Sung-Yoon Lee
Sponsor
CISS
Open to the Public
Biosecurity in the 21st Century, Fall 2023 Strategy Simulation
Biosecurity in the 21st Century
Oct 7, 2023, 9:00 am
Location
Robertson Hall
Sponsors
  • CISS
  • iGEM
Princeton University Students, Faculty and Staff
Banning Food WEapons poster
Banning Food Weapons
Food and Agriculture Security After the Russia-Ukraine War
Oct 6, 2023, 4:00 pm
Location
Robertson Hall 016
Sponsors
  • SPIA
  • CISS
Princeton University Students, Faculty and Staff
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Netanyahu vs. The Generals: Civil-Military Relations in the Netanyahu Era
Oct 3, 2023, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall 035
Speaker
Dr. Guy Ziv
Sponsor
CISS
Open to the Public
Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology
Book Talk
Feb 16, 2023, 12:15 pm
Location
399 Ruehl Family Room, Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building
Speaker
Chris Miller
Tufts University
Sponsors
  • Julis Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance
  • Center for International Security Studies
Princeton University Students, Faculty and Staff
Lessons From the War in Ukraine
CISS Annual Conference
Feb 9, 2023, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall Bowl 001
The Strategy and Tactics of Rebel Marriage
With Professor Hilary Matfess, Assistant Professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver
Feb 2, 2023, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall Room 023
State-Sponsored Transational Repression: A Conversation with the FBI
Nov 15, 2022, 4:30 pm
Location
Authur Lewis Auditorium/Robertson Hall
Speakers
  • James Dennehy
    Special Agent in Charge, FBI Newark Field Office
  • Joshua Obsfeld
    Senior Supervisory Intelligence Analyst (SSIA), FBI, Newark Field Office
  • Margaret Lewis
    Professor of Law, Seton Hall University
  • Sahar Aziz
    Professor of Law and Chancellor's Social Justice Scholar, Rutgers Law School
Sponsors
  • Center for International Security Studies
  • Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination
  • School of Public and International Affairs
Princeton University Students, Faculty and Staff
The Breakdown of the Post-War International Order Demands Actions
Nov 7, 2022, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall Bowl 016
Speaker
Professor Jia Qingguo
Professor of the School of International Studies of Peking University
Sponsors
  • Reimagining World Order
  • Center for International Security Studies
  • Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies
  • Center on Contemporary China
Princeton University Students, Faculty and Staff
Taiwanese Military Perspectives on Cross-Straits Relations
Nov 3, 2022, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall Bowl 001
Speakers
  • Yu-Ching Wang
    See description for speaker affiliation
  • Hao-Pin Chou
    See description for speaker affiliation
  • Hsiao-Wei Chen
    See description for speaker affiliation
  • Po-Shuo Hung
    See description for speaker affiliation
Sponsor
Center for International Security Studies
grand strategy simulation spring 2022
Grand Strategy Simulation: Arctic Security
Apr 9, 2022, 9:00 am
Location
Multiple locations in JRR
Russian Nuclear Strategy and Conventional Inferiority
with Dr. Kristin Ven Bruusgaard (University of Oslo)
Mar 12, 2022, 4:30 pm
Military Perspectives on Digital Security
with Lt. Colonel Samuel Linn; ​​Lt. Colonel Mike Burns; Lt. Colonel Patrick Walsh, U.S. Army War College.
Feb 23, 2022, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson 001
Speakers
  • Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Linn
    US Army War College
  • Lt. Colonel Mike Burns
    US Army War College
  • Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Walsh
    US Army War College
2022 CISS D.C. Career Networking Trip
Feb 18, 2022
Understanding Geopolitical Risk Consulting
Careers team event
Feb 10, 2022, 4:30 pm
Location
Virtual
Speakers
  • Ms. Amaku Anku
    Eurasia Group
  • Mr. Henry Rome
    Eurasia Group
U.S. Defense Strategy in the Indo-Pacific: A Tactical Perspective
Dec 1, 2021, 12:00 pm
Location
Robertson 023
Sponsor
Center for International Security Studies
Princeton University Students, Faculty and Staff
U.S. Defense Strategy in the Indo-Pacific: A Tactical Perspective
Dec 1, 2021, 12:00 pm
Location
Robertson 023
Zero-Sum Victory: What We Got Wrong in Afghanistan
with Christopher D. Kolenda, Ph.D.
Nov 17, 2021, 12:30 pm
Location
Robertson 001
Speaker
Dr. Christopher Kolenda
China's Neighbors: What's next?
Nov 12, 2021, 4:30 pm
Location
Corwin Hall 127
Speaker
Marc Knapper
US Department of State
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan
Sponsor
Center for International Security Studies
Princeton University Students, Faculty and Staff