Events List
Upstart: How China Became a Great Power
with Dr. Oriana Skylar Mastro
Oct 1, 2024, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall Bowl 1
Speaker
Sponsor
CISS
Spring 2024 Simulation: India-Pakistan Regional Grand Strategy
Apr 20, 2024, 9:00 am
Location
Robertson Hall
Sponsor
CISS
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
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
Information Operations, Territorial Control, and Perceptions of Power During Conflict
with Professor Tamar Mitts
Apr 15, 2024, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall
Speaker
Affiliation
Columbia University
Sponsor
CISS
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
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
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
CISS Annual Conference: What Comes After? Making, Building, and Keeping Peace
Feb 29, 2024
Location
Robertson Hall
Speakers
- His Excellency Jean-Marie GuéhennoAffiliationDirector of the Kent Global Leadership Program on Conflict Resolution and Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University
- Professor Eric MinAffiliationUCLA
- Professor Kenneth RothAffiliationPrinceton University
- Professor Desh GirodAffiliationGeorgetown University
- Professor Jacob KathmanAffiliationUniversity at Buffalo
- Ms. Ilene CohnAffiliationUnited Nations Mine Action Service
- Dr. Robert Ulrich NagelAffiliationGeorgetown University
- Professor Sabrina KarimAffiliationCornell University
- Professor Melani CammettAffiliationHarvard University
- Professor Rick BartonAffiliationPrinceton University; U.S. State Department
- Ms. Sofie Garde ThomleAffiliationUnited Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- Professor Kidane MengisteabAffiliationPennsylvania State University
- Ms. Sandra Nichols Thiam, J.D.AffiliationEnvironmental Law Institute
Sponsor
CISS
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
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
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
The Brain Behind DC: Navigating Careers in Think Tanks
Dec 5, 2023, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall
Speakers
- Mallie PrytherchAffiliationBrookings Institution
- Connor FiddlerAffiliationAEI
- Lauren Dudley, MPA '25AffiliationPrinceton University
Sponsor
CISS
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
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
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
Affiliation
Swarthmore College
Sponsor
CISS
Defense Technology and Trends: Past, Present, and Future
Nov 7, 2023, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall
Speaker
Lt Col Mike Benitez
Sponsor
CISS
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
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
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
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
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
Affiliation
Sponsors
- Julis Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance
- Center for International Security Studies
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 DennehyAffiliationSpecial Agent in Charge, FBI Newark Field Office
- Joshua ObsfeldAffiliationSenior Supervisory Intelligence Analyst (SSIA), FBI, Newark Field Office
- Margaret LewisAffiliationProfessor of Law, Seton Hall University
- Sahar AzizAffiliationProfessor 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
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
Affiliation
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
Taiwanese Military Perspectives on Cross-Straits Relations
Nov 3, 2022, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson Hall Bowl 001
Speakers
- Yu-Ching WangAffiliationSee description for speaker affiliation
- Hao-Pin ChouAffiliationSee description for speaker affiliation
- Hsiao-Wei ChenAffiliationSee description for speaker affiliation
- Po-Shuo HungAffiliationSee description for speaker affiliation
Sponsor
Center for International Security Studies
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 LinnAffiliationUS Army War College
- Lt. Colonel Mike BurnsAffiliationUS Army War College
- Lieutenant Colonel Patrick WalshAffiliationUS Army War College
Understanding Geopolitical Risk Consulting
Careers team event
Feb 10, 2022, 4:30 pm
Location
Virtual
Speakers
- Ms. Amaku AnkuAffiliationEurasia Group
- Mr. Henry RomeAffiliationEurasia 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
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
Affiliation
US Department of State
Presentation
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan
Sponsor
Center for International Security Studies
China's Neighbors: What's Next?
with Marc Knapper, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan, US Department of State
Nov 12, 2021, 4:00 pm
Location
Corwin 127
Speaker
Marc Knapper
Affiliation
US Department of State
Dying to Learn: Wartime Lessons from the Western Front
Nov 11, 2021, 4:30 pm
Location
Wallace 300
Speaker
Professor Michael Hunzeker
Affiliation
George Mason University
Presentation
Dying to Learn: Wartime Lessons from the Western Front
Sponsor
Center for International Security Studies
Dying to Learn: Wartime Lessons from the Western Front
with Prof. Michael Hunzeker, George Mason University
Nov 11, 2021, 4:30 pm
Speaker
Prof. Michael Hunzeker
Affiliation
George Mason University
Germs, Bombs and Foreign Excursions: A path through military Diplomacy
Nov 11, 2021, 12:30 pm
Location
Robertson 023
Speaker
Lieutenant Colonel Ben Selzer
Affiliation
US Army War College Fellow
Presentation
Germs, Bombs and Foreign Excursions: A path through military Diplomacy
Sponsor
Center for International Security Studies
Germs, Bombs and Foreign Excursions: A Path Through Military Diplomacy
Nov 11, 2021, 12:30 pm
Speaker
LTC Ben Selzer
Affiliation
US Army War College Fellow
The Role of Emerging Technologies in National Security
with Jacquelin Kerr (Senior Research Fellow for Defense and Technology Futures at the Center for Strategic Research, National Defense University)
Nov 3, 2021, 4:30 pm
Location
Virtual
Strategic failure in Afghanistan—and what happens next
A Conversation with Dr. Arian Sharifi
Oct 26, 2021, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson 002
Speaker
Dr. Arian Sharifi
Peak China: Get Ready To Deal With A Dangerous, Declining Beijing
with Prof. Michael Beckley, Tufts University
Oct 8, 2021, 12:00 pm
Speaker
Michael Beckley
Affiliation
Tufts University
When Good Policy Runs Against Politics: National Security Careers in Political Spaces
with Ambassador Robert L. Hutchings (Former Chair of the National Intelligence Council) and Margaret Mullins (National Security Advisor to U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock)
Sep 29, 2021, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson 001
Speakers
- Dr. Robert hutchingsAffiliationPrinceton University
- Ms. Margaret MullinsAffiliationUS Senate
“What Went Wrong in Afghanistan? A Discussion of America’s Longest War”
with Dr. Stephen Biddle, Columbia University
Sep 7, 2021, 4:30 pm
Location
Robertson 001
Speaker
Professor Stephen Biddle
Affiliation
Columbia University