The United States faces an extraordinarily complex and dangerous global security environment, in which the central challenge to our prosperity and security is the reemergence of long-term strategic competition with China and Russia, which seek to overturn the long-standing rules-based international order and change territorial borders.  The recent Nuclear Posture Review is the first to...

Venezuela was once one of the richest countries in Latin America.  After the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in 2013, he not only left an authoritarian legacy, but his economic policies had become unsustainable. Venezuela is now home to an economic and humanitarian crisis, including civil unrest, hyperinflation, food shortages and lack of medical...

This public lecture will address the multiple facets of the search for a 'new normal' in Brexit's wake and what the current situation means for Britain and the EU. Speaker: Dr. Christopher Burdett Dr. Chris Burdett is currently assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Virginia Commonwealth University, specializing in European government and...

This lecture will update what we understand about the terrorism challenges at home and abroad in light of policy choices, a new National Counterterrorism Strategy, and international pressure on terrorist actors. Speaker: Chris Costa Chris Costa is a former intelligence officer of 34 years, former Special Assistant to the President and current Executive Director of...

Foreign policy expert Dr. Angela Stent will speak from her recent book "Putin's World: Russia Against West and with the Rest," in which she dissects how Putin created a paranoid and polarized world - and increased Russia's status on the global stage. Speaker: Dr. Angela Stent Dr. Angela Stent is director of the Center for...