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March 2013
The Center on Law and Security hosted a conversation with Gregory Johnsen, author of The Last Refuge: Yemen, al-Qaeda, and America’s War in Arabia on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Johnsen discussed the development of al-Qaida in Yemen and America’s policy response, including some of the factors that affect the efficacy of counterterrorism strikes there. Johnsen…
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The Center on Law and Security and Students for the Education and Representation of Veterans (SERV), a new student group at NYU School of Law dedicated to veterans’ advocacy, hosted a discussion titled “Civil/Military Relations for a New Era,” by Lieutenant General (Ret.) David W. Barno, senior advisor and Senior Fellow at the Center for…
Find out moreThe Center on Law and Security hosted a discussion with Yoram Dinstein, professor emeritus of law at Tel Aviv University, on Wednesday, February 6, 2013. Professor Dinstein is a renowned expert on armed conflict and discussed some of the pressures on the Laws of Armed Conflict caused by the predominance of asymmetric warfare in the…
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On Tuesday December 11, 2012 CLS hosted a conversation with Daniel Klaidman, author of Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency. Daniel Klaidman is a special correspondent for Newsweek and The Daily Beast who reports on terrorism and national security, and discussed the Obama administration’s counter-terrorism policy with…
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The Center on Law and Security Presents: National Security Advisors: Advising Governments on Military Force and National Security The video of this event is available, click here to watch. Featuring: President (ret.) Dorit Beinisch Supreme Court of Israel Sir Daniel Bethlehem KCMG QC Former Legal Adviser to the United Kingdom Foreign & Commonwealth Office Brigadier…
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The Center on Law and Security and Milbank Tweed Forum present: Diplomacy in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges for a New Administration featuring Ambassador Christopher R. Hill Dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies University of Denver and Dr. Charles A. Kupchan Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow Council on Foreign Relations moderated by Professor Sujit Choudhry Cecelia Goetz…
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The Center on Law and Security presents President (ret.) Dorit Beinisch Supreme Court of Israel and Jeremy Waldron New York University School of Law Wednesday, October 10, 2012 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. NYU School of Law Lipton Hall, 108 W. 3rd Street New York, NY The video of this event is available, click here to watch. President Dorit Beinisch has…
Find out moreOn October 8, 2012 the Center on Law and Security welcomed former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police of the United Kingdom, Lord Ian Blair for a discussion on “Policing Legitimacy: International Terrorism, Illegal Immigration, and Cyber Crime.” Lord Blair discussed the ways that new threats and challenges, including stop and frisk programs, counterterrorism, cyber-crime, illegal…
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. NYU School of Law Lipton Hall, 108 W. 3rd Street New York, NY The video of this event is available, click here to watch. David Cohen was confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as Treasury’s Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence on June 30, 2011.…
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The Center on Law and Security welcomes the Hon. Jane Harman on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 for a series of events at NYU Law School. Jane Harman is the Director, President, and CEO of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Previously, she represented the aerospace center of California during nine terms in Congress, serving…
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