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November 2021
Following China’s recent barrage of incursions into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone, experts and officials on both sides of the Pacific are analyzing the risk of military conflict and options for keeping peace in the Taiwan Strait at a time of significant pressure on U.S.-China relations. A virtual panel of practitioners and experts…
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On Monday, November 15, 2021, the Reiss Center on Law and Security and the National Security Law Society welcomed Akunna Cook, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Southern Africa and Economic and Regional Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, our second speaker of the 2021-2022 season of a A Road Less Traveled. Speaker Bio Akunna Cook…
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As the debate over U.S. presidential war powers gains steam in Washington, the Reiss Center co-sponsored a virtual panel discussion and Q&A, jointly organized with Just Security and the International Crisis Group. In “The ‘War on Terror’: Twenty More Years?,” a panel of experts in national security policy and law discussed the legal…
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On Tuesday, October 19, 2021, the Reiss Center on Law and Security and the National Security Law Society welcomed our first speaker of the 2021-2022 season of a A Road Less Traveled: Alex Abdo, Litigation Director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. Speaker Bio Alex Abdo is the inaugural litigation director of…
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Panel 1 Panel 2 The legal symposium Security, Privacy, and Innovation: Reshaping Law for the AI Era convened experts to debate critical legal issues around AI. Co-hosted by the Reiss Center on Law and Security, the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, the Berkman Klein Center, and Just Security, the symposium explored how the law must adapt…
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The legal symposium Security, Privacy, and Innovation: Reshaping Law for the AI Era convenes experts to debate critical legal issues around AI. Co-hosted by the Reiss Center on Law and Security, the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, the Berkman Klein Center, and Just Security, the symposium explores how the law must adapt to promote innovation while addressing…
Find out moreThe legal symposium Security, Privacy, and Innovation: Reshaping Law for the AI Era convenes experts to debate critical legal issues around AI. Co-hosted by the Reiss Center on Law and Security, the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, the Berkman Klein Center, and Just Security, the symposium explores how the law must adapt to promote innovation while…
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021 12:30-1:30 p.m. Virtual Event The Reiss Center on Law and Security held a virtual lunchtime discussion with Congresswoman Jane Harman, former CEO of the Wilson Center and former ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, in conversation with Andrew Weissmann, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Reiss Center and…
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On Monday, April 5, the Reiss Center on Law and Security and the National Security Law Society welcomed our second speaker of the 2020-2021 season of a A Road Less Traveled, our career series featuring national security law and policy practitioners. We were excited to host Maher Bitar, Senior Director for Intelligence Programs at the…
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In early 2020, the company SolarWinds suffered a massive cybersecurity breach of its software that went undetected for many months and had the effect of compromising a number of U.S. government agencies in addition to many private sector companies. Our understanding of the scale and scope of the attack is still unfolding, and the…
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