REPORT: Interview with Professor Paula Doyle, GSSR Advisory Board Member

Professor Paula Doyle. Photo Credit: Center for Security Studies By Martina Hukel, Reporter Thank you for being willing to sit down and meet with me about your role in GSSR’s advisory board. The Advisory Board is a new effort by GSSR. Could you explain in your words what this is and what hopes you have for … Continue reading REPORT: Interview with Professor Paula Doyle, GSSR Advisory Board Member

REPORT: Interview with Professor Elizabeth Saunders

Professor Elizabeth N. Saunders. Photo Credit: The Wilson Center By: Martina Hukel, Reporter Thank you for being willing to sit down with me. How is your first semester at Georgetown going? It’s going well! I was a professor for ten years at George Washington University and this is my first semester at Georgetown. It’s been … Continue reading REPORT: Interview with Professor Elizabeth Saunders

REPORT: SSP Trip to Naval Station Norfolk

SSP students on the deck of the USS James E. Williams DDG-95, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. By: Liana Mitlyng Day, Reporter Naval Station Norfolk is the largest naval base in the world[i], and is home to the headquarters of the Navy’s Atlantic Fleet as well as Fleet Forces Command that manages and supports global naval … Continue reading REPORT: SSP Trip to Naval Station Norfolk

Walter Laqueur, 1921-2018: A Remembrance and Appreciation

Walter Laqueur in 1981. Photo Credit: Fred Sweets/The Washington Post, via Getty Images By: Benjamin Aziza, Columnist According to former SSP Director Bruce Hoffman, the late Georgetown Professor Walter Laqueur once observed that “only pessimists survived the Holocaust. Optimists believed that Hitler could either be controlled or that common sense and decency would somehow eventually prevail.”[i] Laqueur, … Continue reading Walter Laqueur, 1921-2018: A Remembrance and Appreciation

REPORT: Deciphering Difficult Decisions: Personal Ethics in National Security

Book Cover of Public Integrity by J. Patrick Dobel By: Liana Mitlyng Day, Reporter Imagine you’re living abroad with your family and working as a US government employee in national security. The country where you and your family are living is generally considered safe, but the potential for attacks on the population from rival countries exists. … Continue reading REPORT: Deciphering Difficult Decisions: Personal Ethics in National Security

REPORT: EPS Seminar, ‘Covering Climate Change in the Age of Donald Trump’

President Trump before leaving the White House on Monday to survey damage from Hurricane Michael. Photo Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images By: Olivia Letts, Reporter On October 18, 2018, Lisa Friedman, a writer for The New York Times’ climate desk, discussed her passion for reporting on climate change policy in the most recent speaker event hosted … Continue reading REPORT: EPS Seminar, ‘Covering Climate Change in the Age of Donald Trump’

REPORT: Introduction to Defense Wargaming

Students at "Introduction to Defense Wargaming". Photo Credit: Sebastian Bae By: Olivia Letts, Reporter On October 14, 2018, roughly 50 SSP students had their first exposure to wargaming at “Introduction to Defense Wargaming,” a two-part learning seminar presented by Sebastian Bae, who is a defense analyst at the RAND Corporation, as well as a … Continue reading REPORT: Introduction to Defense Wargaming

The Intersection of New Technology and International Security: An Interview with Professor Ben Buchanan

By: Meghan McGee, Reporter Photo Credit: Belfer Center Professor Ben Buchanan is the newest core faculty member of Georgetown University’s Security Studies Program, teaching his first Georgetown class this fall. Dr. Buchanan currently teaches SEST 500: Theory & Practice of Security (a class I myself am currently attending). His work focuses on how states use … Continue reading The Intersection of New Technology and International Security: An Interview with Professor Ben Buchanan

Digital Security 101

By: Emiel Haeghebaert, Reporter Photo Credit: Getty Images On October 6, 2018, Georgetown University’s Security Studies Program (SSP) hosted a brand new workshop for its students, entitled “Digital Security 101” and led by Meredith Burkart, an SSP adjunct and a cyber program manager at the FBI. The purpose of the workshop was to provide students … Continue reading Digital Security 101

Kalaris Intelligence Conference 2018: The Art and Science of Intelligence

Director of NGA Robert Cardillo and CBS National Security Correspondent David Martin open the Kalaris Conference with a conversation on the NGA and intelligence. Photo Credit: NGA By: Martina Hukel On September 27, government representatives, private sector professionals, students, and professors gathered in Georgetown’s Gaston Hall for the 5th Annual George T. Kalaris Conference hosted … Continue reading Kalaris Intelligence Conference 2018: The Art and Science of Intelligence