Each year, the institute supports a speaker series that invites a wide array of practitioners, experts, and scholars to share their experiences and knowledge with the 冈本视频 community. Centered on topics related to the institute鈥檚 areas of inquiries, the series allows students and faculty to engage with speakers in formal and informal discussion.
鈥淓nergy, the Environment, and National Security鈥
A lecture and discussion with Julia Nesheiwat, Vice President, Policy & Insights at TC Energy; Board Member, Atlantic Council; and Former Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security & Resilience.
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A conversation with Retired Army Gen. Bryan P. Fenton, former Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), hosted by Michael O鈥橦anlon, Director of Research and Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution.
鈥淐ybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence -- Enabling Scientific and Societal Innovation鈥
A lecture and discussion with Royal Hansen, Vice President of Privacy, Safety, and Security Engineering at Google.
鈥淲orking for Effective STEM Immigration Policy as a Science and Technology Initiative鈥
A lecture and discussion with Amy Nice, Distinguished Immigration Counsel at the Institute for Progress, Distinguished Immigration Scholar at Cornell Law.
鈥淭he Technology Revolution in National Security and Intelligence鈥
A lecture and discussion with Mark Pascale 鈥93, director of the Harvard Belfer Center's Intelligence Project.
鈥淚s There an American Way of War or an American Strategic 鈥楧NA鈥欌?
A lecture and discussion with Michael O鈥橦anlon, director of Research and Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution and Lampert Institute Nonresident Fellow.
鈥淧rinciples and Pragmatism: Policy Work in Our Polarized Climate鈥
A lecture and discussion with John Katko, former U.S. representative for New York鈥檚 24th Congressional District.
鈥淎 Preview of the World Ahead鈥
A lecture and discussion with Tom Standage, deputy editor of the The Economist and editor of The World Ahead.
鈥淭ransnational Criminal Networks: A Nontraditional Threat to U.S. Security鈥
A lecture and discussion with Michael O鈥橦anlon, Director of Research and Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution and Lampert Institute Non-resident Fellow, and Vanda Felbab-Brown, Senior Fellow in the Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution. This event was not recorded.
鈥淎 Turbulent Triangle: Cyprus and NATO Allies Greece and Turkey鈥
A conversation with Ambassador Kathleen Doherty 鈥85, the former U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus. This event was not recorded.
The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy, and Society
A lecture and discussion with William R. Kerr, D鈥橝rbeloff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and author of The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society. This event was not recorded.
A lecture and discussion with Michael O鈥橦anlon, director of research and foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, and non-resident scholar at the Lampert Institute.
A lecture and discussion with David Sanger, New York Times White House and national security correspondent, Lampert Institute non-resident scholar, and author of New Cold Wars: China鈥檚 Rise, Russia鈥檚 Invasion, and America鈥檚 Struggle to Defend the West.
Road to the White House Election Lecture Series: Maureen Dowd and Carl Hulse
The third installment of 冈本视频鈥檚 Road to the White House series, moderated by President Brian Casey, featured New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and the chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times, Carl Hulse, who provided insight into the ongoing election campaign process and a glimpse into the internal workings of the candidates鈥 parties 鈥 as well as the state of American democracy.
Road to the White House Election Lecture Series: Karl Rove
In the second installment of 冈本视频鈥檚 Road to the White House series, Professor of Economics Chad Sparber led a Q&A session with political strategist Karl Rove, former senior advisor and deputy chief of staff to the Bush Administration. Held in Memorial Chapel, the discussion covered Rove鈥檚 role in shaping election strategies for the Bush administration, his analysis of the current election, and his views on the importance of civic engagement on a national scale.
Road to the White House Election Lecture Series: Donna Brazile and Michael Steele
Former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile and former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele kicked off 冈本视频鈥檚 Road to the White House series on Sept. 4. The Q&A session in Memorial Chapel, moderated by President Brian W. Casey, gave audience members a look at the election process, the 2024 presidential campaign, and the challenges facing America.
A History of U.S. Defense Strategy鈥攁nd Lessons for Today
A lecture and discussion with Michael O鈥橦anlon, director of research and foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, and non-resident scholar at the Lampert Institute.
A lecture and discussion with David Sanger, New York Times White House and national security correspondent, and author New Cold Wars: China鈥檚 Rise, Russia鈥檚 Invasion, and America鈥檚 Struggle to Defend the West.
This event was not recorded.
A lecture and discussion with David Brooks, best-selling author of How to Know a Person and New York Times op-ed columnist.
This event was not recorded.
A lecture and discussion with Rana Foroohar, Financial Times global business columnist and CNN global economic analyst
This event was not recorded.
November 16, 2023
A lecture and discussion with David Autor, Ford Professor of Economics at MIT.
October 17, 2023
A lecture and discussion with Daniel Ziblatt, Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University.
September 19, 2023
A lecture and discussion with Michael O鈥橦anlon, director of research and foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, and non-resident scholar at the Lampert Institute, and Maya MacGuineas, President, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
Lecture and discussion with Michael O'Hanlon, director of research and foreign policy at the Brookings Institution and non-resident scholar at the Lampert Institute.
Lecture and discussion with Jan-Werner M眉ller, Roger Williams Straus Professor of social sciences and professor of politics at Princeton University.
Lecture and discussion with Avi Goldfarb, Rotman Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.
Samantha Hoffman, Senior Analyst with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and Director at ANS Analytics LLC.
鈥淔rom Afghanistan to Taiwan to Ukraine and Beyond: Global Hotspots and Their Interconnections鈥
Michael E. O鈥橦anlon, Non-Resident Scholar, Lampert Institute; Director of Research - Foreign Policy; Director - Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Brookings Institution
Sept. 27, 5 p.m.
鈥淛apan's New Strategy in a Contested Asia鈥
Sheila Smith, John E. Merow Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Oct. 5, 4:30 p.m.
鈥淐an North Korea Protect Human Rights?鈥
Sandra Fahy, Associate Professor Carleton University, Canada.
Oct. 25, 4:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Reviewing "Military History for the Modern Strategist"
Michael E. O鈥橦anlon, Non-Resident Scholar, Lampert Institute, and Stephen D. Biddle, Professor, Columbia University
Nov. 8, 4:30 p.m.
"Can Antitrust Rein in Big Tech?"
Hal Singer, Managing Director, EconOne, George Washington Institute for Public Policy
February 17, 4:15 p.m.
"The Ties that Bind: Technology, Geopolitics, and Why Reshoring Supply Chains May Be Harder Than Joe Biden Thinks鈥
Eric Thun, Peter Moores Associate Professor in Chinese Business Studies at the Said Business School at Oxford University and Fellow at Brasenose College
March 22, 4:15 p.m.
"A New India, a New China? The Politics of Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping鈥
Sanjay Ruparelia, Associate Professor of Politics, Jarislowsky Democracy Chair, Ryerson University
April 6, 4:15 p.m.
"Restarting the Future: Prosperity in the Intangible Economy鈥
Jonathan Haskel, Professor of Economics, Imperial College London
April 21, 11:30 a.m.
"Sharp Power: Attack and Defense."
Edward Lucas, Senior Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis, author of The New Cold War and Cyberphobia
October 7, 11:45 a.m.
"Gangs of Medellin: How Organized Crime is Organized."
Chris Blattman, Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, author of Why We Fight
October 28
"This is Not Propaganda: the Structural Disintegration of the Public Sphere - and How to Fix It."
Peter Pomerantsev, Senior Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, author of This is Not Propaganda
November 4, 4:15 p.m.
"The New Totalitarianism: How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World."
Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University
March 11, 5:15 p.m.
"Israel and the Middle East 2021: The New Geopolitical Equation."
Uzi Rabi, Director, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies
March 29, 11:45 a.m.
Bill Sibold, president of Sanofi North America and executive vice president of Sanofi Genzyme, will discuss the state of the biopharmaceutical industry in the U.S. and the challenges and opportunities for innovation and global competition.
Feb 24 5:15 p.m.
Sep 10, 2020 11:30 a.m.
The Lampert Institute for Global and Civic Affairs Presents Dr. Howard Zucker, New York State Commissioner of Health.
Oct 1, 2020 11:30am
Sarah Binder, Senior Fellow of Governance Studies, Brookings Institution, author of The Myth of Independence: How Congress Governs the Federal Reserve.
Oct 22, 2020 12pm
A discussion with Andrew McAfee, Co-founder of author of several books including More From Less: How We Finally Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources - and What Happens Next and The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies
Nov 10, 2020 4:30pm
Adam Segal, Director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program at the Council of Foreign Relations, author of The Hacked World Order: How Nations Fight, Trade, Maneuver and Manipulate in the Digital Age.