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Osama bin Laden (L) sits with his adviser and purported successor Ayman al-Zawahri, an Egyptian linked to the al Qaeda network, during an interview with Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir (not pictured) in an image supplied by the respected Dawn newspaper November 10, 2001. Al Qaeda's elusive leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a mansion outside the Pakistani capital Islamabad, U.S. President Barack Obama said on May 1, 2011. REUTERS/Hamid Mir/Editor/Ausaf Newspaper for Daily Dawn (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Order from Chaos

The death of Ayman al-Zawahri and the future of al-Qaida

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Order from Chaos

What leaders overseas will want to ask of the Biden administration

People cast their ballots during early voting for the upcoming presidential elections inside of The Atlanta Hawks' State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., October 12, 2020. REUTERS/Chris Aluka Berry

FixGov

Why the risk of election violence is high

Daniel L. Byman and Colin P. Clarke

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

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Events

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Past Policy 2020 Event

Disinformed democracy: The past, present, and future of information warfare

9:15 AM - 1:00 PM EDT

The Future of Defense Task Force’s final report: Reviewing the nation’s defense assets and capabilities

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

The needs of America’s post-9/11 veterans

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

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Experts

Daniel L. Byman

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy

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Steven Pifer

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Center on the United States and Europe, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative

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Thomas Wright

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Multimedia

Sen. Chris Van Hollen speaks at Brookings.

Order from Chaos

Highlights: Sen. Van Hollen discusses US defense and foreign policy at Brookings

Adam Twardowski

Friday, November 15, 2019

FILE PHOTO: A Long March-3B rocket carrying Chang'e 4 lunar probe takes off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, China December 8, 2018. To match Insight SPACE-ARGENTINA/CHINA REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC17C71252C0

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Highlights: Experts discuss how the US can promote security in outer space

Sonia Alvarez, Josaiah Bonwell, Leah Dreyfuss, and Joseph Stevens

Friday, August 9, 2019

A woman exits the voting booth after filling out her ballot for the U.S presidential election at the James Weldon Johnson Community Center in the East Harlem neighbourhood of Manhattan, New York City, U.S. November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly - D1BEULQVQHAB

2018 Midterms

The real security threat to the 2018 midterm elections is low voter confidence

Susan Hennessey

Friday, October 19, 2018

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National Security

Reviving nuclear arms control under Biden

Artificial intelligence in war: Human judgment as an organizational strength and a strategic liability

Uncomfortable ground truths: Predictive analytics and national security

Reviving the trans-Atlantic relationship

Reports

NATO’s response to COVID-19: Lessons for resilience and readiness

Trans-Atlantic Scorecard — October 2020

US nonproliferation cooperation with Russia and China

Competing for order: Confronting the long crisis of multilateralism

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Blog Posts

The death of Ayman al-Zawahri and the future of al-Qaida

What leaders overseas will want to ask of the Biden administration

Why the risk of election violence is high

Events

Disinformed democracy: The past, present, and future of information warfare

The Future of Defense Task Force’s final report: Reviewing the nation’s defense assets and capabilities

The needs of America’s post-9/11 veterans

Related Books

Building Militaries in Fragile States: Challenges for the United States

Beyond Snowden

Countering Terrorism

Experts

Daniel L. Byman

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy

Steven Pifer

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Center on the United States and Europe, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative

Thomas Wright

Director - Center on the United States and Europe

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Project on International Order and Strategy

Multimedia

Highlights: Sen. Van Hollen discusses US defense and foreign policy at Brookings

Highlights: Experts discuss how the US can promote security in outer space

The real security threat to the 2018 midterm elections is low voter confidence