Past Events Archive

Monday, May 15, 2023
[ONLINE] - A McCain Institute Conversation with John Kirby Ahead of the G7 Summit

Thursday, April 27, 2023
[ONLINE] - Pandemic Preparedness, Response and Recovery: Complexity, Complacency and Commitment

Thursday, April 20, 2023
[ONLINE] - Combat Trauma: Imaginaries of War and Citizenship in Post-9/11 America

Wednesday, March 22, 2023
[ONLINE] - Global Literacy Masterclass: Understanding America to Represent America

Wednesday, March 15, 2023
[ONLINE] - Global Literacy Masterclass: Migration, Borders, and Our Homeland

Wednesday, March 15, 2023
[ONLINE] - Trauma & Empire: Uprooting Psychiatry from its Colonial Origins

Thursday, March 02, 2023
The Face of War: How Anthony Shadid Changed Reporting on Conflict after 9/11

Tuesday, February 28, 2023
[ONLINE] - Global Literacy Masterclass: International Supply Chain in Real Time

Monday, February 27, 2023
[ONLINE] - How Does Research-Policy Collaboration Help Scientists and Science?

Thursday, February 16, 2023
[ONLINE] - Terror in Transition: Leadership and Succession in Terrorist Organizations

Thursday, February 02, 2023
New Tools for Science Policy: Making Research Matter for Policy: Creating Real World Change

Sunday, January 15, 2023
McCain Institute Now Accepting Applications for 2023 McCain Global Leaders Program

Wednesday, December 14, 2022
[ONLINE] - Conversations with Secretary Mark Esper: Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė

Tuesday, December 13, 2022
[ONLINE] - Karen Levy, Data Driven: Truckers, Technology, and the New Workplace Surveillance

Thursday, December 08, 2022
[ONLINE] - Science Fictional Scenarios and Strategic Foresight: Planning for the Future with Applied Sci-Fi

Wednesday, October 05, 2022
[ONLINE] - Courage in American Leadership: Conversation with Congresswoman Liz Cheney

Monday, October 03, 2022
Protecting American Democracy: Working Together to Counter Hate & Extremism

Thursday, September 22, 2022
Endless Frontier Symposium 2022: Research and Higher Education Institutions for the Next 75 Years

Thursday, September 22, 2022
CHIPS for America: Winning the race to make the best microchips in the world

Tuesday, September 20, 2022
[ONLINE] - Global Views on Ukraine: What Does Security Look Like From Different Vantage Points?

Wednesday, September 07, 2022
[ONLINE] - Why North Macedonia Should Join the European Union Next and Why it Matters

Thursday, August 25, 2022
[ONLINE] - Us In Flux Conversations: Suyi Davies Okungbowa & Lance Gharavi

Wednesday, June 22, 2022
An Experiment in Deliberative Democracy: Lessons from the Conference on the Future of Europe

Wednesday, June 01, 2022
[ONLINE] - Science Fiction/Real Policy Book Club: All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Advancing Climate & Natural Resource Policy Through Peer-to-Peer Knowledge Exchange

Thursday, May 12, 2022
[ONLINE] - The Sci-Fi Feedback Loop: Mapping Fiction’s Influence on Real-World Tech

Thursday, April 28, 2022
Imagining COP60: Scenarios, Sci-fi, and Policy Tools in Post-Normal Fiction

Wednesday, March 30, 2022
[ONLINE] - Cronkite Global Week: Conversations Surrounding Global Challenges

Wednesday, March 30, 2022
[ONLINE] - McCain Institute Prevention Practitioners Network Spring Symposium

Tuesday, March 29, 2022
[ONLINE] - NATO & China: Has a European War Changed NATO’s Approach to China?

Thursday, March 24, 2022
[ONLINE] - Global Literacy Masterclass - International Trade and the American Worker

Monday, March 21, 2022
Framing Our Biological Futures: Preliminary Results from U.S. Public Engagement Forums

Wednesday, March 02, 2022
[ONLINE] - When Local Elections are Threatened, What are the National Implications?

Tuesday, February 22, 2022
[ONLINE] - Conversations With Sec. Mark Esper: Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu

Friday, February 18, 2022
[ONLINE] - Is The Loss of Local Journalism Endangering American Democracy?

Wednesday, February 02, 2022
[ONLINE] - Science Fiction/Real Policy Book Club: Infomocracy by Malka Older

Friday, January 28, 2022
[ONLINE] - What is the Future of the NATO Alliance with a More Aggressive Russia?

Friday, January 21, 2022
[ONLINE] - Conversations with Secretary Mark Esper: Latvian Defence Minister Artis Pabriks

Wednesday, January 19, 2022
[ONLINE] - Global Literacy Masterclass: U.S. Ambassador Security Training Simulation

Thursday, January 06, 2022
[ONLINE] - Mapping the Capitol Attack & Its Aftermath: Tech, Extremism & Jan.6

Tuesday, December 14, 2021
[ONLINE] - Improving NATO’s Public Image and Building Awareness of the MDM Threat

Thursday, December 02, 2021
Conversations With Secretary Esper: President of Colombia Iván Duque Márquez

Tuesday, November 16, 2021
[ONLINE] - A State of Surveillance in Mexico: A Conversation with Andrea Chapela

Tuesday, November 16, 2021
True Stories That Matter: Applying Creative Nonfiction to Science & Policy Writing

Wednesday, November 10, 2021
[ONLINE] - Accelerating Systemic Transformation: A Case Study from Wales (UK)

Wednesday, November 03, 2021
[ONLINE] - The Abu Dhabi Express: Assessing UAE Support for The Wagner Group in Libya

Wednesday, October 13, 2021
[ONLINE] - Science Fiction/Real Policy Book Club: The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson

Wednesday, October 13, 2021
[ONLINE] - Conversations With Sec. Mark Esper: Linda Reynolds on Indo-Pacific Relations

Thursday, September 30, 2021
[ONLINE] - Global Literacy Masterclass: Diplomatic Skills for Everyone (Part 2)

Wednesday, September 29, 2021
[ONLINE] - Global Literacy Masterclass: Diplomatic Skills for Everyone (Part 1)

Thursday, September 23, 2021
[ONLINE] - Subtle Tools: The Dismantling of American Democracy from the War on Terror to Trump

Tuesday, June 15, 2021
[ONLINE] - Conversations With Secretary Mark Esper: Carl Bildt on Biden’s Trip to Europe

Wednesday, June 09, 2021
[ONLINE] - Science Fiction/Real Policy Book Club: Autonomous by Annalee Newitz

Thursday, April 22, 2021
[ONLINE] - Patrick Radden Keefe, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

Wednesday, April 14, 2021
[ONLINE] - US Policy and Government Programs and Involvement Regarding Genocide and Human Rights

Tuesday, April 13, 2021
[ONLINE] - Do Inventors Bear Responsibility for the Effects of Their Inventions?

Thursday, March 25, 2021
[ONLINE] - Lauren Redniss, Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West

Wednesday, March 10, 2021
[ONLINE] - Agent Sonya: The Most Consequential Spy in the History of Technology?

Tuesday, March 09, 2021
[ONLINE] - Barrett, the Honors College: Washington, D.C. Monument Applied Leadership Experience

Monday, March 08, 2021
[ONLINE] - Transnational Feminist Movements: Reflections on International Women’s Day 2021

Tuesday, February 23, 2021
[ONLINE] - When Does Resistance Become Insurrection? Free Speech and the Defense of the Republic

Wednesday, January 27, 2021
[ONLINE] - Countering Authoritarians Use of Disinformation: The Road Ahead in 2021

Wednesday, January 13, 2021
[ONLINE] - Free Speech Project: Section 230's Fate Under the Biden Administration

Wednesday, November 18, 2020
[ONLINE] - Diversity in National Security: How to Ensure More Women Hold Leadership Positions

Thursday, November 12, 2020
[ONLINE] - Straight Talk Live Part 2 | 2020 Elections: Results + Observations

Friday, October 30, 2020
[ONLINE] - SEEK Collaborative Workshop: Climate Action, Energy Stewardship and Care for Creation

Wednesday, October 21, 2020
[ONLINE] - Promoting Religious Respect and Preventing Violence in West Africa

Monday, October 12, 2020
[ONLINE] - Straight Talk Live: Predictions & Observations on the 2020 US Elections

Wednesday, October 07, 2020
[ONLINE] - Authors & Insights: Former National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster

Wednesday, September 16, 2020
[ONLINE] - Authors & Insights: Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright

Thursday, September 10, 2020
[ONLINE] - The Madman Theory: A Book Discussion with Author Jim Sciutto

Monday, August 17, 2020
[ONLINE] - Authors & Insights: Character-Driven American Leadership for Today's Challenges

Thursday, July 30, 2020
[ONLINE] - Crisis Convergence in America & the Global Rise of Authoritarianism

Thursday, July 16, 2020
[ONLINE] - DASER Experiments: Jennifer Jacquet and James Prosek in Conversation

Tuesday, June 02, 2020
[ONLINE] - Free Speech Project: Should We Think Twice Before Limiting Political Advocacy?

Wednesday, May 27, 2020
[ONLINE] - Meet The Professors | Under Secretary Cathy Novelli And Ambassador William Heidt

Tuesday, May 26, 2020
[ONLINE] - Women, Peace, And Security: How Women In Sudan Are Charting A New Course

Wednesday, May 06, 2020
[ONLINE] - Book Talk with Peter Bergen: "Trump and His Generals: The Cost of Chaos"

Thursday, April 23, 2020
[ONLINE] - Does a Monthly Check to All Americans Make Sense Even Without a Pandemic?

Wednesday, April 22, 2020
[ONLINE] - Where’s Congress? Don’t Just Blame Trump for the Coronavirus Catastrophe

Wednesday, April 22, 2020
[ONLINE] - David Rohde, In Deep - The FBI, the CIA, and the Truth about America's "Deep State"

Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Lessons from the Yellow Vests, Grand Debates, and Citizen Assembly on Climate in France

Wednesday, November 06, 2019
Sandworm - A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers

Monday, October 21, 2019
The Science of Bureaucracy: Risk Decision-Making and the Legitimacy of the US EPA

Thursday, September 12, 2019
How to Talk About Carbon Removal: Critical Questions About Climate Change Futures

Monday, March 18, 2019
Project Confluence - Engineering and Science for Environmental, Climate, and Energy Justice

Thursday, December 13, 2018
Leadership Voices: A Conversation about Leadership, Career Paths, Counterterrorism and National Security

Thursday, November 15, 2018
Rethinking Law and Order: Navigating Citizen Rights in the Age of Uberveillane

Thursday, October 25, 2018
It’s Been 100 Years Since the Spanish Flu. Are We Ready for the Next Pandemic?

Tuesday, October 09, 2018
Open House: The Future of Science Policy hosted by the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes

Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Debunking the "War on Coal" - Winter 2018 Launch Event for Issues in Science and Technology

Wednesday, November 08, 2017
Why Should We Imagine Solar Flares Taking Down International Space Stations?

Thursday, October 26, 2017
Child Support in the Age of Complex Families: It's Critical, but it's Broken

Thursday, April 13, 2017
NATO In An Age Of Uncertainty: A Conversation With NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg.

Thursday, January 12, 2017
My Favorite Movie with Terrell McSweeny - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Wednesday, November 16, 2016
The Unnatural World: The Race to Remake Civilization in Earth's Newest Age

Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Advancing Democracy and Human Rights Promotes U.S. National Security Interests

Thursday, June 09, 2016
My Favorite Movie with Surgeon General Vivek Murthy: E.T. the Extra Terrestrial

Friday, April 29, 2016
New Tools for Science Policy Seminar: Innovation in Higher Education – Africa’s Turn

Tuesday, March 29, 2016
A Crisis on a Global Scale: How Cooperation Fosters Local Solutions to Human Trafficking

Thursday, March 24, 2016
Incubating Artificial intelligence: Regulating Intelligent Cars and Drones in the 21st Century

Friday, March 11, 2016
Different Technologies, Different Learning Rates: Policy implications for energy investments

Thursday, October 22, 2015
The Citizen between Science and Policy: Innovation in Governance and Climate Change Resilience

Thursday, October 01, 2015
From Asteroids to Oceans: Using Public Engagement to Inform Policy Decisions

Friday, September 25, 2015
Entrapment or Necessary Tool: The Role of Informants and Undercover Officers in Terrorism Cases

Friday, July 10, 2015
Fallujah Redux: Lessons in Leadership and Engagement from the Fallujah Awakening

Wednesday, June 10, 2015
War of Women: Why We Need Female Service-Members to Fight Tomorrow's Battles

Thursday, June 04, 2015
Rethinking Higher Education featuring Ben Nelson, founder, chairman and CEO, Minerva Project

Monday, May 04, 2015
High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq: A Conversation with Author Emma Sky

Thursday, December 11, 2014
Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous by Gabriella Coleman book event

Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Validating Data to Sustain Health panel presented by Project Honeybee at 2014 mHealth Summit

Tuesday, December 09, 2014
What Factors Lead to Success on Research Collaboration: Some Tales from the Front Line

Wednesday, October 22, 2014
The Futurescape City Tours in Washington DC – Envisioning and Deliberating Differently