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Heiman Redefining Collective Defense: Cyber Conflict in the Hybrid War Era NSI Brown Bag Lunch – Jamil N. Jaffer Reauthorizing CISA 2015: A Capitol Hill Roundtable on Cyber Threat Sharing and National Resilience NSI Next Gen Alumni Network Kickoff Reception Critical Effect Cracks in the Network: Cybersecurity Failures, SALT Typhoon, and U.S. Cyber Leadership NSI Brown Bag Lunch – Steven Arango OSINT Unleashed: Strengthening Intelligence in an Open-Source World NSI Brown Bag Lunch – Jamie Jackson 2025 Spring Fellows Kickoff Transatlantic Resilience: Defending Critical Infrastructure in the Face of Russian Aggression 2025 Congressional Women’s Happy Hour NSI Brown Bag Lunch – Major Salahudin Ali AI and National Security: Safeguarding Tomorrow – A Roundtable Series Iron Butterfly Live Podcast Event 2024 NSI Congressional Happy Hour 2024 Fall Fellows Kickoff Live Podcast Recording with Author Dmitri Alperovitch Shifting Sands: Navigating Russia and Iran’s Growing Collaboration and its Impact on the Middle East Hack the Capitol 7.0 Duco Trust & Safety Report Launch Reception AI and National Security: Safeguarding Tomorrow The Monroe Doctrine: An Evolving Legacy 2024 CONGRESSIONAL WOMEN’S HAPPY HOUR Unlocking AI’s Potential: How AI Can Protect Critical Infrastructure and Defend the Nation 2024 Spring Fellow’s Kick Off AI vs. Human Decision-Making: Crisis in the Taiwan Straits Wargame Innovation Race: U.S. Public and Private Efforts to Outpace China The New Frontline: Is AI Friend of Foe? Congressional Happy Hour Book Event: Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World Official Launch: NSI Cyber and Tech Center The New Soviet Union: What Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Means for the Freedom of the “Near Abroad” NSI Congressional Happy Hour – July 13, 2023 5G to 6G: International Perspectives on US Spectrum Leadership and National Security 2023 National Security Symposium The Debt Ceiling and the Defense Budget: What’s Next for FY24 Extending Cyber Defense Across America: Lessons Learned from ‘Shields Up’ at the Regional, State, and Local Level New Axis of Evil? The Alignment of Global Repressors US-EU Tech Partnership: Promoting Values Abroad and Enhancing Trade, Security, and Economic Prosperity On the Road to Global Repression: China’s Economic Tools of Exploitation FY24 Defense Budget: Impact on National Security National Cybersecurity Strategy Pillar II: Disrupt and Dismantle Threat Actors Countering Chinese Global Tech Ambitions: U.S.-EU Partnership in Smart Innovation Assessing “Shields Up”: Public-Private Cooperation on Domestic Cyber Defense Ukraine Through International Lenses Surveillance State: China’s Digital Tools of Repression The Future of Energy and National Security: Confronting America’s Critical Minerals Challenges Congressional Women’s Happy Hour Crypto and National Security: The Future of U.S. Economic Security in the Crypto Age 2023 Spring Fellows Kickoff Protecting Ukraine: Public-Private Defense of Allies Abroad Crypto and National Security: Finding Solutions to Illicit Finance Challenges 2022 Fall Fellows Kickoff NSI Congressional Happy Hour Fireside Chat with Jackie Speier and Sue Gordon 2022 National Security Symposium Senate Roundtable on the National Security Implications of Antitrust Reform House Roundtable on the National Security Implications of Antitrust Reform NatSec Night Cap with Mike Pompeo American Reboot: A Book Talk with Former Rep. Will Hurd Hack the Capitol Crypto and National Security: How to Validate American Innovation and Verify U.S. National Security Tomorrow’s Battlefield: How the U.S. Can Win the Tech Competition with China Front and Center: Nat Sec Women in Media The Department of Justice’s Role in Combatting Nation State Threats 2022 Winter Olympics: Disrupting the Games Spies, Lies, and Algorithms Spring 2021 Fellows Kickoff NatSec Nightcap – General Joseph Votel 2022 Winter Olympics: Standing Up To China’s Human Rights Abuses Congressional Happy Hour The National Security Implications of Antitrust: The Homefront The National Security Implications of Antitrust: America’s Adversaries Women’s Congressional Happy Hour The National Security Implications of Antitrust: America’s Allies NatSec Nightcap with Bill Browder Thursday, September 2 | 4:30 - 5:30 PM ET Virtual Allies, Enemies, and the Homefront – Part 1: The National Security Implications of Antitrust Thursday, August 26 | 12 PM ET Virtual Doing Business with China: How to Protect U.S. Interests Launch Tuesday, August 10 | 1 PM ET Virtual DEF CON 2021 Panel: Your Infrastructure is Encrypted: Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Ransomware Friday, August 6 | 2:30 - 3:30 PM ET Virtual NSI Summer Kick-Off Happy Hour Natsec Nightcap with General David H. Petraeus Thursday, July 1 | 5 - 6 PM ET Virtual Fabricating the Future: The Importance of Semiconductors to U.S. National Security June 16, 2021 | 2 - 3 PM ET Virtual Silencing the Radio: Freedom of the Press in Russia June 3, 2021 | 3:00 PM ET Virtual Technology Innovation and American National Security: Artificial Intelligence and the Fight for the Future May 26 | 2 - 3 PM ET Virtual NatSec Nightcap with Josh Rogin May 12, 2021 | 5:00 - 6:00 PM ET Virtual Getting Out of Gitmo: Dangerous or Smart? May 5, 2021 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET Virtual Hack the Capitol 4.0 May 4, 2021 | 9:00 AM ET Virtual NatSec Nightcap with Congressman Mike Waltz April 22, 2021 | 5 - 6 PM ET Virtual NSI 2020: Is Conflict with China Inevitable? April 19 | 1 PM ET Virtual Sources of Conflict in Mozambique and the Path Forward April 16, 2021 Virtual Civics as a National Security Imperative: A Conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Neil M. Gorsuch Wednesday, April 14, 2021 | 1 PM ET Virtual The Cyberspace Solarium Commission: A Year After The Report April 12, 2021 Virtual NatSec Nightcap with Secretary Leon Panetta Wednesday, March 17 | 5 - 6 PM ET Virtual NSI 2020: China’s Rise – Competition in Cyberspace March 3, 1 PM ET | Virtual Virtual NatSec Nightcap with Ambassador Arthur Sinodinos February 4, 2021 | 5 - 6 PM ET Virtual Spring 2021 Fellows Kickoff January 26, 2021 | 5 - 6:30 PM ET Virtual NSI-Silverado Debate: Cyber Offense vs. Cyber Defense January 21, 2021 | 1 PM - 2 PM ET Virtual NatSec Nightcap with Ambassador Rosemary Banks January 7, 2021 | 5 - 6 PM ET Virtual NSI 2020- Chinese Economic Power and Statecraft: How Should the U.S. Respond? December 9, 2020 | 11 AM - 12 PM ET Virtual CSPS Distinguished Lecture with Amb. David Scheffer Monday, December 7 | 12:00 PM ET Virtual Natsec Nightcap with Special Representative Elliott Abrams December 3, 2020 | 5 - 6 PM Virtual Revisiting Treasury’s War: The History and Future of the Treasury Department’s Role in National Security – Panel 2 December 1, 2020 | 1:00 PM ET Virtual NSI 2020 – Preserving U.S. Leadership: Protecting America While Promoting Innovation November 19, 2020 | 1 - 2 PM ET Virtual Natsec Nightcap with Amb. Paul Wolfowitz November 12, 2020 | 5 - 6 PM Virtual Fault Lines Live Recording: Foreign Policy and the Next Administration Monday, November 2 | 1:00-2:00 PM ET Virtual Revisiting Treasury’s War: The History and Future of the Treasury Department’s Role in National Security October 27 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET Virtual Running Interference: Protecting the Integrity of American Elections Friday, October 16,2020 | 12:00-1:00 PM ET & Friday, October 23, 2020 | 12:00-1:00 PM ET Virtual Building the Space Economy for Commerce & Security October 13, 2020 | 10:00 - 11:15 AM ET Virtual 5G at the Nexus of IP, Antitrust, and Technology Leadership Conference October 7-8, 2020 | Full Day Virtual NatSec Nightcap – October 1 October 1, 2020 | 5 PM Virtual NSI Fall 2020 Fellows Kickoff September 30, 2020 | 5:00 PM ET Virtual NatSec Nightcap – September 3, 2020 September 6, 2020 | 5 - 6 PM Virtual NSI 2020: Geopolitical Competition in the Indo-Pacific August 25, 2020 | 1 - 2 PM NatSec Nightcap – August 20 August 20, 2020 | 5 - 6 PM Virtual NSI 2020: Tackling The Techlash August 13, 2020 | 1 PM - 2 PM Virtual NSI 2020: Confronting China’s Challenge to the World Order Launch Event ft. Michèle Flournoy August 5, 2020 | 1 - 2 PM Virtual Disinformation Campaigns and Covert Influence in the United States August 6, 2020 | 2 - 3 PM Virtual NatSec Nightcap – August 6, 2020 August 6, 2020 | 5 - 6 PM Virtual NSI 2020: Technology, Innovation, and American National Security Launch Event ft. Rep. Jim Langevin (RI-02) July 29, 2020 | 1:00 PM ET Virtual Block TikTok?: TheU.S. Response to Chinese Apps NatSec Nightcap – July 23, 2020 Inside the Cyberspace Solarium Commission NatSec Nightcap – July 7, 2020 The Space Enterprise: Why National Security & Commercial Space Efforts Need a Unified Theory of Everything NatSec Nightcap – June 25, 2020 NatSec Nightcap – June 11, 2020 NatSec Nightcap – May 27, 2020 NatSec Nightcap – May 12, 2020 NatSec Nightcap – April 30, 2020 CSS Speaker Series: Turkey’s Relationships with Russia, Iran, Syria, and Libya Current and Emerging Issues In Export Control Symposium 2020 NSI Fellows Kick Off Cyber Security & the Role of the FBI 2020 National Security Legal Outlook The Future Of Section 215: Views From Across The Spectrum Decrypted: Teaching Journalists to Talk Tech NSI Student Brown Bag The Future Of American Commitments In Syria And Afghanistan: Strategic Rebalance Or Defeat And Retreat? CyberNextDC 2019 Book Talk: “How We Win” Summit on Security & Third-Party Risk Fireside chat with G. Zachary Terwilliger 2019 Fall Kickoff Securing the Courts: Exploitation of the Judicial System By Foreign Adversaries Welcome Reception Filling the Vacuum: Harnessing Innovation & Securing Space Technologist Fellowship Session Two The World That Awaits: Geopolitical Issues Confronting the 116th Congress And the Tools It Has to Shape US Foreign Policy Decrypted Session #1 The U.S. Role in Syria: Legal and Policy Questions in a Challenging Conflict The American Way: Rule of Law in Intelligence and Covert Operations Hack the Capitol 2.0 CFIUS Symposium Into the Breach: Responding to Critical Data Incidents Cops and Cocktails: A Talk on Criminal Procedure and Constitutional Rights NSI Open House Technologist Fellowship Session One National Security Law and Policy Career Panel Distinguished Speaker Series: Brent McIntosh The Future of Cyber Defense: CISA and the Private Sector National Emergency at the Border: A Debate Digital Defense: Modernizing the Battlefield NSI Fellows 2019 Kickoff Huawei and ZTE: Countering a Hostile Foreign Threat National Security Institute Brown Bag Series #3 Book Event: How to Get Rid of a President Tech Titans and National Security: West Coast Edition The Abuse and Exploitation of Red Notices, Interpol and the U.S. Judicial Process by Russia and other Authoritarian States Above the Horizon: Developments and Challenges to National Security in Space Law and Policy Amazon Public Policy Team 2019 Summer Intern Information Session National Security Institute Brown Bag Series #2 Democracy Under Stress: Potential Challenges in the Post-Truth Era Building a 21st Century Trusted Workforce Decompiling the Government: Boston National Security Institute and Symantec Roundtable with Rep. Gerry Connolly Tech Bootcamp for Lawyers & Policymakers Decompiling the Government: Seattle CyberNext DC Hack the Capitol National Security Space Policy Roundtable NSI Student Brown Bag Series #1 NSI Visiting Fellows Meet & Greet Tech Titans And National Security Book Event: The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies Encryption Policy, Decrypted: Key Policy Issues for Lawmakers GDPR Roundtable Decompiling the Government – San Antonio May 10, 2018 | 6pm-8pm Accenture - San Antonio Decompiling the Government – New York May 3, 2018 | 5pm-7pm S&P Global - New York City NSLJ Career Panel April 23, 2018 | 12pm-1pm Antonin Scalia Law School Distinguished Speaker Series: Congressman Mike Gallagher April 19, 2018 | 12:30pm-1:30pm Antonin Scalia Law School Decompiling the Government: Getting Technologists and Policymakers to Speak the Same Language April 12, 2018 | 6pm-8pm Antonin Scalia Law School A Conversation with Brigadier General Zvika Haimovich April 11, 2018 | 12pm-1pm Antonin Scalia Law School Decompiling the Government – San Francisco March 27, 2018 | 6pm-8pm Samsung NEXT SF Cybersecurity & Privacy Protection Conference March 22, 2018 | 8am-5:30pm Cleveland-Marshall College of Law YPO-NSI Blockchain Technologies Summit 2018 March 14, 2018 | 10am-4pm Antonin Scalia Law School The Return of Nuclear: Are We Ready to Compete? March 9, 2018 | 10am-11:30am Russell Senate Office Building Harpoon: Inside the Covert War Against Terrorism’s Money Masters March 6, 2018 | 12pm-1pm Antonin Scalia Law School Cybersecurity Agenda Setting for the 2019 NDAA February 26, 2018 | 12pm-1pm U.S. Capitol Visitor Center An Oligarchy If You Can Keep It February 22, 2018 | 12pm-1pm Antonin Scalia Law School A Fireside Chat with Jeremy Rabkin and John Yoo February 8, 2018 | 12pm-1pm Antonin Scalia Law School Current Challenges in Counterterrorism Law and Policy The Federalist Society, Colorado Lawyers Chapter February 8, 2018 Policy Corner with General Michael Hayden (ret) January 29, 2018 | 7pm-8:30pm Schar School of Policy and Government Changing the Landscape: Efforts to Re-Shape Surveillance Law January 26, 2018 Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America The Role of National Security Law Advisor: An Insider’s Perspective January 25, 2018 | 12pm-1pm Antonin Scalia Law School Cybersecurity in Overdrive: Preparing for the Future of Autonomous Vehicles December 11, 2017 | 10am-11am Russell Senate Office Building Section 702: Views from Across the Spectrum (House) December 6, 2017 | 11:15am-12pm Cannon House Office Building Section 702: Views from Across the Spectrum (Senate) November 29, 2017 | 12pm-1:30pm Dirksen Senate Office Building ABA Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law November 17, 2017 | 8:45am-10:15pm The Capital Hilton Comparative Counterterrorism: Surveillance and Cooperation November 17, 2017 | 11:45am-2pm The Mayflower Hotel National Security Law Journal Fall Symposium November 13, 2017 | 11:30am-1pm Antonin Scalia Law School Cyber Insecurity: Unique Threats in the Middle East and the Need for Collective Defense November 7, 2017 | 3:15pm-4:05pm RSA Abu Dhabi MDISS Fall Congress October 31-November 1, 2017 Antonin Scalia Law School CyberNext DC Vulnerability Disclosure Panel October 25, 2017 | 10:50am-11:50am Venable LLP DC CyberWeek October 17, 2017 | 2pm-5pm Antonin Scalia Law School Distinguished Speaker Series: Senator Tom Cotton April 24, 2017 | 1pm-2pm Antonin Scalia Law School National Security Law Journal Spring Symposium April 12, 2017 | 6pm Antonin Scalia Law School Balancing Security and Surveillance with Personal Privacy and Civil Liberties April 5, 2017 | 12pm-2pm Rutgers Law School NSLJ Fall 2016 Symposium November 1, 2016 | 6pm Antonin Scalia Law School STAY INFORMED Get the latest updates from the National Security Institute. subscribe The National Security Institute (NSI) at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University is dedicated to finding practical answers to national security law and policy questions. 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