Former Homeland Security adviser on recent ransomware attacks on food, oil companies
Former Homeland Security Adviser Fran Townsend joined “CBS This Morning” to discuss the recent ransomware hacks on a major oil pipeline...
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How can the United States navigate the geopolitics of international technology standards?
The GeoTech Center launches a new report on the relationship between technology standards setting and geopolitics. On Thursday, October...
9/11: A Turning Point
September 11, 2001 thrust the United States into a new era: the War on Terror. The attack was not a bolt from the blue; it sprang from a...
Frances Townsend | UANI Webinar: The U.S. and Iran After the Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan
Fran Townsend, former U.S. homeland security advisor, highlights jihadist groups' response to the U.S. withdrawal, including Iran's...
UANI Webinar: The U.S. and Iran After the Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan
On September 23, 2021, UANI hosted a virtual event, featuring leading global security experts, to discuss the implications of the Taliban...
America's Global Role After Afghanistan
Investcorp’s Global Head of Real Estate, Jon Dracos spoke with Frances Townsend, Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs at...
Town Hall: Reflections on 9/11 and Its Legacy
Speakers Richard Haass President, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, The World: A Brief Introduction; Former Director of Policy...
4th Great Power Competition Conference: The Attacks, Part 2 Panel
Moderator: Frank Cilluffo, Director of Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security and former...
Two Decades On: The 20th Anniversary of 9/11
The Aspen Strategy Group hosts a public discussion to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of 9/11. We examine the last twenty years of...
The future of counterterrorism: Twenty years after 9/11
Introduction On September 8, the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security’s Forward Defense practice area and the Scowcroft Middle East...
10th Anniversary of Oslo/Utøya and 20th Anniversary of 9/11 – Long-term Implications and Effects
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the horrific attacks in Oslo and the island of Utøya in Norway. These attacks perpetrated by a...
Frances Townsend’s Remarks to the Free Iran World Summit
Frances Townsend, Homeland Security Advisor to the U.S. President (2004-2007), addressed at the 2nd Day of The Free Iran World Summit on...
Democracy Dialogues: America's homeland security advisor on countering domestic terrorism
Homeland Security Advisor Dr. Liz Sherwood-Randall discusses the formulation of the recently released, first-ever National Strategy for...
CEO Speaker Series With Kathy Warden of Northrop Grumman
Speaker Kathy Warden Chairman, CEO, and President, Northrop Grumman Presider Frances Fragos Townsend Executive Vice President, Corporate...
Ex-intel officials claim antitrust could hurt U.S. in China tech race
Twelve former top U.S. national security officials are urging Congress to hit pause on a package of antitrust bills in order to consider...
They Created Our Post-9/11 World. Here’s What They Think They Got Wrong.
Seventeen prominent players reflect on the decades of war they helped wage and the domestic defenses they helped erect. The sense of...
Don’t jeopardize national security by weakening American tech
Tech companies play an important role in cybersecurity. In the last 16 months, while America’s attention has been largely focused on the...
The Battle for Cyber Dominance
As noted in David Ignatius’s July 21 op-ed, “Russia and China become Internet allies,” there are serious national security implications...
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