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Kim Ghattas, who covered the Middle East for the BBC and the Financial Times for 20 years, talked about the decades-long rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

Panelists talked about the role and status of women in national security and foreign policy. The discussion included former United Nations and State Department advisers on international wome…

Valerie Hudson, author of The Hillary Doctrine: Sex and American Foreign Policy, made opening remarks at Texas A&M University’s Bush School conference on women’s global empowerment. She then…

James Baker and Brent Scowcroft talked about the fall of the Berlin Wall and U.S. involvement in Eastern Europe’s liberation.

Former President George H.W. Bush commemorated the 20th anniversary of the initiation of military operations to liberate Kuwait from Iraq by inviting Desert Storm veterans to a discussion am…

Thomas Reed talked about the book he co-wrote, The Nuclear Express: A Political History of the Bomb and Its Proliferation (Zenith Press; January 2, 2009). In his book he talks about the crea…

Former Ambassador Ryan Crocker talked about politics and history in the Middle East, as well as ways in which they shaped the war in Iraq. In his remarks he enumerated many challenges that f…

Participants talked about relations between the U.S. and China. They talked about the history of relations, current areas of engagement and cooperation, and future issues to be resolved. The…

The panelists discussed how policymakers use intelligence provided by the CIA. Former Bush administration officials who managed national security policy described the usefulness and timeline…

Former members of the Bush administration National Security Council’s deputies' committee spoke about their use of intelligence in making policy decisions. The deputies' committee was made u…