MWI Speaker Series: Discussing “Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women”

Ike Hall Auditorium

The panel will discuss the importance of mentoring within the profession of arms. Panelists will discuss the research and evidence brought forth in Dr. W. Brad Johnson and Dr. David Smith’s 2016 book Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women. Published in September 2016, the book explores evidence that demonstrates that women face […]

MWI War Council – Debating the Space Force

Washington Hall 5300

"The space environment has fundamentally changed in the last generation; what was once peaceful and uncontested is now crowded and adversarial." - Vice President Mike Pence The Modern War Institute will host a diverse panel of staff and faculty in a riveting discussion around the future of the proposed space force. The panel will debate […]

MWI Speaker Series – A View from the Front Lines of our Long-Running Wars, with C.J. Chivers

Washington Hall 5300

Join us for the first MWI Speaker Series event of the semester, featuring C.J. Chivers. A reporter for the New York Times and a former infantry officer in the US Marine Corps, Chivers is the bestselling author of The Gun. He'll be featured at this MWI event, where he'll discuss his newest book, The Fighters, based […]

MWI Speaker Series – American Grand Strategy in an Age of Upheaval, with Dr. Hal Brands

Washington Hall 5300

Dr. Hal Brands is Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Research Institute's Program on National Security, and is a Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies. He is the author or editor of several books, including American Grand Strategy in the Age of Trump (2018) and Making the […]

MWI Speaker Series – The Brain: The Battlefield of the 21st Century

Washington Hall 5300

Join us for this MWI Speaker Series event featuring Dr. James Giordano. Dr. Giordano is the chief of Georgetown University's Neuroethics Studies Program and Scholar-in-Residence in the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, and is Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Biochemistry at Georgetown University Medical Center. His research examines advancements in neuroscience and neurotechnology, […]