The Drone Next Door
Drones have become essential to the American way of war. They’ve given the military nearly constant surveillance from the sky, and allow
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9AM – 1:45PM EST
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
Events
New America is proud to serve as a gathering place for events—both online and in-person—to exchange ideas, spotlight new research, and engage with diverse perspectives. Every year, New America’s events bring together thousands of people across sectors and disciplines to help shape policy discussions and drive solutions to real-world challenges.
Egypt in Transition
As Egypt’s revolutionary process derails, a myriad of political actors are struggling to form a new consensus
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12:15PM – 1:45PM EST
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
The Power Surge
For decades, politicians have been pledging to make America energy independent, and for decades, they have failed.
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12:15PM – 1:30PM EST
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
German Minister of the Interior visits Open Technology Institute
On April 30, 2013, Germany’s equivalent of the U.S. Secretary for Homeland Security, the Minister of the Interior, Hans-Peter Friedrich,
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1:30PM – 4PM EST
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
Jackpot: Using Lotteries to Promote Personal Savings
Americans often view saving as a type of self-deprivation, the financial equivalent of eating your vegetables. What if the broccoli came
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11AM – 12:30PM EST
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
Takedown: Inside the Hunt for Al Qaeda
On September 11, 2001, as Central Intelligence Agency analyst Philip Mudd rushed out of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to
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1PM – 2:30PM EST
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism
In the near future, “smart” technologies and “big data” will allow us to make large-scale interventions in politics, culture,
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9AM – 10AM EST
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
The New (Suburban) Homeless: How Foreclosures and the Great Recession Have Impacted American Families
In the Denver suburbs, as in much of the U.S., the Great Recession has turned formerly financially stable families into the new homeless—
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12:15PM – 1:30PM EST
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry
** Please note that this event has been rescheduled from March 6 to March 19.**
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12:15PM – 1:30PM EST
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
Talking to Terrorists
Since September 11, we have struggled to determine why individuals become radicalized by certain ideas and eventually engage in terrorism
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12:15PM – 1:45PM EST
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
Foreign Policy for the Information Age
From Wikileaks to the aftermath of the Middle East and North Africa uprisings, the thorny ramifications of ubiquitous global information
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1PM – 2:30PM EST
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
A Conversation With Mowaffaq Rubaie, Former National Security Advisor in Iraq
The 10-year anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq is upon us this month. As we contemplate the consequences of that war, along with th
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3:30PM – 5PM EST
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
Can We Call Iraq a Success?
As we approach the 10-year anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq on March 20, 2003, news of that country has largely faded from Americ
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1PM – 2:30PM EST
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
Captive Audience
Join the New America Foundation’s Media Policy Initiative to mark the release of Susan Crawford’s Captive Audience: The Telecom
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6PM – 8PM EST
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
Breakfast Meeting with Afghan Minister of Commerce
As Afghanistan looks ahead to a much smaller international presence following the end of NATO’s combat mission in 2014, concerns about th
In-Person
9AM – 10AM EST
New America
740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005