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2022 Virtual Summit Fireside Chat
Byron Loflin, Global Head of Board Engagement at Nasdaq, introduces David Lawrence, RANE Founder and Chief Collaborative Officer, who...


Next World Forum
Fran Townsend joins a panel of experts for Next World Forum in the capital of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. September, 2022.


Iran’s Threat to the Homeland, 2022 UANI Iran Summit
"Iran’s Threat to the Homeland" with U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and Frances Townsend On September 21, 2022, United Against...


How Cyber and Tech Will Shape Great Power Competition
Both cyber and tech are playing an increasingly prominent role in debates about American national security. To what extent will they...


Ex-national security officials warn against antitrust bills in new ad campaign
Former high-ranking national security officials are urging lawmakers to abandon antitrust legislation targeting U.S. tech giants as part...


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...


Lisa Monaco and Frances Townsend on National Security
Lisa Monaco and Fran Townsend spoke about national security issues, as well as their time as presidential Homeland Security advisers....


Fran Townsend Executive Vice President, Worldwide Gov, Legal, Business Affairs, MacAndrews & Forbes
Frances Fragos Townsend is an executive vice president for worldwide government, legal, and business affairs at MacAndrews & Forbes. She...


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...
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