Past Events
Events
The National Security Roundtable regularly holds events with guest speakers in New York City. These events are by invitation only and are exclusively for NSR members. For more information, please contact us here.
[In addition to specific events listed below, informal discussion forums and post-event gatherings are held throughout the year.]
December 1, 2009
Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld
With P. David Gaubatz, former Agent, U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, on the "Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret World That's Conspiring to Islamize America."
October 19, 2009
Briefing & Update on Iran and Afghanistan
With Lt. Colonel Bill Cowan, U.S. Marines (ret), on Afghanistan and Iran, and cooperation with Israel on Iran.
October 1, 2009
The U.S. Justice Department and Islamist Threat
With Andrew C. McCarthy, former Federal Terrorism Prosecutor; Lead Prosecutor in 1993 WTC Bombing Case; and Special Assistant to Deputy Secretary of Defense.
June 16, 2009
The Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Threat
With Dr. Avi Schnurr, Director of the Israel Missile Defense Association; and Projects Director of the U.S.-based EMP Awareness Coordination Taskforce (EMPACT).
March 31, 2009
Lessons From the USS Cole Bombing
With Commander Kirk S. Lippold, U.S. Navy (ret), former Commander of the USS Cole, on the October 12, 2000 attack of the USS Cole, one of the seminal events of war on terror.
March 3, 2009
Bush to Obama: Forward to the Past?
With Richard Perle, former Assistant Secretary of Defense; and Chairman of the Defense Policy Board, on why Obama’s first term is likely to look like Bush’s second.
January 28, 2009
Voting "Present" at the U.N.
With Ambassador John R. Bolton, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, on the new administration's UN policy.
January 8, 2009
Terror on the High Seas
With Capt. Charles T. Nash, U.S. Navy (ret), fmr Naval Aviator; head of Strike/Anti-Surface Unit Warfare & Air to Air/Strike Support Sections on Chief of Naval Ops staff.
Notable Quotables
"The damage to the reputation of the United States is indescribable. We are now seen, and will be seen for many years, as an unreliable partner in any multinational agreement or operation. Trust in the United States is irreparably damaged."
~ From Open Letter penned three days ago, by nearly 90 retired US generals and admirals to Sec of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Mark Milley, calling on them to resign from their positions over their handling of US withdrawal from Afghanistan (more here).
And Then Some
Another Arab Myth
June 9, 2021
America's Realignment
June 1, 2021
Zarif’s Rivalry & Kerry’s Betrayal
April 25, 2021
