General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr.
General Dunford joined Professor Peter Feaver in a conversation on the U.S. military in a time of geo-political strain.
USSOUTHCOM & SEAL Museum
AGS students traveled to Florida for meetings at US Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) in Miami and the National Navy SEAL museum in Fort Pierce. At the SEAL museum, students were introduced to the mission of US Navy SEALS and participated in learning and training exercises.
Samantha Power
The AGS Fall 2019 Dave and Kay Phillips Family International Lecture welcomed Ambassador Samantha Power, former US Ambassador to the UN, on December 3rd in Penn Pavilion.
Cultivating the next generation of grand strategists.
The Duke University Program in American Grand Strategy is a signature program for Duke students interested in national security policymaking. AGS is defined by its curriculum, with the hallmark AGS advanced seminar, speaker series, co-curricular active learning experiences, research opportunities and extensive alumni network.
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Duke Team Wins National Cyber Policy Competition
Duke Team Wins National Cyber Policy Competition By Marc Losito, January 14, 2021 The Atlantic Council Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge is an annual cyber policy and strategy competition where students from across the globe compete in developing policy recommendations, tackling a fictional cyber catastrophe. The event curates a three-round cyber crisis scenario, each developing upon […]
Philip Zelikow | November 9, 2020
Philip Zelikow | November 9, 2020 In our final History and International Security Series lecture of the semester, Professor Simon Miles welcomed Philip Zelikow in conversation to discuss his research and how America can learn lessons from the Cold War’s ending to insure global stability. Watch the event here.
Mohammad Darawshe | October 26, 2020
Melvin Gamble | October 19, 2020
Melvin Gamble | October 19, 2020 Professor Tim Nichols spoke with Melvin Gamble about diversity in the intelligence community. A 40-year retired Senior Intelligence officer, Mr. Gamble served in a number of senior executive positions in the Directorate of Operations in the Central Intelligence Agency to include: Chief and Deputy Chief of Stations in Africa […]
H.R. McMaster | October 14, 2020
Mary Elise Sarotte | October 7, 2020
Ambassador Michael Oren | October 1, 2020
Robert Zoellick | September 29, 2020
Robert Zoellick | September 29, 2020 Professor Bruce Jentleson joined Robert Zoellick in a discussion of his new book America in the World: A History of US Diplomacy and Foreign Policy. Watch the event here. Summary by Darren Janz: On September 29, the Duke University Program in American Grand Strategy was honored to host former […]
Laura Rosenberger | September 22, 2020
Laura Rosenberger | September 22, 2020 Professor David Schanzer joined Laura Rosenberger to discuss possible threats to the 2020 election. Laura Rosenberger, Senior Fellow and Director of the Alliance for Serving Democracy, served as a foreign-policy advisor for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. Before that she served for more than a decade in a […]