Past Events

ICTS Seminar - Terrorism and the Media: Dilemmas for Government, Journalists, and the Public
ICTS Seminar - Terrorism and the Media: Dilemmas for Government, Journalists, and the Public
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies International Center for Terrorism Studies April 20, 2017 The role of the press in reporting on terrorism has been under public debate for decades. Many issues have been considered, including whether the media encourages terrorism and whether governments shoul...
International Cooperation in Combating Terrorism
International Cooperation in Combating Terrorism
The current deteriorating Middle East security architecture gravely challenges the international community more than ever before. The lingering crisis of national identities coupled with escalating extremism and violence is resulting in unprecedented social, economic, and strategic costs. These regi...
ICTS Seminar-Latin America’s Security Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities in the Post-Castro Era
ICTS Seminar-Latin America’s Security Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities in the Post-Castro Era
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies December 16, 2016 Latin America’s multiple security challenges include organized crime, terrorism, migration, economic development, and threats to democratic governance. Experts with governmental, academic, and professional experience meet to discuss current a...
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9/12 "From Data to Knowledge in Neuroscience: Building Toward Individualized Medicine"
The current wealth of data in neuroscience has the potential to lead to groundbreaking neuroscientific discoveries and revolutionize clinical treatments for mental health and neurological disorders. Combining neuroscience data with information in other data-rich fields, such as genomics, will make p...

Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Chairman and CEO Michael Swetnam is an intelligence and national security expert who currently serves as an advisor to the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.  In an interview with Stars and Stripes, he commented on the Pentagon's development of a so-called "equivalence" doctrine with regard to cyber attacks, which would mean that the US reserves the right to retaliate with conventional weapons in the event of a cyber attack.  Click here to read the article in full.