Past Events

ICTS Seminar - The Refugee Crisis: Humanitarian and Security Implications March 9, 2016
ICTS Seminar - The Refugee Crisis: Humanitarian and Security Implications March 9, 2016
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies March 9, 2016 The latest expansion of terrorism, civil wars, and regional conflicts has resulted in internal displacements and forced migrations of millions of refugees around the world. Despite the grave humanitarian and strategic implications of the continuing...
ICTS Seminar - Combating Terrorism: The Role of Sharing Intelligence - April 14, 2016
ICTS Seminar - Combating Terrorism: The Role of Sharing Intelligence - April 14, 2016
International Center for Terrorism Studies, at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. In the wake of the escalated terrorist plots and attacks worldwide as well as the April 2016 Nuclear Security Summit’s warning that “the threat of nuclear and radiological terrorism remains one of the gre...
Combating Terrorism: Lessons from the Middle East, North Africa, the Sahel, and Beyond
Combating Terrorism: Lessons from the Middle East, North Africa, the Sahel, and Beyond
Since 9/11, security challenges with grave global implications have emerged in the Middle East, Africa, and other regions. Terrorists networks, particularly al-Qa’ida and the newly-formed Daesh, are expanding their deadly operations across an arc of instability that exists without borders. In the...
"International Cooperation in Combating Terrorism: Review of 2015 and Outlook for 2016"
Date: Monday, February 8, 2016 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Place: The National Press Club 529 14th Street NW, 13th Floor, Holeman Lounge Washington, D.C. 20045 Opening Remarks: Michael S. Swetnam CEO and Chairman, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies ...
Cyber Readiness Index 2.0 Launch (Part 2 of 2)
Cyber Readiness Index 2.0 Launch (Part 2 of 2)
The Launch of: "The Cyber Readiness Index 2.0: A Baseline and an Index" Today, no country is cyber ready. The Cyber Readiness Index 2.0 examines one hundred twenty-five countries that have embraced, or are starting to embrace, information communications technologies and the Internet and then applie...
Cyber Readiness Index 2.0 Launch (Part 1 of 2)
Cyber Readiness Index 2.0 Launch (Part 1 of 2)
The Launch of: "The Cyber Readiness Index 2.0: A Baseline and an Index" Today, no country is cyber ready. The Cyber Readiness Index 2.0 examines one hundred twenty-five countries that have embraced, or are starting to embrace, information communications technologies and the Internet and then applie...

The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies' Center for Neurotechnology Studies, in conjunction with the Capital Consortium for Neuroscience: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues (CCNELSI, www.ccnelsi.com) presented a lecture on February 19.  Dr. Michael Chorost spoke on the use of cochlear implants and implications for further integration of technology into the human body in his talk "Cyborg Ear, Cyborg Mind."  Click below to watch the program in its entirety.

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