SPWAC Events Timeline
Our 2026 – 2027 and 2025 – 2026 seasons, earliest event first. Click any event for details.
U.S. Tariffs: Law and Economics Pass Judgment
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Tom Albrecht
SEPT 82026
SEPT 292026
Magyar over MAGA: Has Europe Found Its Nerve?
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Colonel (ret.) Peter Lambrichts
All the Presidents’ Wars: How the War on Terror Reshaped America and the World
Thursday, October 8, 2026
Peter Bergen
OCT 82026
OCT 152026
Inside the Race to Free the October 7th Hostages
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Brett McGurk
Re-imagining U.S. Foreign Assistance for the Future
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Jim Richardson
OCT 202026
OCT 222026
NATO and the Transformation of the Bundeswehr
Thursday, October 22, 2026
LTC Christian Ruygh
The Changing Nature and Enduring Value of American Diplomacy
Thursday, October 29, 2026
Ambassador (ret.) Kate Marie Byrnes
OCT 292026
NOV 42026
How to Launder a Billion Dollars (and Why It’s Getting Easier)
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Dr. Henry Balani
Big Tech and the Future of War
Thursday, November 12, 2026
Sharon Weinberger
NOV 122026
DEC 32026
Hiding in Plain Sight: Combatting Antisemitism, Extremism, and Emerging Threats in AI and Online
Thursday, December 3, 2026
Oren Segal, ADL V.P. for Counterterrorism and Intelligence
The World Ahead: 2027
Thursday, December 3, 2026
Tom Standage
DEC 32026
Space: International Collaboration and Competition — 2026 SPWAC Conference
February 10 - 11, 2026
Multiple speakers
FEB 10-112026
MAR 182026
Author Talk: The Spy and the State
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Dr. Jeffrey Rogg
Iran and the Future of the U.S.–Russia Rivalry in the Middle East
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Dr. Arman Mahmoudian
APR 72026
APR 82026
Missing Voices: Music by Jewish Composers Killed in the Holocaust
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Dimitri Malignan, piano, and Lily Arbisser, soprano
Microbes Without Borders: Half-Day International Conference
Monday, May 11, 2026
Dr. Robert Gallo, Dr. Christian Bréchot and guest panelists
MAY 112026