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In a world struggling with social polarization and conflict, strengthening social cohesion, and building peace, requires learning lessons and carefully crafted approaches. What works to renew trust and foster peace in the wake of polarization and conflict? This timely lunchtime panel features the experiences and insights of leading practitioners who have mediated social differences through community-based approaches in Northern Ireland and in a myriad of other settings around the world.
The conversation will be moderated by Korbel professor Tim Sisk. Following the discussion, we will have an open audience Q&A. This event is open to students, faculty, staff, and DU community members. We hope to see you there!
The Korbel School will host a town hall style event with Tobias Bergner, Director of the German Information Center - Public Diplomacy at the German Embassy. This event will engage with DU and Korbel students, faculty, and staff, as well as interested members of the public about German foreign policy in a town hall style format. Mr. Bergner will begin with brief introductory remarks before opening up to audience Q&A, moderated by Korbel Professor Rachel Epstein. A reception with light bites and refreshments will precede the program.
We invite you to join us for the Anschutz National Security Lecture Series, where we'll host a timely conversation with Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution. Drawing on insights from his latest book, To Dare Mighty Things: U.S. Defense Strategy Since the Revolution, O’Hanlon will explore the evolution of U.S. defense strategy — from its historical foundations to today’s complex global landscape — and assess what lies ahead for American national security. With a regional lens, the discussion will also highlight Colorado’s contributions to national defense.
Korbel Professor Rachel Epstein will moderate the conversation, which will be followed by audience Q&A. Doors open at 5:15, and programming begins at 5:30.
Dr. O'Hanlon's book is available here: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300279931/to-dare-mighty-things/
About Michael O'Hanlon
Dr. Michael O’Hanlon is the Philip H. Knight Chair in Defense and Strategy and director of research in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution, where he specializes in U.S. defense strategy and budgets, the use of military force, and American national security policy. He is a senior fellow and directs the Strobe Talbott Center on Security, Strategy, and Technology. He co-directs the Africa Security Initiative as well. He is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and Columbia University and was a member of the Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board from 2021 to 2025; he was also a member of the external advisory board at the Central Intelligence Agency from 2011-12. His newest book, timed to coincide with the nation’s 250th birthday, is “To Dare Mighty Things: U.S. Defense Strategy Since the Revolution” (Yale Press, 2026). In 2023, O’Hanlon published a book titled “Military History for the Modern Strategist: America’s Major Wars since 1861.” His articles have appeared in Foreign Affairs, The National Interest, Survival, Washington Quarterly, Joint Forces Quarterly, and International Security, among other publications; he has also written hundreds of op-eds in major newspapers. Recent articles include a detailed analysis of the U.S. defense budget, a military assessment of a possible Chinese blockade of Taiwan, and a proposal with Georgetown Professor Lise Howard for a new security architecture for eastern Europe. O’Hanlon has appeared on television or spoken on the radio more than 4,000 times since September 11, 2001.
The Colorado Sun’s politics team will sit down with some of the state lawmakers and discuss the 2026 Legislative Session, what were some of the challenges, what were the successes, and we’ll ask the speakers your questions.
Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. for attendees
Colorado Sun elections editor Jesse Paul will lead the conversations.
Speakers include:
More speakers to be announced!
This event is presented by AARP Colorado, and sponsored by Aponte & Busam Public Affairs Consultants, Advanced Energy United and Western Resource Advocates.
Meeting the Moment: Leadership in a Turbulent World.
Join us for the third event of the Dean's Speaker Series, featuring panelists Alice Albright and Enoh Ebong. Dean Fritz Mayer and the panelists wills sit down for a panel discussion that will engage thought leaders with diverse perspectives on how we can shape a new era in development that responds to past critiques and takes into consideration rapidly evolving political dynamics and technological advances.
A reception with light bites and refreshments will precede the program. Doors open at 5:00pm.
Join the Scrivner Institute of Public Policy for a reception to celebrate the end of the academic year! Graduating MPP students will also be presenting their capstone projects in a poster session. You're welcome to drop by at any point during the reception. Please register below to receive more details. We look forward to seeing you!
MPP student posters will feature diverse projects including:
How do evolving assumptions about socioeconomic development shape climate futures — and how can new scenario frameworks better inform research, policy, and planning?
The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) are widely used narratives developed by climate researchers and embedded in long-term models like International Futures (IFs) to project global development trends through 2100. These scenarios underpin much of the analysis produced by organizations such as the IPCC.
Join the Pardee Institute for a Lunch and Learn exploring new research that extends and reimagines these pathways, including updated scenario frameworks projecting development through 2150. This session will also introduce the Scenario Evolution Process (SEP), a collaborative, research community–led initiative aimed at building the next generation of socioeconomic scenarios beyond the SSPs. Beginning with a global survey and evolving through workshops and academic publications, SEP represents a forward-looking effort to reshape how climate and development futures are modeled. This session is ideal for students, researchers, and practitioners interested in climate modeling, socioeconomic futures, and scenario development.
The 2026 colloquium will explore current challenges to democracy around the world and international and comparative legal responses that could strengthen equal participation as a broad democratic principle. The colloquium is co-hosted by the Ved Nanda Center for International and Comparative Law, the Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security & Diplomacy, and the Denver Journal of International Law and Policy.
View the 2026 Sutton Colloquium Program
Join us for a fascinating fireside chat with Dr. A. Dirk Moses, Anne and Bernard Spitzer Professor of International Relations, City College of New York, and editor of the Journal of Genocide Studies. Following his remarks, Korbel Prof. Marie Berry will moderate a conversation with Dr. Moses and Dr. Simon Maghakyan, University of Oxford Associate and Colorado College Visiting Professor.
Refreshments will be provided.
This event is presented by the Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy in partnership with Armenians of Colorado.
Jackson/Ho China Forum CCUSC is proud to be the local host of:
China Town Hall Webcast
Tuesday, April 7 at 4:30 p.m. MT
The China Town Hall provides a snapshot of the current U.S.-China relationship, examines how that relationship reverberates at the local level, and connects people around the country with U.S. policymakers and thought leaders on China. The virtual webcast is free and open to the public.
Watch webcast here: https://www.ncuscr.org/livestream/
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Is China an Existential Threat? Getting China Right
Following the town hall, please join us for a separate local webinar featuring a special guest speaker.
Tuesday, April 7, 6:30–7:30 p.m. MT
Speaker: Mr. Dennis Wilder, Senior Fellow, Georgetown University and Former Senior Director for East Asian Affairs, National Security Council
Moderated by Korbel Professor Suisheng Zhao.
Register for Zoom here: https://udenver.zoom.us/meeting/register/SBIxWMyeSL-KQSAPFSDGWg#/registration
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