From indictments to arrests, headlines about spies operating in the Bay Area is nothing new. The world's most valuable technology is built here, and foreign intelligence services know it. Why then, does it feel different now?
Join a panel of veterans who have gone head-to-head with Chinese, Russian, Iranian, and other intelligence services around the world, and right here in Silicon Valley. They've worked these cases in the field and fought them in the courtroom.
They'll cover the obvious and the not-so-obvious:...
Shira E. Cohen is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in International Relations, with a Designated Emphasis in the Study of Religion. She is an affiliated researcher at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and was a Hans J. Morgenthau Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Notre Dame in 2025–2026. Her research examines international security, military strategy, and the intersection of religion and international relations, with a particular focus on religious signaling, coercion, and strategic...
Public Talk with Brad Potter, Senior Analyst for the Center of Global Security Research Speaker Bio
A. Bradley Potter is a Senior Analyst at the Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He is also a Visiting Scholar in the Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). His scholarship examines wartime decision-making, war termination, nuclear strategy, and U.S. foreign policy.
Yunlin Wang is a PhD student in Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on international and comparative political economy, particularly foreign investment. She received both her undergraduate and master's degrees from Peking University, with dual bachelor’s degrees in International Political Economy and Management of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and a master’s degree in International Relations
Public lecture by Professor Amitav Acharya Distinguished Professor of International Relations, American University The Institute of International Studies & the Goldman School of Public Policy are pleased to welcome Prof. Amitav Acharya for a public talk at IIS. Since the dawn of the twenty-first century, the West has been in crisis. Social unrest, political polarization, and...
On Wednesday, August 26th 2026, Ambassador Jovita Neliupšienė, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United States, joined leading UC Berkeley scholars for a discussion on the future of the transatlantic partnership. This is part of the EU Ambassadors Book Collection initiative “Words That Unite, Stories That Connect.”
How may global governance and multilateral cooperation evolve in a world without US leadership?
Thursday, April 30, 2026 223 Philosophy Hall 12 - 2:30 PM *Lunchtime talk*
Panelists:
Philip Yun - IIS Senior Fellow and President, Commonwealth Club of California Steve Vogel - UC Berkeley Professor of Political Economy Amy Hawthorne - Expert...
Join IIS and Ethan Chorin, Founder and Director Red Sea Futures, for a lunchtime talk to discuss the intense competition between regional and global powers in the Red Sea. Over one fifth of the world’s trade passes through this critically important waterway.
Mary Saunders in conversation with Debra Miller Glass, PhD
As artificial intelligence, biotechnology, quantum technologies, and other innovations rapidly advance, global standards - rather than binding regulations - are increasingly shaping how these tools are developed, governed, and deployed.
