The political risk industry has become a major force in how leaders and businesses navigate a complicated, changing world. How did the industry emerge – and how can leaders learn to distinguish sound analysis of risk from bunkum? John Hulsman, head of a political risk firm and veteran of Washington’s sharp-elbowed foreign policy debates, has […]
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Chapter leaders attend Mattis dinner
Leaders of six JQA Society chapters attended a gala dinner in Washington Wednesday night featuring a speech by Secretary of Defense James Mattis. The dinner, hosted by the realist think tank Center for the National Interest, also featured remarks by Harvard’s Graham Allison and a number of other dignitaries. […]
Read along with our chapter leaders!
Rising leaders in the Society are gearing up for our first-ever summer leadership conference. They’ll come to Washington for two days to hear from top national-security thinkers, learn about career opportunities in foreign policy, network, and be trained in effective chapter leadership. To help them prepare for the conference, we’ve prepared a list of readings […]
Huge Debate on U.S.-Russian Relations at Johns Hopkins

How did U.S.-Russian relations get so bad, and where can we go from here? And how much does the blame rest on Vladimir Putin personally? On the evening of February 15, more than one hundred students from Johns Hopkins University attended a debate on these questions cohosted by the campus chapter of the John Quincy […]