The 2nd Annual Conference in Honor of Robert Jervis: “The Dark State? Government Secrecy and American Democracy”

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April 19, 2024

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Registration for in-person and online attendance is now available here.

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Presented by the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies (SIWPS), the Institute of Global Politics (IGP), the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP), and the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) 

Named in honor of one of the modern era’s most significant international relations scholars, the  Conference in Honor of Robert Jervis is Columbia University’s premier international security event. This year’s conference will address the need for reform of America’s system for protecting state  secrets. In cooperation with the bipartisan Public Interest Declassification Board, we are bringing  together constitutional experts, journalists, members of the intelligence community, the tech  community, and academics to debate and discuss the system of protecting sensitive security  information and ensuring the public’s right to know what officials do in their name.