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The 2026 Yale Peacebuilding Colloquium, “Peace, Power, and the Global Good,” convened scholars and practitioners to share evidence, test ideas, and prepare work for the United Nations General Assembly.

During a Blue Center Co-Lecture on the Theory and Practice of Statecraft, the FBI veteran and the legal scholar examined how U.S. law enforcement operates in the foreign policy arena.

The February 9, 2026 event, “The World from the Periphery,” explored Bosnia and Herzegovina’s position in geopolitics — as a small country, a generation removed from war and genocide, still searching for stability.

At the 2026 Munich Security Conference, the Blue Center and NATO’s Allied Special Operations Forces Command convened defense and intelligence leaders to discuss strategies for countering Russian hybrid threats and grey-zone activities below the threshold of war.

Yale Law professor Harold Koh and former Pentagon official Rheanne Wirkkala examined Congress’s diminishing role in foreign affairs, arguing that legislative inaction has increasingly concentrated foreign policy power in the executive branch.

During a Blue Center event, Icelandic Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir discussed Iceland’s role within NATO and the Arctic, and her rapid rise from Jackson School graduate to the world’s youngest serving head of government.

The former director of Human Rights Watch discussed his new book, a reflection on his lengthy career where he traveled to more than 100 countries as a global advocate for human rights.

The Blue Center kicked off its Co-Lectures in the Theory and Practice of Statecraft series on January 23 with a discussion focused on industrial policy.

The Jackson School’s Social Innovation Initiative (SII) hosted a discussion on the global agricultural system featuring Tagan Engel, a New Haven-based food justice advocate and community organizer.

During an event at the Yale Jackson School, the former diplomat discussed how growing global threats are creating "a ring of fire" around the democratic world.