Voices of Dissent

In front of a packed audience of Dartmouth students and faculty at the Hanover Inn, Victoria Holt moderates a debate between Garry Kasparov and Evan Mawarire about the importance of dissent in a true democracy. 

Kori Schake and Joe Cirincione: What Should America Fight For?

The Obenshain Family Great Issues Lecture delivered in October saw Dickey Center Director Victoria Holt moderate a lively conversation between Kori Schake and Joe Cirincione. As expected, the two eminent security experts covered plenty of ground, but in particular explored possible U.S. responses to Russian aggression in Ukraine moving forward.

Liz McClintock '86 Incoming Board Chair

Liz McClintock '86 is the incoming Chair of the Dickey Center's Board of Visitors, only the third person to hold the office in the Center's forty year history.

2022 Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni Enrichment Institute

The Dickey Center hosted 24 Mandela Washington fellowship alumni from 18 African countries this summer. The two-week Alumni Enrichment Institutes leveraged experiential and discussion-based learning to provide Participants with broadly applicable knowledge about U.S. culture and society and immerse them in a U.S. community through community service, cultural exchange, strategic networking, and site visits. To learn more about how to engage with and meet the participants click here.

Initiative for Global Security hosts inaugural International Security Forum

The May 12-13 forum was the first in what will become an annual international security conference hosted by the new Dartmouth Initiative for Global Security, dedicated to connecting Dartmouth researchers to the Washington and international policy community.

National Security Advisor (and former Dickey Center Magro Family Distinguished Visitor) Jake Sullivan joined some 60 top-level national security experts from the Biden administration, think tanks, and academia.