Meeting

A Term Member Discussion on Homeland Security and COVID-19

Thursday, April 16, 2020

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Speakers

Max Brooks

Nonresident Fellow, Modern War Institute at West Point; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council; Author, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

Elizabeth Radin

Lecturer, Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; CFR International Affairs Fellow, International Rescue Committee

Presider

Gideon Rose

Peter G. Peterson Chair and Editor, Foreign Affairs

Please join your fellow term members for a video webinar discussion on the evolving implications for homeland security during the current COVID-19 pandemic, including U.S. preparedness and response as the virus spreads.

**This is a video webinar. Log-in information and instructions on how to participate during the question and answer portion will be provided the day of the webinar to those who register.**

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