American Grand Strategy (AGS)

Mitt Romney

America 250: The Future of American Democracy with Mitt Romney

Wed, September 23 at 5:15pm
Join the Duke Sanford School of Public Policy for a lecture with Mitt Romney, former U.S. senator from Utah, governor of Massachusetts, and 2012 Republican presidential nominee. As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Romney will reflect on the health of American democracy, the values that […]
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9/11 Student Essay Contest Winners Panel

Thu, September 10 at 5:30pm
This summer, AGS invited all Duke students to submit essays responding to the prompt “How did 9/11 Change the United States?” The five winning essays have been selected and their authors have been invited to share their work on a panel of their peers moderated by Professor David Schanzer. This event is part of part […]

AGS: Yorktown Staff Ride

Sat, Oct 3 - Sun, Oct 4
On October 3 and 4, the Program in American Grand Strategy will hold our annual staff ride – this year to Yorktown, Virginia, site of the final major campaign of the American Revolutionary War. 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of American independence, and the Yorktown campaign of 1781 is the hinge on which that independence […]
A poster in three shades of blue, featuring an image of the Ground Zero Memorial in New York in the upper right, with the text How 9/11 Changed the United States in the upper left. In the lower left are the logos for the Duke Program in American Grand Strategy, We the People, a Duke and Durham Initiative and the Provost's Initiative on Pluralism, Free Inquiry and Belonging

How 9/11 Changed the United States: A Panel Discussion Followed by a Fireside Chat with Peter Bergen

Fri, September 11 at 3:00pm
AGS invites you to join us to honor the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. We will begin with a panel discussion at 3:00 p.m. featuring Duke professors Rachel Myrick, David Schanzer, and Susan Colbourn along with Rear Admiral (ret.) Milton Sands III and moderated by AGS Program Director Peter Feaver. This will be […]