Tuesday, September 8, 2026 

1:30–5:30 PM

The Manhattan Institute and the Community Security Initiative invite you to join leading voices in counterterrorism, policing, and civic life for a live forum on what the legacy of 9/11 demands of us now and what it will take to preserve American freedom. The program will examine how New York’s security posture has changed, the evolution of Islamist and anti-Western radicalism, and what the past quarter-century has revealed about patriotism, pluralism, and civic identity.

PROGRAM

1:30 PM | Arrival & Check-In

2:00 PM | Opening Remarks

Reihan Salam, President, Manhattan Institute

2:10–2:55 PM | Panel I: From One Police Plaza: 25 Years of Keeping New York Safe

Rebecca Ulam Weiner, NYPD Deputy Commissioner, Intelligence and Counterterrorism

William J. Bratton, Former NYPD Commissioner; Executive Chairman, Teneo Risk

Thomas Galati, Deputy Commissioner, Suffolk County Police Department; Former Chief of Intelligence and Counterterrorism, NYPD

Moderated by Mitchell Silber, CEO, Community Security Initiative

3:00–3:45 PM | Panel II: The Security Challenge Today: Confronting New Radicalisms

Richard Goldberg, Senior Advisor, Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Bruce Hoffman, Professor, Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service

Lorenzo Vidino, Director, Program on Extremism at The George Washington University

Moderated by Graeme Wood, Staff Writer, The Atlantic; Lecturer, Yale University

3:55–4:40 PM | Panel III: Patriotism, Pluralism, Postnationalism

Elliot Ackerman, Columnist, The Free Press; Marine Corps and CIA Special Operations Veteran

Thomas Chatterton Williams, Staff Writer, The Atlantic; Visiting Professor, Bard College

Mariam Wahba, Research Analyst, Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Moderated by Reihan Salam, President, Manhattan Institute

4:50–5:30 PM | Closing Conversation

Douglas Murray, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute; Columnist, The Free Press

Dan Senor, Chief Public Affairs Officer and Partner, Elliott Management; Host, Call Me Back

Space is limited. Advance registration is required.  

Please note: large bags and backpacks will not be permitted inside the venue.

Each attendee must register under their own name and email. You may be asked to provide identification upon check-in.