WEBINAR (1/29/26): The Warhead: The Quest to Build the Perfect Weapon
The Warhead: The Quest to Build the Perfect Weapon is hosted by New America’s Future Security Program
“Join New America’s Future Security Program as they welcome Jeffrey E. Stern for a discussion of his book and the history behind the first “smart” bombs. Stern is an award-winning journalist and the author of five books, including The 15:17 to Paris, which was adapted as a major motion picture by Clint Eastwood and Warner Brothers, and The Last Thousand: One School’s Promise in a Nation at War, an honorable mention for Best Book of the Year by Library Journal.
He has been named a graduate fellow at the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation and a grantee of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Stern’s reporting has appeared in magazines such as The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, and The Atlantic.”
WHERE: Thursday 29 January 2026 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm EST
WHERE: Online
About New America:
“We are dedicated to realizing the promise of America in an era of rapid technological and social change.
At New America, our research and policy recommendations focus on five key thematic areas: education and work; family economic security and wellbeing; global politics for people and planet; political reform and civic engagement; and technology and democracy.
In each area of our work, we put equity at the center; elevate stories of people closest to the public problems we seek to solve; invest in the next generation of leaders; and intentionally engage with local perspectives.
Taken together, these efforts advance toward our vision of a more equitable America that lives up to its values.”
