What happened to the tens of millions of guns left over from World War I? Mary Barton discusses how the Great Powers’ failure to secure these weapons contributed to the rise of state-sponsored terrorism during the 1920s and 1930s. Barton tells a global story of the demise of empires, the rise of communism, and the cooperation between the United Kingdom and United States that would evolve into the Five Eyes intelligence alliance.

The Five Eyes remains a vital intelligence alliance today. The Five Eyes justice chiefs recently strongly supported Ukraine's efforts to prosecute war crimes arising from Russia's invasion.

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About the Speaker

Mary Barton is an analyst with the U.S. government. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 2016. She completed postdoctoral fellowships at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, SAIS, and Dartmouth College, and previously served as a historian and wargaming analyst supporting the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense.

Presented by the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies. Co-sponsored by the Institute for European Studies and the Gender and Security Sector Lab.