AGENDA
7:30 – 8:00 am · Arrival and Registration Coffee / Tea / Light breakfast available
Session I
8:00 – 8:15 am · Welcome Remarks Robert Chesney, Director of the Strauss Center for International Security and Law William Inboden, Executive Director of the Clements Center for National Security
8:15 – 9:30 am · Panel One: World Order
- Antony Blinken, Former Deputy Secretary of State
- Eric Edelman, Former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy
- Kristen Silverberg, Former Ambassador to the European Union
- Moderator: Lorinc Redei, Lecturer and Graduate Advisor, Master of Global Policy Studies at the LBJ School of Public Affairs
9:30 – 10:45 am · Panel Two: Russia
- General Philip Breedlove, USAF, Ret.; Former Supreme Allied Commander Europe
- Evelyn Farkas, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia
- Daniel Fried, Former Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
- Moderator: Mary Neuburger, Director of the Center for Russia, East European and Eurasian Studies
10:45 – 11:00 am · Break
Session II
11:00 am – 12:15 pm · Keynote Conversation on the SSCI Investigation into Russian Active Measures
Introduction by President Gregory Fenves, The University of Texas at Austin
- Senator Richard Burr, Chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence
- Senator Mark Warner, Vice Chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence
- Senator John Cornyn, Member of the Select Committee on Intelligence
- Moderator: Stephen Slick, Director of the Intelligence Studies Project
12:15 – 12:45 pm · Lunch
Buffet lunch provided for participants and registered guests
12:45 – 1:30 pm · Keynote Address by Senator Ben Sasse, Member of the Armed Services Committee
Introduction by Admiral Bob Inman, Centennial Chair in National Policy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs
Session III 1:30 – 2:45 pm · A Special Conversation on Global Threats
- General Raymond Anthony Thomas, USA, Commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command
- Admiral William McRaven, USN, Ret.; Former Commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command
- Admiral Eric Olson, USN, Ret.; Former Commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command
- Moderator: J. Paul Pope, Senior Fellow at the Intelligence Studies Project
2:45 – 4:00 pm · Panel Three: Strategies, Tactics and Tools
- Elbridge Colby, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
- Peter Feaver, Former Special Advisor for Strategic Planning, National Security Council
- Mary Beth Long, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense
- Andrew May, Office of Net Assessment, Department of Defense
- Moderator: Celeste Ward Gventer, Associate Director of the Clements Center for National Security
4:00 – 5:15 pm · Panel Four: China
- Christopher Johnson, Former Central Intelligence Agency Analyst
- Kelly Magsamen, Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Affairs
- James Steinberg, Former Deputy Secretary of State
- Moderator: Joshua Eisenman, Faculty Fellow at the Clements Center for National Security and Distinguished Scholar at the Strauss Center for International Security and Law
5:15 pm · Forum Adjourns
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