\n\n Registration has closed for the fifth annual Texas National Security Forum. The event was free and open to the public.<\/p>\n This year’s forum, “The Return of Great Power Competition”, featured a keynote conversation<\/a> with Senator Richard Burr, Senator Mark Warner and Senator John Cornyn of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; and a keynote address<\/a> by Senator Ben Sasse of the Armed Services Committee. Several panels featured experts on Global Threats, Strategies and Tactics, Russia, China, and World Order. The full agenda can be viewed below.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n AGENDA<\/strong> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n7:30 \u2013 8:00 am \u00b7 Arrival and Registration<\/strong> Coffee \/ Tea \/ Light breakfast available <\/p>\nSession I <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n8:00 \u2013 8:15 am \u00b7 Welcome Remarks<\/strong> Robert Chesney, Director of the Strauss Center for International Security and Law William Inboden, Executive Director of the Clements Center for National Security<\/p>\n8:15 \u2013 9:30 am \u00b7 Panel One: World Order<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Antony Blinken, Former Deputy Secretary of State<\/li>\n
- Eric Edelman, Former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy<\/li>\n
- Kristen Silverberg, Former Ambassador to the European Union<\/li>\n
- Moderator: Lorinc Redei, Lecturer and Graduate Advisor, Master of Global Policy Studies at the LBJ School of Public Affairs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
9:30 \u2013 10:45 am \u00b7 Panel Two: Russia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- General Philip Breedlove, USAF, Ret.; Former Supreme Allied Commander Europe<\/li>\n
- Evelyn Farkas, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia<\/li>\n
- Daniel Fried, Former Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs<\/li>\n
- Moderator: Mary Neuburger, Director of the Center for Russia, East European and Eurasian Studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
10:45 \u2013 11:00 am \u00b7 Break<\/strong><\/p>\nSession II<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n11:00 am \u2013 12:15 pm \u00b7 Keynote Conversation on the SSCI Investigation into Russian Active Measures<\/strong><\/p>\nIntroduction by President Gregory Fenves, The University of Texas at Austin <\/p>\n \n- Senator Richard Burr, Chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence<\/li>\n
- Senator Mark Warner, Vice Chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence<\/li>\n
- Senator John Cornyn, Member of the Select Committee on Intelligence<\/li>\n
- Moderator: Stephen Slick, Director of the Intelligence Studies Project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
12:15 \u2013 12:45 pm \u00b7 Lunch <\/strong><\/p>\nBuffet lunch provided for participants and registered guests<\/p>\n 12:45 \u2013 1:30 pm \u00b7 Keynote Address by Senator Ben Sasse, Member of the Armed Services Committee <\/strong><\/p>\nIntroduction by Admiral Bob Inman, Centennial Chair in National Policy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs<\/p>\n Session III<\/strong><\/span> 1:30 \u2013 2:45 pm \u00b7 A Special Conversation on Global Threats<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- General Raymond Anthony Thomas, USA, Commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command<\/li>\n
- Admiral William McRaven, USN, Ret.; Former Commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command<\/li>\n
- Admiral Eric Olson, USN, Ret.; Former Commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command<\/li>\n
- Moderator: J. Paul Pope, Senior Fellow at the Intelligence Studies Project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2:45 \u2013 4:00 pm \u00b7 Panel Three: Strategies, Tactics and Tools<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Elbridge Colby, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense<\/li>\n
- Peter Feaver, Former Special Advisor for Strategic Planning, National Security Council<\/li>\n
- Mary Beth Long, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense<\/li>\n
- Andrew May, Office of Net Assessment, Department of Defense<\/li>\n
- Moderator: Celeste Ward Gventer, Associate Director of the Clements Center for National Security<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
4:00 \u2013 5:15 pm \u00b7 Panel Four: China<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Christopher Johnson, Former Central Intelligence Agency Analyst<\/li>\n
- Kelly Magsamen, Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Affairs<\/li>\n
- James Steinberg, Former Deputy Secretary of State<\/li>\n
- Moderator: Joshua Eisenman, Faculty Fellow at the Clements Center for National Security and Distinguished Scholar at the Strauss Center for International Security and Law<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
5:15 pm \u00b7 Forum Adjourns<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" <\/p>\n The Clements Center, Strauss Center, and Clements-Strauss Intelligence Studies Project were honored to host our fifth annual Texas National Security Forum “The Return of Great Power Competition.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2895,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":""},"categories":[23],"event-year":[239],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clementscenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/2896"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clementscenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clementscenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clementscenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clementscenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clementscenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2896"},{"taxonomy":"event-year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clementscenter.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-year?post=2896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} | | |