{"id":2896,"date":"2018-11-08T16:29:12","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T21:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clementscenter.org\/2018-texas-national-security-forum\/"},"modified":"2023-06-06T10:37:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T14:37:23","slug":"2018-texas-national-security-forum","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.clementscenter.org\/event\/2018-texas-national-security-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Texas National Security Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"

 Texas National Security Forum<\/strong><\/span>
The Return of Great Power Competition<\/span> <\/p>\n

Friday, November 30, 2018
8:00 AM – 5:15 PM
Etter-Harbin Alumni Center
The University of Texas at Austin <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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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

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AGENDA<\/strong>
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7:30 \u2013 8:00 am  \u00b7   Arrival and Registration<\/strong>
 
Coffee \/ Tea \/ Light breakfast available
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Session I <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

8:00 \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>\n

8:15 \u2013 9:30 am   \u00b7   Panel One: World Order<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • 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

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    • 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>\n

      Session II<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

      11:00 am \u2013 12:15 pm   \u00b7   Keynote Conversation on the SSCI Investigation into Russian Active Measures<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Introduction by President Gregory Fenves, The University of Texas at Austin <\/p>\n

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      • 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>\n

        Buffet 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>\n

        Introduction 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

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        • 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

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          • 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

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            • 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

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