2019 Aspen Security Forum
July 17 - 20, 2019 | Aspen, CO
NATO at 70: an Alliance in Crisis?
Speaker: Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary-General, NATO
Moderator: Courtney Kube, Military Correspondent, NBC News
Trump's Tariffs and Trade Wars
Speaker: William Reinsch, Senior Advisor and Scholl Chair in International Business, CSIS
Speaker: Susan Schwab, Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland
Speaker: Rufus Yerxa, President, National Foreign Trade Council
Moderator: Stephanie Ruhle, Anchor, MSNBC
Can America Business Succeed in China?
Speaker: Anja Manuel, Principal, RiceHadleyGates LLC
Speaker: Stephen Orlins, President, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations
Speaker: Tom Pritzker, Executive Chairman, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Moderator: Edward Luce, U.S. National Editor, The Financial Times
A New Era of Great Power Competition
Speaker: Jane Harman, Director, President, and CEO, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Speaker: Robert Kagan, Stephen and Barbara Friedman Senior Fellow, the Brookings Instiution
Speaker: Joseph Nye, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
Speaker: Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America
Moderator: Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent, The New York Times
Democracy Under Siege: the Rise of Extreme Nationalism
Speaker: Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State
Moderator: Susan Glasser, Staff Writer, The New Yorker
Military Competition with China: Maintaining America's Edge
Speaker: Philip Davidson, Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Moderator: Nicholas Burns, Harvard Professor and Executive Director, the Aspen Strategy Group
Containing Iran
Speaker: Jeremy Bash, Founder and Managing Director, Beacon Global Strategies
Speaker: Sigal Mandelker, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
Speaker: Wendy Sherman, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Moderator: Samantha Vinograd, National Security Analyst, CNN
New Threats from Old Adversaries: Democracy, Misinformation,
and Cyber Campaigns
Speaker: Tom Burt, Vice President, Consumer Security and Trust, Microsoft
Speaker: Michael Chertoff, former Secretary of Homeland Security
Speaker: Laura Rosenberger, Senior Fellow and Director, Alliance for Securing Democracy, the German Marshall Fund of the U.S.
Speaker: Suzanne Spaulding, former Under Secretary of Homeland Security for National Protection and Programs Directorate
Moderator: Shane Harris, Intelligence and National Security Reporter, The Washington Post
A Conversation with the Defense Intelligence Agency Director
Speaker: Robert Ashley, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
Moderator: Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent, CNN
Countering Violent Extremism in the United States
Speaker: Jonathan Greenblatt, President, Anti-Defamation League
Speaker: Farah Pandith, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Harvard University
Speaker: Nicholas Rasmussen, former Director, National Counterterrorism Center
Moderator: Kim Dozier, Senior National Security Correspondent, The Daily Beast
The Competition for Space
Speaker: Tory Bruno, President and CEO, United Launch Alliance
Speaker: Heather Wilson, former Secretary of the Air Force
Moderator: Bryan Bender, Defense and Space Editor, Politico
Cyberspace: A New Frontier
Speaker: Kelly Bissell, Senior Managing Director, Accenture
Speaker: Jeff Greene, Vice President, Global Government Affairs and Public Policy, Symantec
Speaker: Amy Hess, Executive Assistant Director, Criminal, Cyber, Response and Services Branch, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Moderator: Garrett Graff, Executive Director, Aspen Institute Cybersecurity & Technology Program
The Case for American Alliances?
Speaker: Charles Bruno, Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency
Speaker: Mara Karlin, Director of Strategic Studies, Johns Hopkins SAIS
Moderator: Julian Barnes, National Security Reporter, The New York Times
North Korea: Where Do We Go From Here?
Speaker: Benjamin Rhodes, former Deputy National Security Advisor
Speaker: Jong Kun Choi, Secretary to the President for Peace Planning, Republic of Korea
Speaker: Sue Mi Terry, Senior Fellow and Korea Chair, CSIS
Moderator: Ken Dilanian, National Security and Intelligence Correspondent, NBC News
Defending the United States Against Foreign Adversaries
Speaker: Adam Schiff, Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Moderator: Kristen Welker, White House Correspondent, NBC News
Defeating Extremism: How We Win
Speaker: Farah Pandith, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Harvard University
Moderator: Susan Glasser, Staff Writer, The New Yorker
A Resurgent Russia: Implications for European Security
Speaker: Toomas Henrik Ilves, former President of Estonia
Speaker: Victoria Nuland, former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
Speaker: Kathleen Hicks, Senior Vice President and Director, International Security Program, CSIS
Speaker: John McLaughlin, former Acting and Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Moderator: Nicholas Burns, Harvard Professor and Executive Director, the Aspen Strategy Group
Great Powers Clash in the Arctic: the Struggle for the Northern Frontier
Speaker: Matti Anttonen, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Finland
Speaker: Elizabeth Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Sherri Goodman, former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental Security)
Speaker: Karl Schultz, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard
Moderator: Jeanne Meserve, Member, Transatlantic Commission on Election Security
U.S. Strategy in an Unstable Middle East
Speaker: Chris Murphy, U.S. Senator for Connecticut
Moderator: Samantha Vinograd, National Security Analyst, CNN
Technology and National Security: A New Era of Innovation
Speaker: Tucker Bailey, Partner and Cybersecurity Practice leader, McKinsey & Company
Speaker: Mike Brown, Director, Defense Innovation Unit
Speaker: Edward Screven, Chief Corporate Architect, Oracle
Moderator: Kara Swisher, Co-Founder, Recode
A Conversation with Susan Rice
Speaker: Susan Rice, former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Moderator: Andrea Mitchell, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC News
Is Peace Possible in the Forever War?
Speaker: Roya Rahmani, Ambassador of Afghanistan to the U.S.
Speaker: Douglas Lute, former U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO
Moderator: Nick Schifrin, Foreign Affairs and Defense Corresponent, PBS NewsHour
The Role of the U.S. in Syria: Planning for the Future
Speaker: James Jeffrey, U.S. Special Representative for Syria
Moderator: Josh Rogin, Columnist, The Washington Post
The Battle with China for Military Technological Dominance
Speaker: Chris Brose, Chief Strategy Officer, Anduril Industries
Speaker: Tony Thomas, former Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command
Moderator: David Sanger, National Security Correspondent and Senior Writer, The New York Times
Planning for Critical and Emerging Threats of the Future
Speaker: John Rood, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Moderator: Catherine Herridge, Chief Intelligence Correspondent, Fox News
Authorizing Force: Balancing Congress and the White House
Speaker: Elissa Slotkin, U.S. Representative for Michigan's 8th Congressional District
Speaker: Mac Thornberry, Ranking Member, House Armed Services Committee
Moderator: Julian Barnes, National Security Reporter, The New York Times
Conference Conclusions from Two Former Intelligence Chiefs
Speaker: John Scarlett, former Chief, British Secret Intelligence Service
Speaker: John McLaughlin, former Deputy and Acting Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Moderator: Nicholas Burns, Harvard Professor and Executive Director, the Aspen Strategy Group