
2025
Aspen Security Forum
July 15-18, 2025
Aspen, Colorado
2025
Aspen Security Forum
July 15-18, 2025
Aspen, Colorado
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2025 Aspen Security Forum
The Aspen Strategy Group will host the 2025 Aspen Security Forum in Aspen, CO from the evening of Tuesday, July 15 to midday Friday, July 18. Our flagship Forum will feature an array of decision-makers and thought leaders from Washington, DC and around the world.

Welcome Message from Anja Manuel
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ASPEN STRATEGY GROUP AND ASPEN SECURITY FORUM
Dear friends and colleagues,
The year 2025 has emerged as a time of profound global recalibration.
Deadly and destabilizing conflicts in the Middle East and the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine continue to challenge the world order, new alliances and trade agreements are evolving, and societies are racing to come to terms with artificial intelligence and other technologies, impacting every part of our lives.
However, the vast majority of the world’s citizens, including its leaders, share something deeply human—a desire to reduce conflict, to build stability, and to create a more prosperous world.
But the tools we once relied on—strategic alliances, long-standing partnerships, institutional norms—may no longer function quite as they did decades ago. In our rapidly shifting global landscape, our task is not simply to respond as we always have, but to question assumptions that may no longer hold true:
We assumed that economic interdependence would be the norm, and lead to less conflict.
We assumed that technology would always serve us, not challenge us.
We assumed that institutions built in a different era would endure unchanged.
At Aspen, we seek to approach global challenges with a beginner’s mind—open, humble, and ready to discover new solutions.
This summer, we will explore how releasing old assumptions can open the door to innovation, collaboration, and strategic recalibration.
Our founder Joe Nye—who sadly passed away this year—reminded us to retreat to nature to renew and reinvigorate our thinking. And so, we gather here once again, on this beautiful mountain, not only to assess risks, but to explore bold new approaches—clear-eyed, open-minded, and ready for the future.
Thank you for joining us.
See you in Aspen,
Anja Manuel
Executive Director
Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum

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