2021 Aspen Security Forum
August 3 & 4, 2021 | Virtual
Opening Remarks
Speaker: Nicholas Burns, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group
The View from Singapore
Speaker: Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore
Moderator: Evan Osnos, Contributor, The New Yorker
Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe
Speaker: Niall Ferguson, Milbank Family Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Moderator: Gillian Tett, Chair of the Editorial Board and U.S. Editor-at-Large, The Financial Times
A Conversation with Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad
Speaker: Zalmay Khalilad, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation
Moderator: Amna Nawaz, Senior National Correspondent, PBS NewsHour
The View from the SEC: Cryptocurrencies and National Security
Speaker: Gary Gensler, Chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Moderator: Paul Vigna, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
A Future Made in America? The Biden Administration's Trade Agenda
Speakers:
-
Myron Brilliant, Executive Vice President and Head of International Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
-
Mike Froman, former U.S. Trade Representative
-
Susan Schwab, former U.S. Trade Representative
-
Robert Zoellick, former President, World Bank, and former U.S. Trade Representative
Moderator: Shawn Donnan, Senior Writer, Bloomberg
Day Two Opening Remarks
Speaker: Anja Manuel, Director, Aspen Strategy Group
Quint, Sext, or Bust The Future of the Quad
Speakers:
-
Michèle Flournoy, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
-
Julie Bishop, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia
-
C. Raja Mohan, Director, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore
-
Tomiko Ichikawa, Director General, Japan Institute of International Affairs
Moderator: David Ignatius, Associate Editor and Columnist, The Washington Post
Two Decades On: Lessons from Afghanistan
Speakers:
-
David Petraeus, former Director, Central Intelligence Agency
-
Roya Rahmani, former Ambassador of Afghanistan to the U.S.
-
P. Michael McKinley, former Ambassador of the U.S. to Afghanistan
-
Meghan O'Sullivan, Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Harvard University
Moderator: Amna Nawaz, Senior National Correspondent, PBS NewsHour
The View from Riyadh
Speaker: HH Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah bin Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia
Moderator: Richard Engel, Chief Foreign Correspondent, NBC News
The View from Seoul: A Conversation with President Song
Speaker: Song Young-gil, President of the Democratic Party of Korea
Moderator: Josh Rogin, Columnist, The Washington Post
The View from the AIIB
Speaker: Jin Liqun, President, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Moderator: David Barboza, Co-Founder and Staff Writer, The Wire
Two Sides of the Same Coin: The Promise and Peril of Cryptocurrency
Speakers:
-
Stuart Levey, CEO, Diem Association
-
Brad Garlinghouse, CEO, Ripple
-
Sigal Mandelker, former Under Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Intelligence and Terrorism
Moderator: Paul Vigna, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
The View from the NSC: A Conversation with White House Deputy National Security Advisor Anne Neuberger
Speaker: Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technologies
Moderator: David Sanger, White House and National Security Correspondent, The New York Times
Standing Together: Protecting Global Cyber Networks through Public - Private Partnerships
Speakers:
-
Ron Green, CSO, Mastercard
-
Robert Hannigan, former Director, GCHQ
-
Tucker Bailey, Partner, McKinsey & Company
Moderator: David Sanger, White House and National Security Correspondent, The New York Times
Not Your Father’s Space Race: UFOs, Billionaires, and Satellite Missiles
Speakers:
-
Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, Cambridge University
-
Ankit Panda, Stanton Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
-
Kerry Buckley, Vice President, Air & Space Forces Center, MITRE National Security Sector
Moderator: Eric Berger, Senior Space Editor, Ars Technica
The View from Edinburgh
Speaker: Nicola Sturgeon MSP, First Minister of Scotland
Moderator: Mary Louise Kelly, Co-Host, All Things Considered, NPR
Mind the Gap: A Transatlantic Strategy to Counter China
Speakers:
-
Joseph Nye, Dean Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School
-
Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman, Munich Security Conference
Moderator: Anja Manuel, Director, Aspen Strategy Group
The View from the Eurogroup
Speaker: Paschal Donohoe, President, The Eurogroup
Moderator: Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
The View from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Speaker: John Aquilino, Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Moderator: David Ignatius, Associate Editor and Columnist, The Washington Post
Silk Road to Global Highway: China’s Rising Global Influence
Speakers:
-
Elizabeth Economy, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
-
Susan Shirk, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (East Asian Bureau)
-
Stephen Biegun, former Deputy Secretary of State
-
Matt Pottinger, former Deputy National Security Advisor
Moderator: Joseph Nye, Dean Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School
A Conversation with Senator Lisa Murkowski
Speaker: Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Senator from Alaska
Moderator: Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent, The New York Times
The Road to COP26
Speaker: Alok Sharma, President, COP26​
Moderator: Al Roker, Co-Host, the Today Show
Conversation with Senator Dan Sullivan
Speaker: Dan Sullivan, U.S. Senator from Alaska
Moderator: Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent, The New York Times
Closing Remarks
Speaker: Nicholas Burns, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group