Aspen Security Forum
The Aspen Security Forum (ASF) is the premier national security and foreign policy conference in the United States. Presented by the Aspen Strategy Group, ASF has provided a nonpartisan public venue for domestic and global leaders to discuss the key national security and foreign policy issues of the day since 2010.
The Aspen Security Forum
The Aspen Security Forum (ASF) is the premier national security and foreign policy conference in the United States. Presented by the Aspen Strategy Group, ASF has provided a nonpartisan public venue for domestic and global leaders to discuss the key national security and foreign policy issues of the day since 2010.
2025 Aspen Security Forum: DC EDition
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 | Washington, DC
“[We spent] about 80% of our collective time on the competitive edge. It’s trying to prevent the PLA from becoming a superior military force to the U.S. Navy and Air Force. It’s trying to deal with the technology race, the commercial aspects of it, AI, quantum, biotech, and the military applications of that…that will have consequences for the global balance of power.”
Nicholas Burns
“The preferred strategic model for all of us in Southeast Asia is to make sure that these superpowers, the United States and China, and the middle powers, including India, Australia, and the Middle East, have skin in the game and have a stake in our continued peace and prosperity. We do not want Southeast Asia to become again an arena for proxy wars."
Vivian Balakrishnan
“The way I think of myself is, I have a mission. We’ve got about 50-60 more Americans. I will continue to do it until there are none.”
Adam Boehler
“We need to understand that our ability to defend Ukraine can very much influence what China will decide to do towards Taiwan. This is very much interconnected.”
Andrius Kubilius
“Vladimir Putin will not be stopped with words. He will only be stopped if he believes he can go no further…But without continually arming the Ukrainian people, without showing [him] that you’re not going to leave Ukraine exposed, I think he will keep going. So my answer to how you stop him is that you show strength, you show resolve, and you back Ukraine.”
Condoleezza Rice
“China will be a big challenge for any future administration. But we need to recognize that it's not just China. It's China with Iran and Russia and North Korea in a sort of axis of authoritarianism and we can't effectively manage the competition with China while handing Ukraine on a silver platter to Russia.”
Susan Rice
“If you asked George Washington and Alexander Hamilton… is this federal government recognizable to the republic they set into motion, I think they would tell you this is unrecognizable, that it's a technocracy disguised as a democracy. And I think if we restore the federal government to a size that would make our founders proud then I believe that our best days as a country are still going to be ahead of us.”
Vivek Ramaswamy
“In Sudan, there's a humanitarian crisis, but there is also a crisis of getting these two generals to the table to have a ceasefire and to negotiate a way back to democratic rule. There is the Jeddah Declaration that should be one that we all get behind to try to get implemented, but very difficult at this point in time. Hopefully, we will see more from the UN in terms of our Security Council to try to make this work.”
Amina Mohammed
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Tuesday, July 14 – Friday, July 17, 2026 | Aspen, CO
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Aspen, CO
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