2022
Aspen Security Forum
July 19-22, 2022 | Aspen, CO
2022 Agenda
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Day 1: Tuesday, July 19
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM Registration Open for Guests at the Google Cloud Pavilion
Opening Program in the Greenwald Pavilion
5:00 PM
Welcoming Remarks
- Dan Porterfield, President and CEO, The Aspen Institute
- Anja Manuel, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum
5:10 PM
Fireside Chat with General John W. “Jay” Raymond
- General John W. “Jay” Raymond, Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force
- Moderator: Mary Louise Kelly, Co-Host, All Things Considered, NPR
5:50 PM
Fireside Chat with Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas
- Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas, 7th Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Moderator: Trymaine Lee, MSNBC Correspondent
6:30 – 7:45 PM
Opening Reception in Doerr-Hosier Building, Aspen Meadows
Day 2: Wednesday, July 20
8:45 AM
Opening Remarks
- Anja Manuel, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum
- Joseph Nye, Co-Chair, Aspen Strategy Group and Dean Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
8:50 AM
China’s Backyard? U.S. Strategy in the Indo-Pacific
- Elizabeth Economy, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
- Admiral Linda L. Fagan, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard
- General Charles Flynn, Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific
- Keoki Jackson, Senior Vice President and General Manager, MITRE National Security Sector
- Inia Seruiratu, Minister of Defence, National Security, and Policing, Fiji *no longer able to attend
- Moderator: Joseph Nye, Co-Chair, Aspen Strategy Group and Dean Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
9:45 AM
Fireside Chat on Cyber, Crypto, and Quantum with Anne Neuberger
- Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor, Cyber & Emerging Technology, National Security Council
- Moderator: David Sanger, White House and National Security Correspondent, The New York Times
10:15 AM
Cyber, Domestic Terrorism, and Spies Inside the System
In Collaboration with Aspen Digital
- Jane Holl Lute, Former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Matthew Olsen, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, U.S. Department of Justice
- Moderator: David Sanger, White House and National Security Correspondent, The New York Times
10:45 AM
Fireside Chat with General Charles Q. Brown
- General Charles Q. Brown, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, U.S. Air Force
- Moderator: Courtney Kube, Pentagon Correspondent, NBC News
11:20 AM
Fireside Chat on Latin America with General Laura Richardson
- General Laura Richardson, Commander, U.S. Southern Command
- Moderator: David Ignatius, Columnist and Associate Editor, The Washington Post
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM
Fireside Chat with Ambassador Qin Gang
- Ambassador Qin Gang, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the U.S.
- Moderator: Edward Luce, U.S. National Editor, Financial Times
1:40 PM
The Future of Resilient Supply Chains
- Bruce Andrews, Corporate Vice President and Chief Government Affairs Officer, Intel Corporation
- Stephen E. Biegun, Former Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State
- Mara Motherway, Senior Vice President of Government and Customer Relations, Peraton
- Moderator: Peter Spiegel, U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times
2:20 PM
Fireside Chat on Modernization and the Future of Warfare with Secretary Frank Kendall
- Secretary Frank Kendall, 26th Secretary, U.S. Air Force
- Moderator: David Ignatius, Columnist and Associate Editor, The Washington Post
2:55 PM
Turning the Titanic: Is the U.S. Military Innovating Enough?
- Reid Hoffman, Partner, Greylock Partners
- Lorin Selby, Chief of Naval Research, Office of Naval Research
- Moderator: Mary Louise Kelly, Co-Host, All Things Considered, NPR
3:40 PM
Fireside Chat with Director William J. Burns
- Director William J. Burns, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
- Moderator: Andrea Mitchell, Chief Washington Correspondent and Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC News
4:25 PM
Closing Remarks
- Anja Manuel, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum
4:30 – 5:15 PM
Break
5:15 – 6:45 PM
Wednesday Evening in Collaboration with Aspen Community Programs
Greenwald Pavilion
The New Russian Empire?
- Representative Ruben Gallego, Chairman, Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations, House Armed Services Committee
- Fiona Hill, Senior Fellow, Center on the United States and Europe, Brookings Institution
- Mikk Marran, Director-General, Foreign Intelligence Service of Estonia
- Moderator: Susan Glasser, Staff Writer, The New Yorker
Fireside Chat with Vladimir Ashurkov
- Vladimir Ashurkov, Executive Director, Anti-Corruption Foundation
- Moderator: Susan Glasser, Staff Writer, The New Yorker
Freezing, Seizing, and More: Behind the Sanctions on Russia
- Wally Adeyemo, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Lisa Monaco, Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
- Moderator: David Ignatius, Columnist and Associate Editor, The Washington Post
6:45 – 8:00 PM
Reception hosted by Google
Google Cloud Pavilion
Day 3: Thursday, July 21
8:45 AM
Opening Remarks
- Anja Manuel, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum
8:50 AM
Fireside Chat with Richard Moore
- Richard Moore, Chief of MI6, UK Secret Intelligence Service
- Moderator: Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent, CNN
9:30 AM
A New, Stronger NATO?
- Kay Bailey Hutchison, Former U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO
- Representative Brendan Boyle, Member, House Committee on Ways and Means
- Ivo Daalder, Former U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO
- Marcin Przydacz, Deputy Foreign Minister, Poland
- Moderator: Dafna Linzer, Executive Editor, POLITICO
10:15 AM
Afghanistan: A Year On
- Douglas Lute, Former U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO
- Adela Raz, Former Ambassador of Afghanistan to the U.S.
- Mikie Sherrill, Member, House Committee on Armed Services *no longer able to attend
- Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America
- Moderator: Peter Spiegel, U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times
11:00 AM
Who Cares? How the World Views Conflict with Russia and Competition with China
- María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, El Salvador *no longer able to attend
- Jendayi Frazer, Former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, U.S. Department of State
- Martin Kimani, Permanent Ambassador of Kenya to the UN
- Ashok Mirpuri, Ambassador of Singapore to the U.S.
- Moderator: Amy Walter, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, The Cook Political Report
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
Lunch
12:45 PM
The Abraham Accords Two Years On: A New Middle East?
Fireside Chat with Benjamin Gantz, Minister of Defense, Israel
- Benjamin Gantz, Minister of Defense, Israel
- Moderator: Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor-in-Chief, The Atlantic
Fireside Chat with Abdulla Al Khalifa, Undersecretary for Political Affairs, Bahrain
- Abdulla Al Khalifa, Undersecretary for Political Affairs, Bahrain
- Moderator: Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor-in-Chief, The Atlantic
1:30 PM
Fireside Chat with Robert Gates
- Robert Gates, 22nd Secretary, U.S. Department of Defense
- Jane Harman, Distinguished Fellow and President Emerita, Wilson Center
2:00 PM
Food Security Is National Security
- Ertharin Cousin, Former Executive Director, UN World Food Programme
- Michael Froman, Vice Chairman and President of Strategic Growth, Mastercard
- Eileen O’Connor, Senior Vice President, The Rockefeller Foundation
- Moderator: Sarah Smith, North America Editor, BBC News
2:40 PM
The New Geopolitics of Energy
In Collaboration with the Aspen Energy and Environment Program
- Jason Bordoff, Founding Director, The Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
- Meghan O’Sullivan, Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
- Daniel Poneman, Former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
- Moderator: Joseph Nye, Co-Chair, Aspen Strategy Group and Dean Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
3:20 PM
Technology and National Security
- Michèle Flournoy, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, WestExec Advisors
- Jane Harman, Distinguished Fellow and President Emerita, Wilson Center
- Kent Walker, President, Global Affairs, Google LLC
- Moderator: David Sanger, White House and National Security Correspondent, The New York Times
4:05 PM
Fireside Chat with General Glen D. VanHerck
- General Glen D. VanHerck, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command
- Moderator: Steve Clemons, Founding Editor at Large, Semafor
4:35 PM
Imagining the Next 9/11: What Future Scenario Should Scare Us Most and What Can We Do to Prevent It from Coming True?
- Miriam Krieger, Permanent Professor, U.S. Air Force Academy
- P.W. Singer, Strategist and Senior Fellow, New America
- Daniel H. Wilson, Author and Screenwriter, Iron Cloud Entertainment
- Moderator: Steve Clemons, Founding Editor at Large, Semafor
5:05 – 5:30 PM
Break
5:30 – 6:40 PM
Thursday Evening in Collaboration with Aspen Community Programs
Greenwald Pavilion
5:30 PM
Virtual Fireside Chat with Secretary Gina Raimondo, 40th Secretary of Commerce
- Gina Raimondo, 40th Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Penny Pritzker, 38th Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce
5:50 PM
Global Economy: Recovery or Recession Bound?
In Collaboration with the Aspen Economic Strategy Group
- Zoë Baird, CEO and President, Markle Foundation
- Penny Pritzker, 38th Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Lawrence H. Summers, 71st Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Robert B. Zoellick, Former U.S. Trade Representative
- Moderator: Edward Luce, U.S. National Editor, Financial Times
6:40 PM
Close
Day 4: Friday, July 22
9:00 AM
Opening Remarks
- Niamh King, Director Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum
9:05 AM
National Security Today: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities
- General Richard Clarke, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command
- Representative Jason Crow, Member, House Committee on Armed Services and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- Senator Joni Ernst, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, Senate Armed Services Committee
- Moderator: Courtney Kube, Pentagon Correspondent, NBC News
9:45 AM
The 21st Century Nuclear Arms Race
- Emma Belcher, President, Ploughshares Fund
- Rose Gottemoeller, Former Deputy Secretary General, NATO
- Moderator: Dafna Linzer, Executive Editor, POLITICO
10:25 AM
A New Frontier: National Security, Artificial Intelligence, and Misinformation
- Eric Schmidt, Chairman, National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence
- Brad Smith, President and Vice Chair, Microsoft
- Senator Mark Warner, Chairman, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
- Moderator: Anja Manuel, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security
11:15 AM
American Foreign Policy Challenges: Russia and Beyond
- Victoria Nuland, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State
- Moderator: Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent, CNN
11:45 AM
Fireside Chat on the Future of Taiwan with Mark Esper
- Mark Esper, 27th Secretary, U.S. Department of Defense
- Moderator: Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent, The New York Times
12:15 PM
Former U.S. National Security Advisors Reflect on the State of the World
- Thomas Donilon, 22nd U.S. National Security Advisor
- Stephen Hadley, 20th U.S. National Security Advisor
- Condoleezza Rice, 66th Secretary, U.S. Department of State, and 19th U.S. National Security Advisor
- Moderator: Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent, The New York Times
1:00 PM
Closing Fireside Chat with Jake Sullivan
- Jake Sullivan, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
- Moderator: Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor-in-Chief, The Atlantic
1:45 PM
Closing Remarks
- Anja Manuel, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum
Videos and Transcripts
JOHN W. “JAY” RAYMOND, Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force // Moderator: // MARY LOUISE KELLY, Co-Host, All Things Considered, NPR
ALEJANDRO N. MAYORKAS, 7th Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security // Moderator: // TRYMAINE LEE, MSNBC Correspondent
ELIZABETH ECONOMY, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution // ADMIRAL LINDA L. FAGAN, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard // GENERAL CHARLES FLYNN, Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific // KEOKI JACKSON, Senior Vice President and General Manager, MITRE National Security Sector // INIA SERUIRATU, Minister of Defence, National Security, and Policing, Fiji // Moderator: // JOSEPH NYE, Co-Chair, Aspen Strategy Group and Dean Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
ANNE NEUBERGER, Deputy National Security Advisor, Cyber & Emerging Technology, National Security Council // Moderator: // DAVID SANGER, White House and National Security Correspondent, The New York Times
JANE HOLL LUTE, Former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security // MATTHEW OLSEN, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, U.S. Department of Justice // Moderator: // DAVID SANGER, White House and National Security Correspondent, The New York Times
GENERAL CHARLES Q. BROWN, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, U.S. Air Force // Moderator: // COURTNEY KUBE, Pentagon Correspondent, NBC News
GENERAL LAURA RICHARDSON, Commander, U.S. Southern Command // Moderator: // DAVID IGNATIUS, Columnist and Associate Editor, The Washington Post
AMBASSADOR QIN GANG, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the U.S. // Moderator: // EDWARD LUCE, U.S. National Editor, Financial Times
BRUCE ANDREWS, Corporate Vice President and Chief Government Affairs Officer, Intel Corporation // STEPHEN E. BIEGUN, Former Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State // MARA MOTHERWAY, Senior Vice President of Government and Customer Relations, Peraton // Moderator: // PETER SPIEGEL, U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times
SECRETARY FRANK KENDALL, 26th Secretary, U.S. Air Force // Moderator: // DAVID IGNATIUS, Columnist and Associate Editor, The Washington Post
REID HOFFMAN, Partner, Greylock Partners // LORIN SELBY, Chief of Naval Research, Office of Naval Research // Moderator: // MARY LOUISE KELLY, Co-Host, All Things Considered, NPR
DIRECTOR WILLIAM J. BURNS, Director, Central Intelligence Agency // Moderator: // ANDREA MITCHELL, Chief Washington Correspondent and Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC News
REPRESENTATIVE RUBEN GALLEGO, Chairman, Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations, House Armed Services Committee // FIONA HILL, Senior Fellow, Center on the United States and Europe, Brookings Institution // MIKK MARRAN, Director-General, Foreign Intelligence Service of Estonia // Moderator: // SUSAN GLASSER, Staff Writer, The New Yorker
VLADIMIR ASHURKOV, Executive Director, Anti-Corruption Foundation // Moderator: // SUSAN GLASSER, Staff Writer, The New Yorker
WALLY ADEYEMO, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Department of the Treasury // LISA MONACO, Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice // Moderator: // DAVID IGNATIUS, Columnist and Associate Editor, The Washington Post
RICHARD MOORE, Chief of MI6, UK Secret Intelligence Service // Moderator: // JIM SCIUTTO, Chief National Security Correspondent, CNN
KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Former U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO // REPRESENTATIVE BRENDAN BOYLE, Member, House Committee on Ways and Means // IVO DAALDER, Former U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO // MARCIN PRZYDACZ, Deputy Foreign Minister, Poland // Moderator: // DAFNA LINZER, Executive Editor, POLITICO
DOUGLAS LUTE, Former U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO // ADELA RAZ, Former Ambassador of Afghanistan to the U.S. // ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER, CEO, New America // Moderator: // PETER SPIEGEL, U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times
JENDAYI FRAZER, Former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, U.S. Department of State // MARTIN KIMANI, Permanent Ambassador of Kenya to the UN // ASHOK MIRPURI, Ambassador of Singapore to the U.S. // Moderator: // AMY WALTER, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, The Cook Political Report
ABDULLA AL KHALIFA, Undersecretary for Political Affairs, Bahrain // Moderator: // JEFFREY GOLDBERG, Editor-in-Chief, The Atlantic
ROBERT GATES, 22nd Secretary, U.S. Department of Defense // JANE HARMAN, Distinguished Fellow and President Emerita, Wilson Center
ERTHARIN COUSIN, Former Executive Director, UN World Food Programme // MICHAEL FROMAN, Vice Chairman and President of Strategic Growth, Mastercard // EILEEN O'CONNOR, Senior Vice President, The Rockefeller Foundation // Moderator: // SARAH SMITH, North America Editor, BBC News
JASON BORDOFF, Founding Director, The Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University // MEGHAN O’SULLIVAN, Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University // DANIEL PONEMAN, Former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy // Moderator: // JOSEPH NYE, Co-Chair, Aspen Strategy Group and Dean Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
BENJAMIN GANTZ, Minister of Defense, Israel // Moderator: // JEFFREY GOLDBERG, Editor-in-Chief, The Atlantic
MICHÈLE FLOURNOY, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, WestExec Advisors // JANE HARMAN, Distinguished Fellow and President Emerita, Wilson Center // KENT WALKER, President, Global Affairs, Google LLC // Moderator: // DAVID SANGER, White House and National Security Correspondent, The New York Times
GENERAL GLEN D. VANHERCK, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command // Moderator: // STEVE CLEMONS, Founding Editor at Large, Semafor
MIRIAM KRIEGER, Permanent Professor, U.S. Air Force Academy // P.W. SINGER, Strategist and Senior Fellow, New America // DANIEL H. WILSON, Author and Screenwriter, Iron Cloud Entertainment // Moderator: // STEVE CLEMONS, Founding Editor at Large, Semafor
ZOË BAIRD, CEO and President, Markle Foundation // PENNY PRITZKER, 38th Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce // LAWRENCE H. SUMMERS, 71st Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury // ROBERT B. ZOELLICK, Former U.S. Trade Representative // Moderator: // EDWARD LUCE, U.S. National Editor, Financial Times
GENERAL RICHARD CLARKE, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command // REPRESENTATIVE JASON CROW, Member, House Committee on Armed Services and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence // SENATOR JONI ERNST, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, Senate Armed Services Committee // Moderator: // COURTNEY KUBE, Pentagon Correspondent, NBC News
EMMA BELCHER, President, Ploughshares Fund // ROSE GOTTEMOELLER, Former Deputy Secretary General, NATO // Moderator: // DAFNA LINZER, Executive Editor, POLITICO
ERIC SCHMIDT, Chairman, National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence // BRAD SMITH, President and Vice Chair, Microsoft // SENATOR MARK WARNER, Chairman, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence // Moderator: // ANJA MANUEL, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security
VICTORIA NULAND, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State // Moderator: // JIM SCIUTTO, Chief National Security Correspondent, CNN
MARK ESPER, 27th Secretary, U.S. Department of Defense // Moderator: // PETER BAKER, Chief White House Correspondent, The New York Times
THOMAS DONILON, 22nd U.S. National Security Advisor // STEPHEN HADLEY, 20th U.S. National Security Advisor // CONDOLEEZZA RICE, 66th Secretary, U.S. Department of State, and 19th U.S. National Security Advisor // Moderator: // PETER BAKER, Chief White House Correspondent, The New York Times
JAKE SULLIVAN, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs // Moderator: // JEFFREY GOLDBERG, Editor-in-Chief, The Atlantic
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