by Ian Harman | May 1, 2026 | Speakers
Wolfgang Schmidt is a senior German policymaker with extensive experience in foreign and security policy, European affairs, and economic statecraft. From 2021 to 2025 he served as Federal Minister for Special Tasks, Head of the Federal Chancellery, and Commissioner...
by Ian Harman | May 1, 2026 | Speakers
Lara Seligman is a national security reporter for The Wall Street Journal in Washington, where she covers the White House and the Pentagon. She previously spent four years at Politico as a defense reporter, where she covered the Covid-19 outbreak on the aircraft...
by Ian Harman | May 1, 2026 | Speakers
Ambassador Daniel B. Shapiro is a distinguished fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative. Shapiro was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East from 2024 to 2025, and prior to that was Senior Adviser on Regional...
by Ian Harman | May 1, 2026 | Speakers
Marc Thiessen is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) where he studies and writes about American presidential leadership and counterterrorism. He also writes about general US foreign and defense policy issues and contributes to the AEIdeas blog....
by Ian Harman | May 1, 2026 | Speakers
Yaroslav Trofimov is the chief foreign-affairs correspondent of The Wall Street Journal, covering major issues and developments around the world. He won the Overseas Press Club award for best commentary in 2026, the National Press Club award for political analysis in...
