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Richard Falkenrath

Richard Falkenrath

Richard Falkenrath is Senior Fellow for National Security at the Council on Foreign Relations. Until May 2024, he was Head of Client Service and Head of Geopolitics at Bridgewater Associates, a premier asset management firm. Dr. Falkenrath joined Bridgewater in 2014...
Mark T. Esper

Mark T. Esper

Mark T. Esper served as Secretary of Defense from 2019-2020, and as Secretary of the Army from 2017-2019. A distinguished West Point graduate, he spent 21 years in uniform, including a combat tour in the Gulf War. Dr. Esper worked for several years on Capitol Hill and...
Elizabeth Economy

Elizabeth Economy

Elizabeth Economy is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. From 2021 to 2023, she served as Senior Advisor (for China) to the Secretary of Commerce. She previously was the C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director, Asia Studies at the Council on...
Thomas Donilon

Thomas Donilon

Thomas Donilon is the Chairman of the BlackRock Investment Institute. Previously, he served as National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama. In that capacity, he coordinated the administration’s foreign policy, intelligence, and military efforts, and served as...
Chris Coons

Chris Coons

Chris Coons was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010 following terms as New Castle County Council President and County Executive. He sits on the Appropriations, Judiciary, Foreign Relations, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and Ethics Committees. Senator Coons has...
Kurt Campbell

Kurt Campbell

Kurt M. Campbell was confirmed by the Senate on February 6, 2024, and sworn in as the 22nd Deputy Secretary of State on February 12, 2024. Prior to assuming this position, Deputy Secretary Campbell served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Coordinator for...
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