Next week, the 2025 Aspen Security Forum kicks off! We are thrilled to welcome an array of decision-makers and thought leaders from Washington, DC and around the world to discuss the most pressing national security and foreign policy challenges of our time.
See a selection of suggested pre-reads from some of our 2025 speakers and moderators below.
The 2025 Aspen Security Forum agenda is now live!
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Features from Aspen Security Forum 2025 Speakers and Moderators
Nicholas Burns for The Economist: “America’s Rivalry With China Will Intensify, But Must Not Escalate Into War, Writes Nicholas Burns”
Condoleezza Rice interviewed by Lara Trump for Fox News: “Condoleezza Rice Outlines Why the U.S. ‘Has to Win’ AI Race Against China”
Anja Manuel interviewed by Olivier Knox for U.S. News and World Report
Peter Baker for The New York Times: “‘The Age of Trump’ Enters Its Second Decade”
Thomas Barrack mentioned by Ben Hubbard for The New York Times: “Israel and Syria in U.S.-Brokered Talks to End Border Conflict, Trump Envoy Says”
Doug Beck and Nate Fick for The Cipher Brief: “U.S. Support for Ukraine Would Be Cheap at Twice the Price”
Chris Brose interviewed by Patrick Tucker for Defense One Radio: “Tech Summit Talks: Anduril’s Chris Brose”
David Cattler interviewed by Sasha Ingber for the SpyCast podcast: “‘America’s Gatekeeper’: A Conversation with DCSA’s Director David Cattler”
Elizabeth Economy interviewed Šumit Ganguly for the China Considered podcast: “Lines of Fire: China, the U.S., and the India-Pakistan Standoff with Šumit Ganguly”
Comfort Ero for The Economist: “Comfort Ero Offers Three Lessons for Peacemaking in an Unstable World”
General Bryan Fenton for Defense One: “Forging a New National Security Alliance”
Robert M. Gates for The Wall Street Journal: “The U.S. Can Rise to the Chinese Challenge”
Jane Harman and Nina Armagno for the Council on Foreign Relations: “Securing Space: A Plan for U.S. Action”
David Ignatius for The Washington Post: “A Band of Innovators Reimagines the Spy Game for a World With No Cover”
Andrius Kubilius interviewed by Joanna Maria Stolarek and Adam L. Reichardt for the Heinrich Böll Stiftung: “If the EU Wants Peace, It Needs to Prepare for War”
Brett McGurk interviewed by Dan Senor for the Call Me Back podcast: “Biden Lead Negotiator Brett McGurk”
Vali Nasr for The New York Times: “The Ayatollah Has a Plan”
Balázs Orbán, John Mearsheimer, and moderator Tamás Baranyi at the Budapest Global Dialogue 2025
Meghan L. O’Sullivan and Jason Bordoff for Foreign Affairs: “Green Peace: How the Fight Against Climate Change Can Overcome Geopolitical Discord”
Admiral Samuel Paparo mentioned by Carley Welch, Aaron Mehta, and Valerie Insinna for Breaking Defense: “A Look at the Wish Lists for CENTCOM, NORTHCOM, SOUTHCOM, INDOPACOM, and STRATCOM”
David Petraeus, John Bolton, Susan Rice, Tom Friedman, Vishaan Chakrabarti, Marc Dunkelman, and Walter Isaacson interviewed by Fareed Zakaria for the GPS podcast: “Three Experts on Trump’s Foreign Policy”
Claudia Ruiz Massieu interviewed by Hyunsoo Lee for the Harvard Political Review: “Be Bold: An Interview With Claudia Ruiz Massieu”
David Sanger for The New York Times: “Some of Iran’s Enriched Uranium Survived Attacks, Israeli Official Says”
Demetri Sevastopulo for the Financial Times: “China Improves Ability to Launch Sudden Attack on Taiwan, Officials Say”
Sarang Shidore for Foreign Policy: “How BRICS Can Survive ‘America First’”
Kent Walker for Fox News: “How Team Trump Can Make AI Stand for American Innovation”
Amos Yadlin for Foreign Affairs: “The Post-Iranian Middle East”
Robert B. Zoellick for The Washington Post: “How to Sustain Ukraine Without Costing Americans a Dime”
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