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Striking a Balance: A New American Security
Jun 11, 2009
6:20pm
to
6:20pm
ET
Willard InterContinental Hotel
Washington, DC
Striking a Balance: A New American Security was an all-day CNAS conference highlighting the major foreign policy and national security challenges facing our nation in the critical time ahead.
WATCH A HIGHLIGHT VIDEO OF THE CONFERENCE HERE.
Introduction & Opening Remarks | Morning Keynote | Session 1 | Session 2 | Luncheon Keynote | Session 3 | Session 4 |
INTRODUCTION AND OPENING REMARKS
The Honorable Dr. Richard Danzig
Chairman of the Board, Center for a New American Security
Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns
Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Board of Directors, CNAS
MORNING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Dr. John A. Nagl (INTRODUCTION)
President, Center for a New American Security
General David H. Petraeus, USA
Commander, U.S. Central Command
Video | Audio | Transcript | PowerPoint Slides
SESSION 1:
AFTER THE FIRE: SHAPING THE U.S. RELATIONSHIP WITH IRAQ
Thomas E. Ricks (PANEL CHAIR)
Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security
Dr. John A. Nagl (PRESENTER)
President, Center for a New American Security
General John (Jack) Keane, USA (Ret.)
Senior Managing Director and Co-founder, Keane Advisors, LLC
George Packer
Staff Writer, The New Yorker
Nazar Janabi
Next Generation Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Ambassador Samir Sumaida'ie
Ambassador of Iraq to the United States of America
Video | Audio | Related Report | Transcript
SESSION 2:
TRIAGE: THE NEXT 12 MONTHS IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
Lieutenant General David W. Barno, USA (Ret.) (PANEL CHAIR)
Director, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University
Andrew Exum (PRESENTER)
Fellow, Center for a New American Security
Nathaniel C. Fick (PRESENTER)
Chief Operating Officer, Center for a New American Security
Dr. Andrew J. Bacevich
Professor of International Relations and History, Boston University
Colonel Christopher G. Cavoli, USA
Military Professor of Security Studies, George C. Marshall Center for Security Studies
Video | Audio | Transcript | Related Report
LUNCHEON KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: A NATIONAL SECURITY IMPERATIVE
Dr. Kristin M. Lord (INTRODUCTION)
Vice President and Director of Studies, Center for a New American Security
The Honorable Judith A. McHale
Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
Video | Audio | Transcript
SESSION 3:
NATURAL SECURITY
The Honorable John Warner (PANEL CHAIR)
Former U.S. Senator, R-Virginia
Sharon E. Burke (PRESENTER)
Vice President for Natural Security
Dr. Roderick G. Eggert
Professor and Division Director, Colorado School of Mines
Dr. Peter H. Gleick
President and Co-Founder, Pacific Institute
Commander E.J. McClure, USN
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Video | Audio | Related Report
SESSION 4:
NO ILLUSIONS: REGAINING THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVE WITH NORTH KOREA
Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman (PANEL CHAIR)
Principal, The Albright Group LLC
Board of Advisors, CNAS
Nirav Patel (PRESENTER)
Bacevich Fellow, Center for a New American Security
Abraham Denmark (PRESENTER)
Fellow, Center for a New American Security
Ambassador Thomas C. Hubbard
Senior Director for Asia, McLarty Associates
Dennis Wilder
Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Video | Audio | Transcript | Related Report
1LT ANDREW J. BACEVICH, JR., USA FELLOWSHIP AWARD
Dr. Andrew Bacevich (PRESENTER)
Author and Professor, Boston University
CLOSING REMARKS
Nathaniel C. Fick
Chief Operating Officer, Center for a New American Security
Event Sponsors:
- General Dynamics
- Lockheed Martin Corporation
- BAE Systems
- Aegis LLC
- General Electric
- IBM
- SAIC
- New Signature
- Crabtree + Company
- PSAV Presentation Services
- Quang X. Pham Foundation
- Harris LithoGraphics