Election 2012 - The Global Challenge for the Next President

The American Enterprise Institute,
the Center for a New American Security and the New America Foundation are
pleased to introduce Election
2012: Informing the National Security Agenda to this presidential
campaign season. On March 15, the three organizations will launch a series of
four campaign-season events aimed at illuminating the critical U.S.
foreign and defense policy issues central to the 2012 presidential election.

The first seminar on March
15 will explore America's role in the world and what strategies this might
suggest for the elected commander-in-chief.  To RSVP for this event, please click here.

On Twitter? Follow #natsecurity2012
for updates throughout the series.



Series Details:

The U.S. Role in the
World, featuring Robert Kagan

Moderated by Tom Gjelten, National Public Radio

1:00-2:30 p.m., March
15, 2012

American Enterprise Institute, 1150 17th St. NW #1100, Washington, DC



The Pacific Century,
keynote to be announced

April 18, 2012

New America Foundation at the Core Club, 66 E. 55th St. New York City, NY

The National
Security Budget, featuring Michèle Flournoy

May 15, 2012

American Enterprise Institute, 1150 17th St. NW #1100, Washington, DC



The U.S. and the
Greater Middle East, keynote to be announced

July 17, 2012

New America Foundation, 1899 L St. NW #400, Washington, DC



About the Series:

This fall's presidential
election comes at a critical moment for the United States and the world. 
The demands for U.S. leadership are substantial - particularly in the dynamic
Middle East and Asia-Pacific - yet fiscal challenges are forcing
reductions in American military power and defense spending, sparking new
thinking about American engagement with the world. In this important election
season, many Americans will look to the next U.S. president to repair the
economy, but he will nonetheless inherit complicated military and diplomatic
engagements and govern as commander-in-chief of the globe's most powerful
nation. As a result, the discussion of national security issues must take a
central role in the 2012 presidential election.

This event is the first in
a series of four campaign-season seminars on the critical issues of U.S.
foreign and defense policy, sponsored by The American Enterprise Institute, the
Center for a New American Security and the New America Foundation.

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The
Center for a New American Security
(CNAS) is an independent and nonpartisan research institution that
develops strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense
policies. CNAS leads efforts to help inform and prepare the national security
leaders of today and tomorrow.