CNAS 2013 Annual Conference

The 2013 annual conference, Looking Forward: U.S. National Security Beyond the Wars, included an exciting lineup of distinguished speakers and discussions on some of the most critical current and future national security issues that the United States faces:

Agenda:

9:00-9:15 AM: Opening Remarks and Introduction of Speaker
The Honorable Robert Work, CNAS  
AUDIO, VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT 

9:15-10:00 AM: A Conversation with Senator Bob Corker
Interviewed by:
Al Hunt, Bloomberg View
Speaker:
The Honorable Bob Corker, Ranking Member of Senate Foreign Relations Committee
AUDIO, VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT

 10:00-10:50 AM: Defense Strategy Dialogue
Moderator:
Shawn Brimley, CNAS
Speakers:
Wes Bush, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Ambassador Eric Edelman, Johns Hopkins SAIS
The Honorable Michèle Flournoy, CNAS
AUDIO, VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT,

10:50-11:05 AM: Morning Break

11:05 AM-12:00 PM: Defense Priorities in an Era of Constrained Budgets
Introduction:
Richard Fontaine, CNAS
Speaker:
The Honorable Ashton Carter, Deputy Secretary of Defense
AUDIO, VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT

12:00-12:20 PM: Silicon, Iron and Shadow: Three Wars That Will Define America's Future
 LTG David Barno, USA (Ret.), CNAS
 AUDIO, VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT

 12:20-1:00 PM: Networking Boxed Lunch

1:00-1:55 PM: Bugs, Bytes and Bots
Moderator:
Noah Shachtman, Brookings Institution
Speaker:
Rosa Brooks, Georgetown University Law Center
Ben FitzGerald, Noetic Corporation
Irving Lachow, CNAS
AUDIO, VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT 

 1:55-2:25 PM: The Big Shift: The Geopolitics of the U.S. Energy Revolution
 Introduction:
 Nancy Brune, CNAS
Presenter:
 Drew Erdmann, McKinsey & Co.
AUDIO, VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT 

 2:25-2:40 PM: 1LT Andrew J. Bacevich, Jr., USA Fellowship
Presentation:
John Nagl, CNAS
AUDIO, VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT

2:40-3:00 PM: Afternoon Break

 3:00-3:55 PM: Veterans and the Civil-Military Divide
Moderator:
Yochi Dreazen, The Atlantic
Speaker:
Todd Bowers, JP Morgan Chase Foundation
Phillip Carter, CNAS
Dawn Halfaker, Wounded Warrior Project
AUDIO, VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT 

3:55-4:15 PM: Assesing the Dangers of a Nuclear-Armed Iran
 Colin Kahl, CNAS
 AUDIO, VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT 

 4:15-5:10 PM: The Future Rebalancing to Asia
Moderator:
David Sanger, New York Times
Speakers:
Ambassador Jeffrey Bader, Brookings Institution
The Honorable Kurt Campbell, CNAS
Victor Cha, Georgetown University
AUDIO, VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT 

5:10-5:15 PM: Closing Remarks
 Richard Fontaine, CNAS
VIDEO

CNAS is grateful to the following sponsors for their support of this event: