Global Security Forum 2013
The 2013 Global Security Forum was held on Tuesday, November 5th, in the new CSIS headquarters located at 1616 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20036. All the sessions below have audio and video recordings. Select the links below to view those recordings and find out more information about the sessions.
2013 AGENDA
NOVEMBER 5, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Opening Session: 8:15-9:00 a.m.
Keynote Address
The Honorable Charles T. "Chuck" Hagel
United States Secretary of Defense
Morning Sessions: 9:30-10:45 a.m.
I. Can the United States Rebuild a National Security Consensus?
David Ignatius
Columnist, The Washington Post
Mitchell Reiss
President, Washington College and
Former Director of Policy Planning, Department of State
Julianne Smith
Former Deputy National Security Adviser to the Vice President
Moderator:
Kathleen H. Hicks
Senior Vice President, Henry A. Kissinger Chair,
and Director of the International Security Program, CSIS
II. Finding a Surveillance Consensus Post Snowden?
Darren Dick
Staff Director, U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
David Grannis
Staff Director, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Elizabeth Goitein
Co-Director, Liberty and National Security Program, Brennan Center for Justice
James A. Lewis
Director and Senior Fellow, Strategic Technologies Program, CSIS
Chan Park
General Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Moderator:
Ellen Nakashima
National Security Reporter, The Washington Post
III. Has The Budget Crisis Shattered The Cold War Consensus On Defense Budgets?
Steven Cortese
Former Staff Director, Senate Committee on Appropriations
Jim Dyer
Former Staff Director, House Committee on Appropriations
Charles J. Houy
Former Staff Director, Senate Committee on Appropriations
David Lyles
Former Staff Director, Senate Committee on Armed Services
Moderator:
David J. Berteau
Senior Vice President and Director, National Security Program on Industry and Resources, CSIS
IV. U.S.-China Economic Relations V.2.0?
Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy
Distinguished Scholar, Wilson Center, and former U.S. Ambassador to China
Charles W. Freeman III
Vice President, Rock Creek Global Advisors LLC
Christopher K. Johnson
Senior Adviser and Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS
Scott Miller
Senior Adviser and Scholl Chair in International Business, CSIS
Moderator:
Matthew P. Goodman
William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy, CSIS
Midday Plenary Session: 11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Geopolitical Implications of a Reconnecting Eurasia
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Former National Security Advisor; CSIS Counselor and Trustee
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft (ret.)
Former National Security Advisor; CSIS Counselor and Trustee
Edward C. Chow
Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program, CSIS
Christopher K. Johnson
Senior Adviser and Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS
Andrew C. Kuchins
Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, CSIS
Moderator:
John J. Hamre
CSIS President, CEO, and Pritzker Chair
Afternoon Sessions: 1:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
I. What Battlefield Lessons Have We Learned From Twelve Years of War?
Gen. James E. Cartwright (ret.)
Harold Brown Chair in Defense Policy Studies, CSIS,
and former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman (ret.)
Former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force
Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli (ret.)
Former Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
Moderator:
Maren Leed
Senior Adviser, Harold Brown Chair in Defense Policy Studies
and Ground Forces Dialogue, CSIS
II. Can a U.S.-Iran Deal Work?
Robert Einhorn
Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, and former Special Advisor for Nonproliferation and Arms Control, U.S. Department of State
Haleh Esfandiari
Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Al Hunt
Host, Political Capital with Al Hunt, Bloomberg Television,
and Columnist, Bloomberg View
Moderator:
Jon B. Alterman
Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy,
and Director, CSIS Middle East Program
III. New Energy, New Geopolitics?
Ivan Sandrea
Senior Partner, Ernst and Young London
Peter Tertzakian
Chief Energy Economist & Managing Director, ARC Financial Corp
J. Robinson West
Senior Advisor, IHS-Energy Insight and Senior Adviser,
Energy and National Security Program, CSIS
Moderators:
Sarah O. Ladislaw
Co-Director and Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program, CSIS
David Pumphrey
Co-Director and Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program, CSIS
IV. What Role Should Financial Power Play in National Security?
Ambassador Robert Kimmitt
Former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and Ambassador to Germany
Daniel Glaser
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes
David F. Gordon
Head of Research, Eurasia Group,
and former Director of Policy Planning, Department of State
Moderator:
Juan Zarate
Senior Adviser, Transnational Threats Project and Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program, CSIS
Closing Plenary Session: 3:00-5:00 p.m.
A Simulated Crisis in East Asia
Richard L. Armitage
President, Armitage International, and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
James B. Steinberg
Dean, Maxwell School at Syracuse University,
and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
William J. Lynn III
CEO of Finmeccanica North America and DRS Technologies,
and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense
John E. McLaughlin
Former Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
and former Acting Director of Central Intelligence
ADM Patrick M. Walsh (ret.)
Former Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet
Ambassador Kathleen Stephens
Koret Fellow, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University, and former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea
Jim Shinn
CEO, Teneo Intelligence; Lecturer, Princeton University,
and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia
Moderators:
Michael J. Green
Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS
Christopher K. Johnson
Senior Adviser and Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS
