New Pathways to Prosperity featuring Paul Ryan, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives - Betting on America

On January 7, 2026, at 10:00 AM ET, Paul Ryan, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, joins Navin Girishankar on Betting on America for a wide-ranging conversation on the big forces shaping politics and policy—competing populisms, U.S. trade policy and its discontents, out-of-control fiscal deficits, the future of the U.S. dollar, and the tech race with China. Speaker Ryan shares his thoughts not only on the challenges but also on potential solutions to set the United States on a forward path to shared prosperity.

This event is made possible through general support to CSIS.

For more information on Speaker Ryan's destination-based cash-flow tax proposal (21:11), see below:

Paul Ryan and Kyle Pomerleau, “A Tax-Reform Alternative to Trump’s Tariffs,” Wall Street Journal, October 14, 2025, https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-tax-reform-alternative-to-trumps-tariffs-3e411b27