Online Event: Future Strategy Forum: Cooperation and Conflict in the Time of Covid-19

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) are pleased to host the 2020 Future Strategy Forum, an initiative to connect scholars who research national security with its leading practitioners. Future Strategy Forum: Cooperation and Conflict in the Time of Covid-19 will feature a virtual keynote discussion with the Hon. Michèle Flournoy on June 2nd, followed by three panels over three days exploring how Covid-19 will impact national security. 

Hon. Michèle Flournoy served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from February 2009 to February 2012. She was the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense in the formulation of national security and defense policy, oversight of military plans and operations, and in National Security Council deliberations. She led the development of the Department of Defense’s 2012 Strategic Guidance and represented the Department in dozens of foreign engagements, in the media and before Congress. Ms. Flournoy is the co-founder and managing partner of WestExec Advisors, and former co-founder and chief executive officer of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), where she currently serves on the board.

Click below for our other events:
Wednesday, June 3 at 1 pm: Covid-19 and Grand Strategy
Thursday, June 4 at 1 pm : Covid-19 and the Military
Friday, June 5 at 1 pm: Covid-19 and Democracy and Governance 

Writing Opportunity: As part of the 2020 Future Strategy Forum, the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, in cooperation with CSIS and the Texas National Security Review, will offer prizes to the best new scholarship from emerging scholars in national and international security. Any junior scholar – from advanced graduate student to tenure track faculty to think tank fellow – is eligible to submit, though special preference will be given to 2020 participants in the Future Strategy Forum. A particular focus will be placed on submissions from underrepresented communities. Click here for more information.

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