The Center for Strategic and International Studies is pleased to host a one-day conference discussing lessons learned from past QDRs, the unique pressures currently confronting the DoD budget, the future security environment (including geopolitical trends, changes in the nature of warfare, and foreign military capabilities), and the implications of these issues for U.S. defense strategy.
8:30am–9:00am REGISTRATION
9:00am–9:15am OPENING REMARKS
Dr. Clark A. Murdock, Senior Adviser and Director, Defense and National Security Group, Center for Strategic and International Studies
9:15am–10:30am LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE 2012 DEFENSE STRATEGIC GUIDANCE AND PAST QDRs
Mr. Shawn Brimley, Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security
Ms. M. Elaine Bunn, Distinguished Research Fellow, Future Strategic Concepts Program, National Defense University
Mr. Rudy deLeon, Senior Vice President, International and Security Policy, Center for American Progress
Mr. Jim Thomas, Vice President and Director of Studies, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
10:30am–10:45am BREAK
10:45am–12:00pm UNIQUE CHALLENGES FACING DOD UNDER BUDGETARY PRESSURES
Dr. Gordon Adams, Distinguished Fellow, Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense, Stimson Center
Mr. David J. Berteau, Senior Vice President and Director, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Mr. Todd Harrison, Senior Fellow for Defense Budget Studies, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Dr. Michael E. O’Hanlon, Senior Fellow, 21st Century Defense Initiative, and Director of Research, Foreign Policy, Brookings Institution
12:00pm–13:00pm WORKING LUNCH AND SPEAKER
Introductory Remarks: Dr. John J. Hamre, President and CEO, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Keynote Speech: Mr. Stephen J. Hadley, former National Security Advisor and Principal, RiceHadleyGates LLC
13:00pm–14:15pm THE FUTURE INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ENVIRONMENT
Dr. Mathew Burrows, Counselor and Director, Analysis and Production Staff, National Intelligence Council
Dr. Michael S. Chase, Associate Research Professor, Warfare Analysis and Research Department, U.S. Naval War College
Dr. Peter W. Singer, Senior Fellow and Director, 21st Century Defense Initiative, Brookings Institution
Dr. Micah Zenko, Douglas Dillon Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
14:15pm–14:30pm BREAK
14:30pm–16:00pm CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE 2014 QUADRENNIAL DEFENSE REVIEW
Lieutenant General David W. Barno (Ret.), Senior Advisor and Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security
Dr. Barry M. Blechman, Co-founder and Distinguished Fellow, Stimson Center
Mr. Thomas Donnelly, Resident Fellow and Co-Director, Marilyn Ware Center for Security Studies, American Enterprise Institute
Vice Admiral P. Stephen Stanley (Ret.), Vice President of Cybersecurity/C4, Northrop Grumman
Mr. Barry Watts, Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
16:00pm–16:15pm SYNTHESIS & CLOSING REMARKS
Dr. Clark A. Murdock
