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Future Strategy Forum

An initiative to connect scholars who research national security with its leading practitioners.

CSIS and the Kissinger Center at Johns Hopkins University SAIS partner to host the annual Future Strategy Forum. Information about the current and previous Forums can be found on this page.

The CSIS Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative, the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS, and Bridging the Gap proudly hosted the 2021 Future Strategy Forum from May 10, 2021 – May 12, 2021:

The Future of National Security and Technology

Opening Remarks, Opening Keynote, and Panel 1: Emerging Technologies and Warfighting

Panel 2: Emerging Technologies and Statecraft

Panel 3: Janne Nolan Prize Winners: Technology in a Changing IR Landscape
For more information on the Janne Nolan Prize click here.

Future Strategy Forum: Closing Keynote: Emerging Technologies and Nuclear Weapons with Rose Gottemoeller

Virtual Wargame with the Hoover Institution's Jacquelyn Schneider


The third conference in the Future Strategy Forum series, the Future of Cooperation and Conflict in the Time of Covid-19, was hosted virtually from Tuesday, June 2 – Friday, June 5, 2020. The keynote and three panels examined how the global response to the emerging Covid-19 crisis reveals security challenges across governance, institutions and public health policies.

Keynote with the Hon. Michèle Flournoy
Covid-19 and Grand Strategy
Covid-19 and the Military
Covid-19 and Democracy and Governance


The inaugural conference “The Future of Force” focused on the evolution of modern warfare and its implications for U.S. national security. The 2019 conference, “The Future of Statecraft,” explored the future of international cooperation and engagement.

2019: The Future of Statecraft 
2018: The Future of Force

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Center for Strategic and International Studies
Christine Brazeau
Alexis Day
Suzanne Spaulding

Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs
Francis J. Gavin

Bridging the Gap (BtG) Partners
Naazneen Barma
Leila Adler
Kathryn Urban

This series is made possible by The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Graduate student sessions are supported in part by the Bridging the Gap Project (BtG).

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