U.S. Navy Fighting Instructions with the Chief of Naval Operations
March 31, 2026 • 1:00 – 2:00 pm EDT
Hosted by Defense and Security
2017 Global Security Forum
Conference Agenda
7:00 am
Registration and Breakfast
8:00 am
8:05 am
First Panel Series
9:30 am
Session 1: The West Strikes Back: A Transatlantic Playbook to Counter Russian Active Measures
Featuring:
Gen Michael Hayden (USAF, Ret.)
Principal, The Chertoff Group; former Director of the National Security Agency, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Mr. Drew Sullivan
Editor and Founder, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Mr. Clint Watts
Robert A. Fox Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute; Senior Fellow, Center for Cyber and Homeland Security, The George Washington University
Moderated by:
Ms. Heather Conley
Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic; and Director, Europe Program, CSIS
Session 2: Hurtling Toward a Genomic 9/11?
Featuring:
Dr. Hillary Carter
Director for Countering Biological Threats, National Security Council
Dr. David Relman
Co-Director, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University
Moderated by:
Dr. J. Stephen Morrison
Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health Policy Center, CSIS
Session 3: Risks and Consequences of a Trade War
Featuring:
Ms. Wendy Cutler
Vice-President and Managing Director, Asia Society Policy Institute
Mr. Matthew P. Goodman
Senior Adviser and Simon Chair in Political Economy, CSIS
Mr. Christopher K. Johnson
Senior Adviser and Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS
Mr. Colin Robertson
Vice President and Fellow, the Canadian Global Affairs Institute
Moderated by:
Mr. Scott Miller
Senior Adviser and Scholl Chair in International Business, CSIS
10:45 am
Coffee Break
Second Panel Series
11:00 am
Session 1: "Rules for Robots:" Governance of Artificial Intelligence
Featuring:
Ms. Katherine Charlet
Director, Technology and International Affairs Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Mr. Aaron Cooper
Vice President of Global Policy, BSA: The Software Alliance
Dr. Edward Felten
Director, Center for Information Technology Policy, Princeton University
Mr. Steve Mills
Director, Machine Intelligence, Booz Allen Hamilton
Moderated by:
Dr. James Lewis
Senior Vice President and Director, Technology Policy Program, CSIS
Featuring:
Dr. James Acton
Co-Director, Nuclear Policy Program, and Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Ms. Rebeccah Heinrichs
Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Dr. John R. Harvey
Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Programs
Moderated by:
Ms. Rebecca Hersman
Director, Project on Nuclear Issues and Senior Adviser, International Security Program, CSIS
Featuring:
Dr. Emma Ashford
Research Fellow, CATO Institute
Amb. Eric Edelman
Counselor, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments; Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, U.S. Department of Defense
Dr. Kathleen Hicks
Senior Vice President, Henry A. Kissinger Chair, and Director, International Security Program, CSIS
Dr. William Ruger
Vice President for Research, Koch Foundation, and Vice President for Research and Policy, Koch Institute
Moderated by:
Mr. Todd Harrison
Director, Defense Budget Analysis, Director, Aerospace Security Project and Senior Fellow, International Security Program, CSIS
12:15 pm
Lunch
2:15 pm
Pandemic, Proliferation, and a Pariah State: A Simulated Crisis in North Korea
Participants:
Dr. J.D. Crouch, II
President and CEO, United Service Organization; former Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor
Dr. Julie Gerberding
Executive Vice President & Chief Patient Officer, Strategic Communications, Global Public Policy and Population Health, Merck; former Director, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hon. William J. Lynn, III
CEO, Leonardo DRS; former Deputy Secretary of Defense
Mr. John McLaughlin
Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence at the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, SAIS; former Acting Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Gen. Larry Spencer (USAF, Ret.)
President, Air Force Association; former Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
Hon. Ellen Tauscher
Regent, University of California; former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security; Former Member of Congress, Chair of Strategic Forces Subcommittee House Armed Services Committee
Discussants:
Ms. Bonnie Glaser
Senior Adviser for Asia; Director, China Power Project, CSIS
Dr. Sue Mi Terry
Senior Fellow, Office of the Korea Chair, CSIS; Senior Advisor for Korea, BowerGroupAsia
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