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 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

Experts:

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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Smart Women, Smart Power Podcast

Future Strategy Forum: Covid-19 and Grand Strategy

Host Beverly Kirk moderated the discussion on how and why this pandemic might change how the United States approaches its foreign policy, relations with allies and competitors.

Podcast Episode by Beverly Kirk — June 30, 2020

CSIS Smart Women, Smart Power
Smart Women, Smart Power Podcast

Future Strategy Forum: Covid-19 and the Military

CSIS senior fellow Alice Hunt Friend hosted the 2020 Future Strategy Forum discussion on Covid-19's impact on military readiness, ongoing operations, and civil-military relations, including the use of the military in domestic crises.

Podcast Episode by Beverly Kirk — June 17, 2020

CSIS Smart Women, Smart Power

Online Event: Future Strategy Forum: Covid-19 and the Military

Join us for the 2020 Future Strategy Forum: Cooperation and Conflict in the Time of Covid-19. This panel will explore how the pandemic has affected military readiness, ongoing operations, and civil-military relations, and assess how long-lasting these impacts might be.

Event — June 4, 2020