Global Security Forum 2016
The foreign and security policy agenda for the next U.S. administration
The 2016 Global Security Forum was held on Thursday, December 1st from 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. CSIS’s annual flagship conference on the top challenges facing U.S. and global security, this year’s Forum focused on the foreign and security policy agenda for the next U.S. administration.
Navigating 21st Century Security Challenges
Leon Panetta, Former Secretary of Defense and Former Director of Central Intelligence
Representative Mac Thornberry, (R-TX) Chairman, House Armed Services Committee
Moderated by: John Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS
In the Cross-Hairs: The Surge of Violence against the Health Sector
Jason Cone, Executive Director, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), USA
Dr. Zaher Sahloul, Senior Adviser, Syrian American Medical Society
Mark Swayne, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Stability and Humanitarian Affairs, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Ben Taub, Contributing Writer, The New Yorker
Moderated by:
Stephen Morrison Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health Policy Center, CSIS
Energy and Climate Challenges for the Next Administration
Todd Stern, Former U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change, and Visiting Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
Adam Sieminski, Administrator, U.S. Energy Information Administration
Frank Verrastro, Senior Vice President & James R. Schlesinger Chair for Energy & Geopolitics, CSIS
Christi Tezak, Managing Director, ClearView Energy Partners LLC
Moderated by:
Sarah Ladislaw, Director and Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program, CSIS
Russia Today and Tomorrow: Implications for the U.S.
Dr. Irina Kosterina, Programme Coordinator Gender, Heinrich Boell Foundation
Dr. Olga Oliker, Senior Adviser and Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, CSIS
Vadim Grishin, Consultant, International Finance Corporation
Moderated by:
Heather Conley, Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic; and Director, Europe Program, CSIS
Defense Market Outlook: Challenges for the Next Administration
Joseph Benkert, Vice President, The Cohen Group
William J. Lynn, CEO, Leonardo North America and DRS Technologies, Inc.
David Melcher, President and CEO, Aerospace Industries Association
Heidi Shyu, Former Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
Moderated by:
Andrew Hunter, Director, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group, CSIS
The Global Health Security Agenda: Its First Years and the Way Forward
Dr. Thomas Frieden, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Moderated by:
Stephen Morrison, Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health Policy Center, CSIS
Challenges from North Korea
Dr. Victor Cha, Senior Adviser and Korea Chair, CSIS
Ambassador Robert Gallucci, Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy, Georgetown University
General Walter L. Sharp, USA (Ret.), Former Commander, United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, United States Forces Korea
Christine Wormuth, Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Chris Johnson, Senior Adviser and Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS
Moderated by:
Dr. Michael J. Green, Chair in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, and Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS
After Mosul
Jessica Lewis McFate, Director of Tradecraft and Innovation, Institute for the Study of War
Dr. David Kilcullen, Senior Future of War Fellow, New America Foundation
Moderated by:
Dr. Jon Alterman, Senior Vice President, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, and Director, Middle East Program, CSIS
Key Decisions for Strategic Space Programs in the Next Administration
Mark Bever, MILSATCOM Business Area Director, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Colonel Shahnaz M. Punjani, Director of the Operationally Responsive Space Office, U.S. Air Force
Audrey Schaffer, Director, Space Strategy and Plans, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Tom Karako, Director, Missile Defense Project and Senior Fellow, International Security Program, CSIS
Moderated by:
Todd Harrison, Director, Aerospace Security Project and Director, Defense Budget Analysis, CSIS
Public Opinion Trends and Implications for the Next Administration’s Foreign Policy Agenda
Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Carroll Doherty, Director, Political Research, Pew Research Center
Mieke Eoyang, Vice President for the National Security Program, Third Way
Dina Smeltz, Senior Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Dr. Trevor Thrall, Senior Fellow, CATO Institute and Associate Professor, George Mason University
Moderated by:
Dr. Kathleen Hicks, Senior Vice President; Henry A. Kissinger Chair; and
Director, International Security Program, CSIS
National Security Priorities and Challenges for the Presidential Transition
Mike Rogers, Former Representative, Michigan’s 8th Congressional District
Moderated by:
Karen DeYoung, Associate Editor and Senior National Security Correspondent, Washington Post.
For more information on the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ International Security Program or Global Security Forum, see www.csis.org/programs/international-security-program/global-security-forum/2016-global-security-forum.
