The U.S. Role in the World, Featuring Robert Kagan

The American Enterprise Institute, the Center for a New American Security, and the New America Foundation are pleased to introduce Election 2012: The National Security Agenda to this presidential campaign season. On March 15, the three organizations launched a series of four campaign-season events  beginning with a seminar featuring The Brookings Institution’s Robert Kagan and moderated by NPR’s Tom Gjelten that explored America’s role in the world and what strategies this might suggest for the elected commander-in-chief.

Video of the full event is available above, or read our recap here.

Future Events Include:

The Pacific Century, keynote to be announced
6:30 p.m., April 18, 2012
New America Foundation at the Core Club, 66 E. 55th St. New York City, New York

The National Security Budget, featuring Michele Flournoy
May 15, 2012
American Enterprise Institute, 1150 17th St NW #1100 Washington, DC

The U.S. and the Greater Middle East, keynote to be announced
July 17, 2012
New America Foundation, 1899 L St. NW #400 Washington, DC

About the Series:
This fall’s presidential election comes at a critical moment for the United States and the world. The demands for U.S. leadership are substantial–particularly in the dynamic Middle East and Asia-Pacific–yet fiscal challenges are forcing reductions in American military power and defense spending, sparking new thinking about American engagement with the world. In this important election season, many Americans will look to the next U.S. president to repair the economy, but he will nonetheless inherit complicated military and diplomatic engagements and govern as commander-in-chief of the globe’s most powerful nation. As a result, the discussion of national security issues must take a central role in the 2012 presidential election.

This event is the first in a series of four campaign-season seminars on the critical issues of U.S. foreign and defense policy, sponsored by AEI, the Center for a New American Security and the New America Foundation.

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