The National Security Agenda
Foreign Policy Challenges in Obama's Second Term
- In-Person
- New America
740 15th St NW #900
Washington, D.C. 20005 - 12:15PM – 1:45PM EDT
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On Tuesday, November 26, 2013, from 12:15 pm to 1:45 pm, the New America Foundation, the American Enterprise Institute, and the Center for a New American Security will host an in-depth discussion on the foreign policy challenges faced by the Obama administration in its second term. With a politically turbulent Middle East, a financially teetering EU, and an increasingly technologically competitive Asia-Pacific region, Obama and his administration will face critical foreign policy decisions in the second half of his final term.
This event continues a unique collaboration among these institutions in the presidential campaign season, “Election 2012: The National Security Agenda.” Past conversations covered the U.S. role in the world, policy in East Asia, and the national security budget.
About the Series:
The demands for U.S. leadership are substantial–particularly in the dynamic Middle East and Asia-Pacific–yet fiscal challenges are forcing reductions in defense spending, sparking new thinking about American engagement with the world. In his final years in office, Obama and his administration will be faced will difficult and pressing foreign policy issues across a wide range of topics and geographic regions. This event is the eighth in a series of campaign-season seminars on the critical issues of U.S. foreign and defense policy, hosted by AEI, the Center for a New American Security and the New America Foundation.
Participants
Ambassador Dennis Ross
Counselor, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Former Special Assistant to President Obama
Former National Security Council senior director for the Central Region
Former Special Advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
Anne-Marie Slaughter
President and CEO, New America Foundation
Former Director of Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State
Robert Kaplan
Chief Geopolitical Analyst, Stratfor
Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security
Moderators:
Richard Fontaine
Center for a New American Security
Thomas Donnelly
American Enterprise Institute
Peter Bergen
New America Foundation