The Aspen Strategy Group was delighted to host the 13th Aspen Security Forum in Aspen, Colorado on July 19 – 22, 2022.
Our flagship Forum featured an array of decision-makers and thought leaders from Washington, D.C. and around the world. Domestic and foreign government officials, business executives, leading academics, and noted journalists convened for three and a half days to discuss solutions to the most pressing national security and foreign policy challenges of our time.
Speakers and Moderators Included
66th U.S. Secretary of State Co-Chair, Aspen Strategy Group
Dean Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School Co-Chair, Aspen Strategy Group
Partner, Rice, Hadley, Gates, & Manuel Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
7th U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security
40th U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber & Emerging Technology
Under Secretary for Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Senator for Iowa
U.S. Senator for Virginia
26th U.S. Secretary of the Air Force
Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
Chief of Space Operations, U.S. Space Force
Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command
Commander, U.S. Southern Command
Commander, NORAD and USNORTHCOM
Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific
Chief of Naval Research, Office of Naval Research
Former CEO and Chairman, Google
Co-Founder, LinkedIn and Partner, Greylock
Minister of Defense, Israel
Minister of Defence, National Security and Policing, Fiji
Director-General, Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service
Deputy Foreign Minister, Poland
Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Kingdom of Bahrain
Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the United States
Ambassador of Singapore to the United States
Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations
22nd U.S. Secretary of Defense
71st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
38th U.S. Secretary of Commerce
27th U.S. Secretary of Defense
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, WestExec Advisors
Former Executive Director, UN World Food Programme
22nd U.S. National Security Advisor
20th U.S. National Security Advisor
Agenda
Day 1: Tuesday, July 19
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Registration Open for Guests at the Google Cloud Pavilion
5:00 PM
Opening Program in the Greenwald Pavilion
Introductory Remarks
Dan Porterfield, President and CEO, The Aspen Institute
Anja Manuel, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum
5:10 PM
Fireside Chat with General John W. “Jay” Raymond, Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force
Moderator: Mary Louise Kelly, Co-Host, All Things Considered, NPR
5:50 PM
Fireside Chat with Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas, 7th Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Moderator: Trymaine Lee, MSNBC Correspondent
6:30 – 7:45 PM
Opening Reception at Doerr-Hosier Building, Meadows Resort
Day 2: Wednesday, July 20
8:45 AM
Anja Manuel, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum
Joseph Nye, Co-Chair, Aspen Strategy Group and Dean Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
8:50 AM
China’s Backyard? U.S. Strategy in the Indo-Pacific
Elizabeth Economy, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Admiral Linda L. Fagan, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard
General Charles Flynn, Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific
Keoki Jackson, Senior Vice President and General Manager, MITRE National Security Sector
Inia Seruiratu, Minister of Defence, National Security, and Policing, Fiji *no longer able to attend
Moderator: Joseph Nye, Co-Chair, Aspen Strategy Group and Dean Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
9:45 AM
Fireside Chat on Cyber, Crypto, and Quantum with Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor, Cyber & Emerging Technology, National Security Council
Moderator: David Sanger, White House and National Security Correspondent, The New York Times
10:15 AM
Cyber, Domestic Terrorism, and Spies Inside the System
*In Collaboration with Aspen Digital
Jane Holl Lute, Former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Matthew Olsen, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, U.S. Department of Justice
Moderator: David Sanger, White House and National Security Correspondent, The New York Times
10:45 AM
Fireside Chat with General Charles Q. Brown, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, U.S. Air Force
Moderator: Courtney Kube, Pentagon Correspondent, NBC News
11:20 AM
Fireside Chat on Latin America with General Laura Richardson, Commander, U.S. Southern Command
Moderator: David Ignatius, Columnist and Associate Editor, The Washington Post
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM
Fireside Chat with Ambassador Qin Gang, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the U.S.
Moderator: Edward Luce, U.S. National Editor, Financial Times
1:40 PM
The Future of Resilient Supply Chains
Bruce Andrews, Corporate Vice President and Chief Government Affairs Officer, Intel Corporation
Stephen E. Biegun, Former Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State
Mara Motherway, Senior Vice President of Government and Customer Relations, Peraton
Moderator: Peter Spiegel, U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times
2:20 PM
Fireside Chat on Modernization and the Future of Warfare with Secretary Frank Kendall, 26th Secretary, U.S. Air Force
Moderator: David Ignatius, Columnist and Associate Editor, The Washington Post
2:55 PM
Turning the Titanic: Is the U.S. Military Innovating Enough?
Reid Hoffman, Partner, Greylock Partners
Lorin Selby, Chief of Naval Research, Office of Naval Research
Moderator: Mary Louise Kelly, Co-Host, All Things Considered, NPR
3:40 PM
Fireside Chat with Director William J. Burns, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Moderator: Andrea Mitchell, Chief Washington Correspondent and Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC News
4:25 PM
Closing Remarks
Anja Manuel, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum
4:30 – 5:15 PM
Break
5:15 – 6:45 PM
Wednesday Evening in Collaboration with Aspen Community Programs
Greenwald Pavilion
Representative Ruben Gallego, Chairman, Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations, House Armed Services Committee
Fiona Hill, Senior Fellow, Center on the United States and Europe, Brookings Institution
Mikk Marran, Director-General, Foreign Intelligence Service of Estonia
Moderator: Susan Glasser, Staff Writer, The New Yorker
Fireside Chat with Vladimir Ashurkov, Executive Director, Anti-Corruption Foundation
Moderator: Susan Glasser, Staff Writer, The New Yorker
Freezing, Seizing, and More: Behind the Sanctions on Russia
Wally Adeyemo, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Lisa Monaco, Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
Moderator: David Ignatius, Columnist and Associate Editor, The Washington Post
6:45 – 8:00 PM
Reception hosted by Google
Google Cloud Pavilion
Day 3: Thursday, July 21
8:45 AM
Anja Manuel, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum
8:50 AM
Fireside Chat with Richard Moore, Chief of MI6, UK Secret Intelligence Service
Moderator: Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent, CNN
9:30 AM
Kay Bailey Hutchison, Former U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO
Representative Brendan Boyle, Member, House Committee on Ways and Means
Ivo Daalder, Former U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO
Marcin Przydacz, Deputy Foreign Minister, Poland
Moderator: Dafna Linzer, Executive Editor, POLITICO
10:15 AM
Douglas Lute, Former U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO
Adela Raz, Former Ambassador of Afghanistan to the U.S.
Mikie Sherrill, Member, House Committee on Armed Services *no longer able to attend
Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America
Moderator: Peter Spiegel, U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times
11:00 AM
Who Cares? How the World Views Conflict with Russia and Competition with China
María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, El Salvador *no longer able to attend
Jendayi Frazer, Former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Martin Kimani, Permanent Ambassador of Kenya to the UN
Ashok Mirpuri, Ambassador of Singapore to the U.S.
Moderator: Amy Walter, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, The Cook Political Report
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
Lunch
12:45 PM
The Abraham Accords Two Years On: A New Middle East?
Fireside Chat with Benjamin Gantz, Minister of Defense, Israel
Fireside Chat with Abdulla Al Khalifa, Undersecretary for Political Affairs, Bahrain
Moderator: Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor-in-Chief, The Atlantic
1:30 PM
Fireside Chat with Robert Gates, 22nd Secretary, U.S. Department of Defense and Jane Harman, Distinguished Fellow and President Emerita, Wilson Center
2:00 PM
Food Security Is National Security
Ertharin Cousin, Former Executive Director, UN World Food Programme
Michael Froman, Vice Chairman and President of Strategic Growth, Mastercard
Eileen O'Connor, Senior Vice President, The Rockefeller Foundation
Moderator: Sarah Smith, North America Editor, BBC News
2:40 PM
*In Collaboration with the Aspen Energy and Environment Program
Jason Bordoff, Founding Director, The Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
Meghan O’Sullivan, Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
Daniel Poneman, Former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
Moderator: Joseph Nye, Co-Chair, Aspen Strategy Group and Dean Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
3:20 PM
Technology and National Security
Michèle Flournoy, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, WestExec Advisors
Jane Harman, Distinguished Fellow and President Emerita, Wilson Center
Kent Walker, President, Global Affairs, Google LLC
Moderator: David Sanger, White House and National Security Correspondent, The New York Times
4:05 PM
Fireside Chat with General Glen D. VanHerck, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command
Moderator: Steve Clemons, Founding Editor at Large, Semafor
4:35 PM
Miriam Krieger, Permanent Professor, U.S. Air Force Academy
P.W. Singer, Strategist and Senior Fellow, New America
Daniel H. Wilson, Author and Screenwriter, Iron Cloud Entertainment
Moderator: Steve Clemons, Founding Editor at Large, Semafor
5:05 – 5:30 PM
Break
5:30 – 6:40 PM
Thursday Evening in Collaboration with Aspen Community Programs
Greenwald Pavilion
5:30 PM
Virtual Fireside Chat with Secretary Gina Raimondo, 40th Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce led by
Penny Pritzker, 38th Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce
5:50 PM
Global Economy: Recovery or Recession Bound?
*In Collaboration with the Aspen Economic Strategy Group
Zoë Baird, CEO and President, Markle Foundation
Penny Pritzker, 38th Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce
Lawrence H. Summers, 71st Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Robert B. Zoellick, Former U.S. Trade Representative
Moderator: Edward Luce, U.S. National Editor, Financial Times
6:40 PM
Close
Day 4: Friday, July 22
9:00 AM
Opening Remarks
Niamh King, Director Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum
9:05 AM
National Security Today: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities
General Richard Clarke, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command
Representative Jason Crow, Member, House Committee on Armed Services and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Senator Joni Ernst, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, Senate Armed Services Committee
Moderator: Courtney Kube, Pentagon Correspondent, NBC News
9:45 AM
The 21st Century Nuclear Arms Race
Emma Belcher, President, Ploughshares Fund
Rose Gottemoeller, Former Deputy Secretary General, NATO
Moderator: Dafna Linzer, Executive Editor, POLITICO
10:25 AM
A New Frontier: National Security, Artificial Intelligence, and Misinformation
Eric Schmidt, Chairman, National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence
Brad Smith, President and Vice Chair, Microsoft
Senator Mark Warner, Chairman, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Moderator: Anja Manuel, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security
11:15 AM
American Foreign Policy Challenges: Russia and Beyond
Victoria Nuland, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Moderator: Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent, CNN
11:45 AM
Fireside Chat on the Future of Taiwan with Mark Esper, 27th Secretary, U.S. Department of Defense
Moderator: Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent, The New York Times
12:15 PM
Former U.S. National Security Advisors Reflect on the State of the World
Thomas Donilon, 22nd U.S. National Security Advisor
Stephen Hadley, 20th U.S. National Security Advisor
Condoleezza Rice, 66th Secretary, U.S. Department of State, and 19th U.S. National Security Advisor
Moderator: Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent, The New York Times
1:00 PM
Closing Fireside Chat with Jake Sullivan, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Moderator: Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor-in-Chief, The Atlantic
1:45 PM
Anja Manuel, Executive Director, Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Security Forum
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