2020 Aspen Security Forum
August 4 - 6, 2020 | Virtual
The State of America and the World: A Conversation with Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
Speaker: Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State
Moderator: Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent, The New York Times
The Kill Chain: Using Technology to Win Tomorrow’s War
Speaker: Chris Brose, Chief Strategy Officer, Anduril Technologies
Moderator: David Ignatius, Columnist and Associate Editor, The Washington Post
The Room Where It Happened: A Conversation with John Bolton
Speaker: John Bolton, former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Moderator: Carol Lee, National Political Reporter, NBC News
The View from the U.N. on its 75th Anniversary: Reflections on Purpose, Direction, and Dangers
Speaker: Kelly Craft, Ambassador of the U.S. to the U.N.
Moderator: Eli Lake, Columnist, Bloomberg News
Technology and Democracy: Protecting the Digital Landscape and Our Elections
Speaker: Laura Rosenberger, Director, Alliance for Securing Democracy, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Speaker: Renee DiResta, Research Manager, Stanford Internet Observatory
Moderator: Cecilia Kang, Technology Reporter, The New York Times
Reason for Hope: A Conversation with Nick Kristof
Speaker: Nicholas Kristof, Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times
Moderator: Nicholas Burns, Harvard Professor and Executive Director, the Aspen Strategy Group
The View from Beijing: A Conversation with Ambassador Cui Tiankai
Speaker: Cui Tiankai, Ambassador of China to the United States
Moderator: Andrea Mitchell, Chief Foreign Correspondent, NBC News
The View from Australia: A Conversation with Prime Minister Scott Morrison
Speaker: Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia
Moderator: Margaret Brennan, Host, Face the Nation, CBS
The View from Singapore: A Conversation with Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan
Speaker: Vivian Balakrishnan, Foreign Minister of Singapore
Moderator: Gideon Rachman, Chief Foreign Affairs Columnist, The Financial Times
Do Morals Matter: A Conversation with Joseph Nye
Speaker: Joseph Nye, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Harvard University
Moderator: Gideon Rachman, Chief Foreign Affairs Columnist, The Financial Times
The View from Athens: A Conversation with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Speaker: Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece
Moderator: Nicholas Burns, Harvard Professor and Executive Director, the Aspen Strategy Group
America at Home: Poverty and Inequality as National Security Issues
Speaker: Wes Moore, CEO, Robin Hood Foundation
Moderator: Dina Powell McCormick, Former Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Maximum Pressure: America’s Strategy to Counter Iran
Speaker: Brian Hook, U.S. Special Representative for Iran
Moderator: Nick Schifrin, Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent, PBS NewsHour
Iran, North Korea, and Beyond
Speaker: Wendy Sherman, Harvard Professor and former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Moderator: David Sanger, National Security Correspondent and Senior Writer, The New York Times
The View from the Pentagon: A Conversation with Secretary of Defense Mark Esper
Speaker: Mark Esper, U.S. Secretary of Defense
Moderator: David McCormick, CEO, Bridgewater Associates
Fact or Fiction: Is the “Deep State” Real?
Speaker: David Rohde, Executive Editor, Newyorker.com
Moderator: Dina Temple Raston, Investigations Correspondent, NPR
Foreign Policy Choices: Recommendations from Past National Security Advisors
Speaker: Tom Donilon, former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Speaker: Stephen Hadley, former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Moderator: Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent, CNN
Foreign Policy Choices for 2021 and Beyond
Speaker: Antony Blinken, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
Moderator: Gerald Seib, Executive Editor, The Wall Street Journal
A Conversation on U.S.-China Relations
Speaker: Elizabeth Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Minxin Pei, Tom and Margot Pritzker ’72 Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow, Claremont McKenna College
Speaker: Mike Pillsbury, Director, Center on Chinese Strategy, the Hudson Institute
Moderator: Joseph Nye, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Harvard University
The View from Taipei: Battling Disinformation and Hacking a Pandemic
Speaker: Audrey Tang, Digital Minister, the Republic of China
Moderator: Anja Manuel, Director, the Aspen Strategy Group
Cyberspace: A New Frontier
Speaker: Shivshankar Menon, former National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India
Speaker: Tanvi Madan, Director, the India Project, and Senior Fellow, Brookings
Moderator: Anja Manuel, Director, the Aspen Strategy Group
COVID-19 and the Health of the Global Economic System
Speaker: Lawrence H. Summers, President Emeritus, Harvard University
Moderator: Gillian Tett, Chair of the Editorial Board and U.S. Editor-at-Large, The Financial Times
The View from the Hill: Protecting Liberal Values with Digital Tools
Speaker: Mark Warner, Ranking Member, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Moderator: David Sanger, National Security Correspondent and Senior Writer, The New York Times
Science, Solutions, and Solidarity: A Conversation with WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros, Dr. Mike Ryan, and Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove
Speaker: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization
Speaker: Mike Ryan, Executive Director, Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization
Speaker: Maria van Kerkhove, COVID-19 Technical Lead, World Health Organization
Moderator: Lester Holt, Host, NBC Nightly News
On the Front Lines: Race, the Pandemic, and Recession
Speaker: Keisha Lance Bottoms, Mayor of Atlanta
Speaker: Francis Suarez, Mayor of Miami
Speaker: Mitch Landrieu, former Mayor of New Orleans
Moderator: Kristen Welker, White House Correspondent, NBC News
Reflecting on the 75th Anniversary of Hiroshima
Speaker: Jerry Brown, Executive Chairman, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Moderator: Rachel Bronson, CEO & President, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
America’s Endangered Alliances
Speaker: Mira Rapp-Hooper, Stephen A. Schwartzman Senior Fellow for Asia Studies, the Council on Foreign Relations
Moderator: Nicholas Burns, Harvard Professor and Executive Director, the Aspen Strategy Group
Speaker: Julianne Smith, former Deputy National Security Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden
Brave New World: How COVID-19 Will Reshape the Globe
Speaker: Laurie Garrett, Author, The Coming Plague
Speaker: David Leonhardt, Writer, The New York Times
Moderator: Susan Glasser, Staff Writer, The New Yorker
A New Defense Paradigm: Modernizing the U.S. Department of Defense
Speaker: Michele Flournoy, former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Moderator: Courtney Kube, Pentagon Correspondent, NBC News
On the Front Lines of Defense Innovation in the Digital World
Speaker: Mike Brown, Director, DIU
Speaker: Kath Hicks, Senior Vice President, CSIS
Speaker: Eric Chewning, Partner, McKinsey & Company
Speaker: Ryan Tseng, CEO and Co-Founder, Shield AI
Moderator: Anja Manuel, Director, the Aspen Strategy Group