Defending America on a Budget

For the first time in decades, the U.S. is tightening its belt on defense spending.  While traditional threats like nuclear and great power conflicts do remain, the post-9/11 challenges of terrorism and counterinsurgency have led to a paradigm shift in the way we think about our national security.  Emerging threats like cybersecurity and biowarfare also require new thinking.  Do 21st century challenges now pose a greater threat to U.S. national security than traditional threats like nuclear war, naval supremacy and the ability to fight ground wars?  Defense in an age of economic uncertainty.

Featured Guests

• David Ignatius, Columnist, The Washington Post
• General James Jones, Former National Security Advisor
• Donald Rumsfeld, Former Secretary of Defense
• Chuck Hagel, Former U.S. Senator, Chairman, Atlantic Council
• Admiral James Stavridis, Supreme Allied Commander Europe
• Max Boot, Council on Foreign Relations
• Jonathan Tepperman, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs
• Robert Kagan, The Brookings Institution
• Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
• General Richard Meyers, Former Head of Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Ian Bremmer, President and Founder, Eurasia Group
• Trita Parsi, Founder and President, National Iranian American Council
• Barney Frank, U.S. Congressman
• Laurie Garrett, Council on Foreign Relations
• Micah Zenko, Council on Foreign Relations
• Danielle Pletka, American Enterprise Institute
• Richard Lugar, Former Republican Senator
• Tom Ridge, Former Secretary of Homeland Security
• Will McCants, Johns Hopkins University
• Doug Bandow, Cato Institute