Is U.S. National Security in Jeopardy?

Explore the findings of the U.S. Congressional Strategic Posture Commission's final report, "America's Strategic Posture," with four of its commissioners. This bipartisan group of former officials, appointed by Congress, highlights the unprecedented threats facing the United States, including aggressive behavior from authoritarian regimes and the build-up of nuclear weapons by China and Russia. Join us for a discussion on the recommendations made by the commission and their implications for U.S. defense strategy, nuclear posture, alliances, defense spending, and arms control.

Gain insights into how the United States can address these threats and ensure national security in an increasingly complex international environment.

Photos courtesy the speakers.

December 5, 2023

Speakers

Dr. Madelyn Creedon
Former Principal Deputy Administrator, DOE/NNSA; Former Assistant Secretary of Defense; Former Armed Services Committee Staff; Chair, U.S. Congressional Strategic Posture Commission

Rose Gottemoeller
Steven C. Házy Lecturer, Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and its Center for International Security and Cooperation; Commissioner, U.S. Congressional Strategic Posture Commission

Jon Kyl
Former U.S. Senator (R-AZ); Vice Chair, U.S. Congressional Strategic Posture Commission

Dr. Gloria Duffy
Co-President and Co-CEO, Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California; Commissioner, U.S. Congressional Strategic Posture Commission

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[judithwake]

No !Democracy is the best type of government as long as it's corporate aspect is not preditory as it is now, and the public is actually educated and taught creative responsive thinking rather than conditioned into reactive limited thinking as it is now.

[judithwake]

Great conversation ! Thank you for sharing it with us !

[terrizittritsch]

The senator sounds like someone in the pocket of the military industrial complex! We already spend more than any other country on defense. Our, ‘your’ business policies dismantled and outsourced our industrial complex in the pursuit of profit. What a mess.

[trinelange]

A scary story about us humans is that we have to develop new weapons of mass destruktion in the hope that if we have the most and the most detructive ones, we will not have to use them.

[JSwift-jqwn]

The enemy is within. A second civil war has already begun. The melting pot has indigestion. Leadership is lacking. "To understand why democracy is the worst form of government all you need is a short conversation about politics with the average citizen.
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