Events from week of August 26, 2022
The Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security takes a look at America’s departure from Afghanistan, one year later. As Afghanistan faces a grim and uncertain future, catch expert highlights on the consequences of the US withdrawal and what it meant for Afghanistan and the United States. Meanwhile, the Forward Defense Initiative explore the current state and future trajectory of the space industrial base.
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How much courage and true grit it takes… to claw your way into an airport and somehow find your way to the United States. I want that person on my team.
ADM James Stavridis, USN (Ret),
Vice Chair, Global Affairs and Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
A lot of people within the walls of the Pentagon would be really surprised at the sense of urgency that the private sector really has.
Many vaughn,
Chief executive officer and founder, GXO, Inc.
The Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security works to develop sustainable, nonpartisan strategies to address the most important security challenges facing the United States and the world.
Forward Defense leads the Atlantic Council’s US and global defense programming, developing actionable recommendations for the United States and its allies and partners to compete, innovate, and navigate the rapidly evolving character of warfare. Through its work on US defense policy and force design, the military applications of advanced technology, space security, strategic deterrence, and defense industrial revitalization, it informs the strategies, policies, and capabilities that the United States will need to deter, and, if necessary, prevail in major-power conflict.
