Please join the Scowcroft Center‘s Forward Defense practice for our latest event, “The Next National Defense Strategy and the Imperative of Closer Cooperation with Allies.” This public event will take place on Wednesday, January 5, 2022, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. EST via Zoom. To receive the Zoom link, please register by clicking the REGISTER button above.

The National Defense Strategy (NDS), to be published in early 2022, is one of the most important documents the Biden administration will produce. As the United States confronts a range of multifaceted and simultaneous security challenges, from strategic competition with China and Russia to violent extremism, disinformation, and climate change, the 2022 NDS will provide a blueprint for navigating these threats and revitalizing US global leadership.

This Forward Defense event will convene current and former senior government officials, experts, and industry executives to discuss the biggest takeaways for the NDS and how the United States will meet future defense challenges in cooperation with allies and partners. Speakers include former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General James Cartwright, former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment the Honorable Ellen Lord, and former CIA Director and Commander of Central Command General David Petraeus.

The event also mark the release of a new Atlantic Council Strategy Paper, Seizing the Advantage: A Vision for the Next US National Defense Strategy, which articulates a vision and key recommendations for the next NDS, including:

1. A more active role for the Department of Defense in growing hybrid warfare challenges;
2. A new operational concept that embraces joint (i.e., among the US military services and their respective domains) and combined (i.e., among the United States and its allies and partners) warfighting;
3. Investment and divestment priorities to build a data-driven force of the future; and
4. A rebalance in force posture away from the Middle East and toward a more globally oriented model.

We hope you can join us for what promises to be an important and timely discussion. To receive the virtual Zoom link, please register by completing the registration form below. The event features:

The strategic environment and major imperatives for the next NDS

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Perspectives from allies

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Strategic competition in practice

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Dec 22, 2021

Seizing the advantage: A vision for the next US national defense strategy

By Clementine G. Starling-Daniels, Tyson Wetzel, Christian Trotti

In this latest installment of the Atlantic Council Strategy Papers series, Forward Defense’s Clementine Starling, Lt Col Tyson Wetzel, and Christian Trotti articulate their vision and recommendations for the next US National Defense Strategy, including clearer prioritization, investments and divestments, reposturing of US forces, a new warfighting concept, and a focus on transnational threats like hybrid warfare and climate change.

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