New American Strategies for Security and Peace • OCTOBER 28 & 29 2003 • WASHINGTON DC

New American Strategies for Security and Peace
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Tuesday, October 28th

REGISTRATION: Marriott Foyer (outside Salon 1)

12:00-1:30 Salon 1	Lunch
	Introduction: Theodore C. Sorensen
	Speaker: General Wesley K. Clark, USA (Ret.) (via satellite) *Principles of American National Security in the 21st Century*

1:45-3:00 Salon 1	Panel 1: Is America Safer?: The Bush Doctrine and National Security
	Chair: Samuel R. Berger

	Panelists:
	•	Issue 1: Dominance, preemption, wars of choice and unilateralism – Ivo H. Daalder
	•	Issue 2: The impact of unilateralism on American security – Clyde Prestowitz
	•	Issue 3: Recognizing the interests of other nations – Susan E. Rice
	•	Issue 4: The impact of economic policy on national security – Robert E. Rubin

3:15-4:30 Salon 1	Panel 2: Beyond Regime Change: Winning the Peace
	Chair: Richard Holbrooke

	Panelists:
	•	Issue 1: The lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan – Joseph C. Wilson
	•	Issue 2: A strategic framework for winning the peace – Flynt Leverett
	•	Issue 3: Attacking the roots of terrorism – Jessica Stern
	•	Issue 4: Cooperation and burden sharing with allies and international organizations – Major General William L. Nash, USA (Ret.)
*--- Break plus refreshments* ---**
5:00-6:15 Salon 1	Panel 3: A Critical Challenge: Stopping the Spread of the Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Weapons
	Chair: William J. Perry

	Panelists:
	•	Issue 1: Overhauling counter-proliferation, and the crisis in North Korea – Ashton B. Carter
	•	Issue 2: Global non-proliferation tools, and the case of Iran – Rose Gottemoeller
	•	Issue 3: Proliferation of chemical and biological weapons – Amy Smithson
	•	Issue 4: Combating proliferation and the new arms race – Wendy Sherman
*--- Break* ---**
6:30-7:30	Reception

7:30-9:00	Dinner
	Introduction: David L. Aaron
Salon 1	Speaker: Zbigniew Brzezinski
	Introduction: Lawrence Korb
	Speaker: Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE)
	*American Security in an Era of Preeminence*

Wednesday, October 29th

REGISTRATION: Cotillion Ballroom Foyer

7:30-9:00 Cotillion Ballroom	Breakfast
	Introduction: John Podesta
	Speaker: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)
	Introduction: Rodney Slater
	Speaker: Governor Mark Warner (D-VA)
	*Homeland Security Beyond the Beltway*

9:15-10:30 Cotillion Ballroom	Panel 4: Is America Prepared?: Protecting the Homeland
	Chair: Congresswoman Jane Harman (D-CA) (subject to congressional schedule)

	Panelists:
	•	Issue 1: Homeland security from inside the beltway – Randall Larsen
	•	Issue 2: Hometown security: Meeting the needs of America’s communities – Mayor Ed Garza (San Antonio)
	•	Issue 3: Preparing for the worst: Are we ready for a biological, chemical or nuclear attack? – Margaret A. Hamburg
	•	Issue 4: Missing the mark: Targeting the real terrorists – Juliette Kayyem

10:35-11:50 Cotillion Ballroom	Panel 5: America’s Instruments of Power: An Agenda of Reform
	Chair: Congressman James A. Leach (R-IA) (subject to congressional schedule)

	Panelists:
	•	Issue 1: Looking ahead: Implications for U.S. military force structure, defense spending and reform – Michèle A. Flournoy
	•	Issue 2: Deploying the full arsenal: Using America’s military and diplomatic power – Lieutenant General Bernard E. Trainor, USMC (Ret.)
	•	Issue 3: Maximizing our intelligence capabilities: Credibility, cooperation and organization – James Steinberg
	•	Issue 4. A more effective anti-terrorism agenda – Rand Beers

12:00	Introduction: Togo D. West, Jr
	Speaker: Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) (subject to Senate schedule)
Cotillion	*Rebuilding our Alliances*
Ballroom	Presentation will be followed by lunch.