2020-2021

General David Berger
Commandant of the Marine Corps
“Force Design 2030 and the Marine Corps’ Integrated Role in an Era of Peer Competition.”

Lt. General Liqori
Deputy Chief of Space Operations, Strategy, Plans, Programs, Requirements, and Analysis, United States Space Force
“US Space Force: Vital Security Interests and Future Implications.”

U.S. Representative Elissa Slotkin
Michigan’s 8th Congressional District
“U.S. National Security Priorities for Congress.”

Ms. Maria Langan-Riekhof
Director of the Strategic Futures Group at the National Intelligence Council
Mr. Andrew Loomis
Director of Ideas and Identities in the Strategic Futures Group in the National Intelligence Council
Martin Swartz
Acting Vice Chair of the National Intelligence Council
“Global Trends 2040: Report from the National Intelligence Council.”

Mr. Ylli Bajraktari
Executive Director, National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence
“Developing a U.S. Strategic Approach to Artificial Intelligence.”

Rear Admiral Gour-Lavie
Former Head of Naval Operations, Former Commander of Submarine Flotilla for Israel.
“Israel’s Maritime Strategy.”

Dr. Maria Stephan
Author, Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict.
“The Efficacy of Civil Resistance in History and the Dynamics of Waging Nonviolent Conflict in Today’s Security Environment.”

Mr. Clint Watts
Distinguished Research Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute
“Insights and Lessons Learned on Foreign Influence in the U.S. 2020 Elections.” 

Ambassador Kurt Volker
Former US Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations and US Ambassador to NATO
“Eurasia and the West: Engage or Engage?”

Dr. J.M. Berger
Author, Extremism; ISIS:  The State of Terror and Jihad Joe:  Americans Who Go to War in the Name of Islam
“U.S. Domestic Extremism:  Ideologies and Developments in 2021”