Video from the 2017 Aspen Security Forum

Quinta Jurecic
Wednesday, July 26, 2017, 12:17 PM

The 2017 Aspen Security Forum convened last week from July 19 through July 22. Video from events that have been made publicly available is included below.


Securing the Homeland in the Post-Post 9/11 Era
John Kelly, Secretary of Homeland Security
Moderator: Pete Williams, Justice Correspondent, NBC News

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The 2017 Aspen Security Forum convened last week from July 19 through July 22. Video from events that have been made publicly available is included below.


Securing the Homeland in the Post-Post 9/11 Era
John Kelly, Secretary of Homeland Security
Moderator: Pete Williams, Justice Correspondent, NBC News

No Room for Error: Advising the President on Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Thomas Bossert, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Moderator: David Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent, The New York Times

One Off or Turning Point: The Airstrike in Syria
Jane Harman, President, Director, and CEO, The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Stuart Jones, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
Dina Kawar, Ambassador of Jordan to the United States
Andrew Tabler, Martin J. Gross Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Moderator: Tobin Harshaw, Editorial Writer, Bloomberg View

Putting Humpty-Dumpty Together Again: Is Iraq Finally Winning the War Against ISIS?
Mary McCord, Former Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security
Robin Wright, Distinguished Scholar, United States Institute of Peace and Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars
Fareed Yasseen, Ambassador of Iraq to the United States
Moderator: Kim Dozier, Contributing Writer, The Daily Beast; Global Analyst, CNN

Active Measures: The Kremlin Plan to Beat the West without Firing a Shot
Peter Clement, Deputy Assistant Director for Europe/Eurasia, Central Intelligence Agency
Evelyn Farkas, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia
Julia Ioffe, Columnist, The Atlantic
Moderator: Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent, CNN

Is NATO up to the Challenge of the New World Order?
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration
Arndt Freytag von Loringhoven, Assistant Secretary-General for Intelligence and Security, NATO
Piotr Wilczek, Ambassador of Poland to the United States
Peter Wittig, Ambassador of Germany to the United States
Moderator: Gordon Corera, Security Correspondent, BBC

War by Other Means
Jeff Greene, Senior Director, Global Government Affairs and Policy, Symantec
Bob Griffin, CEO, Ayasdi
Joshua Skule, Executive Assistant Director for Intelligence, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Clint Watts, Senior Fellow, George Washington University Center for Cyber & Homeland Security
Moderator: Shane Harris, Senior National Security Writer, The Wall Street Journal

The View from Langley
Mike Pompeo, Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Moderator: Bret Stephens, Columnist, The New York Times


Tour d ‘Horizon
Michael Chertoff, Former Secretary of Homeland Security
Avril Haines, Former Deputy National Security Advisor
Michael Hayden, Former Director, National Security Agency; Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Nick Rasmussen, Director, National Counterterrorism Center
Moderator: Michael Isikoff, Chief Investigative Correspondent, Yahoo News

A Deal is a Deal?
Antony Blinken, Former Deputy Secretary of State
Joseph Cirincione, President, Ploughshares Fund
Kori Schake, Research Fellow, Stanford University Hoover Institution Alex Vatanka, Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute
Moderator: Elise Labott, Global Affairs Correspondent, CNN

The Longest War
Shah Nazar Khan, First Secretary, Embassy of Pakistan
James Cunningham, Former US Ambassador to Afghanistan
Hamdullah Mohib, Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States
Robin Raphel, Former Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia
Moderator: Margaret Brennan, White House and Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent, CBS News

SOCOM: Policing the World
Raymond “Tony” Thomas, Commander, US Special Operations Command
Moderator: Catherine Herridge, Chief Intelligence Correspondent, Fox News

Under Assault
John Brennan, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency
James Clapper, Former Director of National Intelligence
Moderator: Wolf Blitzer, Anchor, The Situation Room, CNN

Congress’ Role in the Making and Execution of National Security Policy in the Trump Era
Michael McCaul, Chairman, House Committee on Homeland Security; US Representative for Texas’ 10th Congressional District
Stephanie Murphy, US Representative for Florida’s 7th Congressional District
Adam Schiff, Ranking Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; US Representative for California’s 28th Congressional District
Mac Thornberry, Chairman, House Armed Services Committee; US Representative for Texas’ 13th Congressional District
Moderator: Ryan Lizza, Washington Correspondent, The New Yorker

At the Helm of the Intelligence Community
Daniel Coats, Director of National Intelligence
Moderator: Lester Holt, Anchor, NBC Nightly News


Mission…Possible!
Robert Hannigan, Former Director, United Kingdom Government Communications Headquarters
Mike Rogers, Commander, US Cyber Command; Director, National Security Agency
Moderator: David Ignatius, Associate Editor and Columnist, The Washington Post

That Was Then
Michael Collins, Deputy Assistant Director, East Asia Mission Center, Central Intelligence Agency
Bonnie Glaser, Senior Advisor for Asia; Director, China Power Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Kenichiro Sasae, Ambassador of Japan to the United States
Moderator: Michael Crowley, Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent, POLITICO

Fight Tonight
Joseph Cirincione, President, Ploughshares Fund
Christopher Hill, Former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Dean, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver
Ahn Ho-young, Ambassador of South Korea to the United States
Moderator: Gordon Chang, Columnist, The Daily Beast

Security v. Liberty
Monika Bickert, Head of Product Policy and Counterterrorism, Facebook
Dana Boente, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security
Walter Isaacson, President and CEO, The Aspen Institute
Moderator: Ellen Nakashima, National Security Writer, The Washington Post

One State/Two State
Aaron David Miller, Vice President for New Initiatives and Distinguished Scholar, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Natan Sachs, Director, Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution
Edward Walker, Former US Ambassador to Israel
Husam Zomlot, Strategic Affairs Advisor to the President of the State of Palestine
Moderator: Ken Dilanian, Intelligence and National Security Reporter, NBC News

Tank Talk
Joseph Dunford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Moderator: Andrea Mitchell, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC News


Quinta Jurecic is a fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and a senior editor at Lawfare. She previously served as Lawfare's managing editor and as an editorial writer for the Washington Post.

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