2014 FPI Forum |-KIRKUK AGAIN- Foreign Policy Initiative

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Wednesday, December 3rd

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The Newseum555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, D.C. 20001

The 2014 Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI) Forum will be held at the Newseum in Washington, DC on Wednesday, December 3rd. This year's conference, "A World In Crisis: The Need for American Leadership," will make the case for robust U.S. engagement in response to a range of foreign policy crises. The conference agenda with confirmed speakers is below.

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Conference Agenda 

8:00 AM Breakfast and Registration

9:00 AM "Stopping Iran's Nuclear Ambitions"

Senator Bob Corker (R-TN), Incoming Chair, Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Fred Hiatt, Editorial Page Editor, The Washington Post (Moderator)

9:30 AM "National Security Leadership in a New Congress"

Senator-Elect Tom Cotton (R-AR), Member, House Foreign Affairs Committee

Representative Mike Pompeo (R-KS), Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Dr. William Kristol, Board Member, Foreign Policy Initiative (Moderator)

10:30 AM "Providing for the Common Defense"

Ambassador Eric S. Edelman, Board Member, Foreign Policy Initiative

Representative Jim Marshall (D-GA), Member, National Defense Panel

11:45 AM "Restoring American Leadership"

Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Incoming Chair, Senate Armed Services Committee

Dr. Robert Kagan, Board Member, Foreign Policy Initiative (Moderator)

12:30 PM Lunch

1:00 PM "The Middle East in Chaos"

Ambassador Robert S. Ford, Former U.S. Ambassador to Syria

Ambassador James F. Jeffrey, Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq

Dr. Kimberly Kagan, President, Institute for the Study of War

2:00 PM "Putin's Challenge to the West"

Myroslava Gongadze, TV Anchor and Journalist, Voice of America Ukrainian Service

David J. Kramer, Senior Director for Human Rights and Human Freedom, McCain Institute

Peter Pomerantsev, Author and Television Producer

James Kirchick, Fellow, Foreign Policy Initiative (Moderator)

3:00 PM "America in a Changing World"

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), Member, Senate Armed Services Committee

Dr. William Kristol, Board Member, Foreign Policy Initiative (Moderator)

4:00 PM "Rebuilding the American Defense Consensus"

Governor Bobby Jindal (R-LA), Governor of Louisiana

Senator Jim Talent (R-MO), Member, National Defense Panel (Moderator)

 

Full summaries of our past Forums are available on our website, including video, key quotations, and transcripts: 2009, 2010, 20112012, and 2013.

For questions or media inquiries, please email FPI's Director of External Affairs Rachel Hoff at rhoff@foreignpolicyi.org.

http://www.foreignpolicyi.org/2014forum