Welcome and Introduction

Nancy Lindborg, President, U.S. Institute of Peace

Stephen J. Hadley, Chair, U.S. Institute of Peace Board of Directors

Damon Wilson, Executive Vice President, Atlantic Council

A Conversation with Secretary of State John Kerry

Moderator: Judy Woodruff, Anchor & Managing Editor, PBS NewsHour

Discussion I: The Three National Security Priorities for the Next Administration

Moderator: Martha Raddatz, Chief Global Affairs Correspondent, ABC News

• Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council
• Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas)
• Madeleine Albright, Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group
• Admiral James Stavridis (ret.), Dean of Fletcher School, Tufts Univ.

America’s National Security Transition: Passing the Baton

• Ambassador Susan Rice, National Security Advisor
• Lieutenant General Michael Flynn (ret.), National Security Advisor Designate

Peace Talks

• Sarhang Hamasaeed, Director of Middle East Programs, U.S. Institute of Peace
• Arthur Brooks,  President, America Enterprise Institute

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Discussion II: Unpredictable Instability: Managing the New Normal

Moderator: Charles Lane, Editorial Writer, The Washington Post

• James Carafano, Vice President, Heritage Foundation
• Kristalina Georgieva, CEO, World Bank (IBRD/IDA)
• Juliette Kayyem, National Security Analyst, CNN
• General Jack Keane (ret.), Chairman, Institute for the Study of War

A Conversation with Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina)

Discussion III: America’s Role in the World

• Moderator: Susan Glasser, Founding Editor, Politico Magazine
• Michèle Flournoy, President, Center for a New American Security
• Stephen J. Hadley, Chair, U.S. Institute of Peace Board of Directors
• KT McFarland, Deputy National Security Advisor Designate
• Jacob Sullivan, Marvin R. Flug Visiting Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School