Speaker Bios  Peter Bergen is a print and television journalist; a Schwartz senior fellow at the New America Foundation in Washington D.C; a research fellow at New York University’s Center on Law and Security and CNN’s national security analyst. Bergen has written about al Qaeda, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and counterterrorism for a range of American newspapers and…

Featuring Lt. Col. John Nagl (Ret.), president, Center for a New American Security David Kilcullen, The Crumpton Group Janine Davidson, U.S. Department of Defense Roger Cressey, Good Harbor Consulting, former NSC Staff Member Michael Sheehan, Torch Hill Partners, former Deputy for Counterterrorism, NYPD Peter Bergen, CNN Terrorism Analyst, author of The Osama bin Laden I…

One of the nation’s leading constitutional theorists, Philip Bobbitt’s interests include not only constitutional law but also international security and the history of strategy. He has published seven books: Tragic Choices (with Calabresi) (Norton, 1978), Constitutional Fate (Oxford, 1982), Democracy and Deterrence: U.S. Nuclear Strategy (with Freedman and Treverton) (St. Martin’s, 1989), Constitutional Interpretation (Blackwell,…

SPEAKER BIOS  Hooman Majd is the author of The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran. He was born in Tehran, Iran in 1957, and lived abroad from infancy with his family who was in the diplomatic service. He has written for GQ, Newsweek, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The New…

SPEAKER BIOS Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and blogger whose articles and video documentaries have appeared in The Daily Beast, The Nation, The Huffington Post, Salon.com, Al Jazeera English and many other publications. He is a senior writer for The Daily Beast and a writing fellow for the Nation Institute. His book, Republican Gomorrah:…

SPEAKER BIOS Joshua Dratel is an attorney in New York City, and practices criminal defense law in the state and federal courts.  In his 28 years as a lawyer, his practice has included a wide range of matters, including “white collar,” “organized crime,” drugs, sex offenses, and capital cases.  Mr. Dratel has been defense counsel in…

Featuring: General John P. Abizaid, USA (Ret.) Lt. Gen. David W. Barno, USA (Ret.) Philip Carter Kathy Roth Douquet Karen J. Greenberg Eric Greitens James Jacobs Mark Jacobson Fred Kaplan Colonel W. Pat Lang, USA (Ret.) Dr. John A. Nagl Timothy Nichols Suzanne Nossel Frank Schaeffer Shanea Watkins Schedule of Events 9:15 a.m. – Welcome…