Engagement over Retreat: The Bipartisan History of American Leadership

On Friday, January 24th, the Clements Center for National Security and the LBJ School of Public Affairs will host a conference on the importance of internationalism, titled Engagement over Retreat: The Bipartisan History of American Leadership. Hear from keynote speakers James Steinberg, Dean of the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University and former Deputy Secretary of State, and Kristen Silverberg, President and COO of Business Roundtable and former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, as well as various panels. View the full schedule below.

Schedule for the Day

SESSION I: Keynote and Panel 1

• 9:30 am   •   Registration
• 9:55 am   •   Welcome
• 10:00 am – 11:00 am   •   Keynote 1: U.S. International Engagement: Now More than Ever
  • James Steinberg, Dean, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; Former Deputy Secretary of State
• 11:00 am – 12:15 pm   •   Panel 1: The Need for American Leadership in a Fragmenting World
  • Alina Polyakova, President and CEO of the Center for European Policy Analysis
  • Dan Twining, President of the International Republican Institute
  • Kate Weaver, Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs; Executive Director of Operations, Innovations for Peace and Development, UT-Austin
  • Moderator: Jeremi Suri, Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs, University of Texas at Austin

SESSION II: Keynote and Panel 2

• 12:15 pm – 12:45 pm   •   Lunch
• 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm   •   Keynote 2: Peace Through Strength: Conservative Internationalism and the New Economic Battlefield
  • Kristen Silverberg, President and COO, Business Roundtable; Former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union
• 1:45 pm – 3:00 pm   •   Panel 2: The Consequences of Retreat: Implications for U.S. Security and Global Stability
  • Alexandra Sukalo, Assistant Professor of National Security Affairs, LBJ School of Public Affairs; Senior National Security Fellow, Clements Center for National Security
  • Tanvi Madan, Senior Fellow for Center for Asia Policy Studies, Foreign Policy Program, Brookings Institution
  • Himamauli Das, Consultant and Former Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (Acting)
  • Michael Dennis, Associate Professor of Practice, LBJ School of Public Affairs; former Chief of Intelligence Operations and Chief of Strategic Futures, Army Futures Command
  • Moderator: Rachel Hoff, Policy Director, Ronald Reagan Institute
• 3:00 pm   •   Conference adjourns