Heritage Foundation Leadership for America

Ambassador John R. Bolton
Author

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President,
The Heritage Foundation

Featuring Keynote Remarks by:

Dr. Jaushieh Joseph Wu
Representative,
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative’s Office,
Washington DC

Followed by Discussions of:

PANEL 1: TAIWAN’S UN REFERENDUM – WHAT’S BEHIND IT?

Randall G. Schriver
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
East Asia and Pacific Affairs

Lung-chu Chen
Professor,
New York Law School

Moderated by:
John Tkacik
Senior Research Fellow,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

PANEL 2: TAIWAN’S REFERENDUM – THE INTERNATIONAL IMPACT

David Brown
Adjunct Professor,
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

Michael Fonte
Consultant to the Democratic Progressive Party

Moderated by:
Amb. Harvey Feldman
Distinguished Fellow for China Policy,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Walter Lohman
Director,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Scott W. Carmichael
Author

James M. Roberts
Research Fellow for Economic Freedom and Growth,
Center for International Trade and Economics,
The Heritage Foundation

Lee Edwards, Ph.D.
Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President,
The Heritage Foundation

Joseph Capizzi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Moral Theology,
The Catholic University of America

With Commentary by:
Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.
Vice President,
Foreign and Defense Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Ryan Messmore
William E. Simon Fellow,
DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society,
The Heritage Foundation

M. Stanton Evans
Author, Columnist, Commentator and
Founding Director of the National Journalism Center

With commentary from:
Herbert Romerstein
Co-author,
The Venona Secrets, and leading authority on Soviet espionage

Lee Edwards, Ph.D.
Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought,
The Heritage Foundation

Kenneth Choi
Bureau Chief,
The Chosun Ilbo

Stephen Costello
President,
ProGlobal Incorporated

Paul Eckert
Asia Correspondent,
Reuters

Bruce Klingner
Senior Research Fellow,
Northeast Asia,
The Heritage Foundation

Walter Lohman
Director,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Ambassador Mark Lagon
Director,
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and
Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State,
U.S. Department of State

Laura Lederer
Senior Director for Global Projects,
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons,
U.S. Department of State

Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.
Vice President,
Foreign and Defense Policy Studies and Director,
The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute
for International Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Steven Groves
Bernard and Barbara Lomas Fellow,
The Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

Harold F. McFarlane
Deputy Associate Laboratory Director for
Nuclear Science and Technology,
Idaho National Laboratory

Ed Davis
President & Chief Executive Officer,
Pegasus Group

Randy Randol
Independent Consultant and
former ANEC Vice President of Technical Affairs

Dorothy Davidson
Vice President,
Government Programs,
Areva

Jack Spencer
Research Fellow for Nuclear Energy Policy,
The Heritage Foundation
 
Matt Bennett
Vice President for Public Affairs,
Third Way

Donald T. Critchlow
Author

John Edward Hilboldt
Director,
Lectures and Seminars,
The Heritage Foundation

Patrick Sookhdeo, Ph.D.
International Director,
The Barnabas Fund, and
Director,
Institute for the Study of Islam and Christianity

Jennifer Marshall
Director,
Domestic Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Jack Quinn
President,
Cassidy & Associates, and Chairman, Safe Commerce Coalition

Robbin Laird
Senior Advisor for International Security Programs,
Anteon Corporation Centers for Security Strategies and Operations

Rear Admiral Mary Landry
Assistant Commandant for Government and Public Affairs,
United States Coast Guard

Angela Stent, Ph.D.
Professor of Government and Director,
Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies,
Georgetown School of Foreign Service

Steven Groves
Bernard and Barbara Lomas Fellow,
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow,
Russian and Eurasian Studies and
International Energy Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Professor William F. Campbell
Secretary of The Philadelphia Society and
Professor Emeritus of Economics,
Louisiana State University

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Carlos Gutierrez
Secretary,
U.S. Department of Commerce

Lou Pugliaresi
President,
Energy Policy Research Foundation, Inc.

Denis S. Ojima, Ph.D.
Senior Scholar,
H. John Heinz Center for Science,
Economics and the Environment

Joel Brandenberger
President,
National Turkey Federation

Dave Juday
Adjunct Fellow,
Center for Global Food Issues

Jonathan Banks
Climate Policy Coordinator,
Clean Air Task Force

Ben Lieberman
Senior Policy Analyst,
Energy and Environment,
The Heritage Foundation

William W. Beach
Director,
Center for Data Analysis,
The Heritage Foundation

Panel 1: The Argument Revisited

Fr. Richard John Neuhaus
President,
The Institute on Religion and Public Life, and
Editor-in-Chief,
First Things

Peter L. Berger
University Professor of Sociology & Theology, and
Director,
Institute on Culture, Religion & World Affairs,
Boston University

Moderated by:
William A. Schambra
Senior Fellow and Director,
Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal,
Hudson Institute

Panel 2: Civil Society in the 21st Century

Stuart M. Butler
Vice President,
Domestic and Economic Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Robert L. Woodson, Sr.
Founder and President,
National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise

Ryan Streeter
Vice President,
Civic Enterprises, LLC

Don Eberly
Author,
The Rise of Global Civil Society: Building Communities and Nations from the Bottom Up

Moderated by:
Ryan Messmore
William E. Simon Fellow,
Domestic Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Keynote address by:
Ambassador Naser M. Y. Al Belooshi
The Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain

Followed by a panel discussion featuring:
Gal Luft, Ph.D.
Executive Director,
Institute for the Analysis of Global Security

Jim Phillips
Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs,
The Heritage Foundation

Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow,
Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

William Voegeli, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar,
Henry Salvatori Center,
Claremont McKenna College

With Commentary from:
Ramesh Ponnuru
Senior Editor,
National Review

Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.
Director,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Dr. Marvin Weinbaum
Scholar-in-Residence,
Middle East Institute

James McCormick
Senior Counsel,
Republican Staff,
House Foreign Affairs Committee

Husain Haqqani
Director,
Center for International Relations,
Boston University

Lisa Curtis
Senior Research Fellow,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Walter Lohman
Director,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Diana West
Author

Helle C. Dale
Deputy Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies,
and Director,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Charl Van Wyk
Director,
Africa Christian Action, and
Assistant Director,
Frontline Fellowship

Keynote remarks by:

The Honorable Alexander Vondra
Deputy Prime Minister,
Czech Republic

Followed by a panel discussion exploring missile defense in Europe with:

Peter Brookes
Senior Fellow for National Security Affairs
and Chung Ju-Yung Fellow for Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Peter Huessy
President,
PRH & Co and GeoStrategic Analysis,
and Consultant,
National Defense University Foundation

David Satter
Senior Fellow,
Hudson Institute

Moderated by:
Sally McNamara
Senior Policy Analyst in European Affairs,
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

Mike Franc
Vice President,
Government Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

Henry Mark Holzer
Professor Emeritus, Brooklyn Law School,
and author of
The Supreme Court Opinions of Clarence Thomas 1991-2006: A Conservative’s Perspective

Brian W. Walsh
Senior Legal Research Fellow,
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Adam LeBor
Author

Brett D. Schaefer
Jay Kingham Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs,
The Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

Hon. Michele Bachmann (R-MN)
U.S. House of Representatives

Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute

and

The Heritage Foundation

Jane Hampton Cook
Author

John Edward Hilboldt
Director,
    Lectures and Seminars,
    The Heritage Foundation

Nicholas Wapshott
Author

John Edward Hilboldt
Director,
Lectures and Seminars,
The Heritage Foundation

John West, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow,
Discovery Institute

Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.
Director,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

His Honour Judge Inigo Bing
Circuit Judge,
Snaresbrook Crown Court,
United Kingdom

Edwin Meese III
Chairman,
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Paul Kengor, Ph.D.
Co-Author

Lee Edwards, Ph.D.
Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought,
The Heritage Foundation

President George W. Bush

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President,
The Heritage Foundation

Stephen C. Johnson
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense,
Western Hemisphere Affairs

Ray Walser
Senior Policy Fellow for Latin America,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Abraham H. Foxman
Author

John Edward Hilboldt
Director,
Lectures and Seminars,
The Heritage Foundation

Randy Schriver
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
East Asia and Pacific Affairs

Bonnie Glaser
Senior Associate,
Center for Strategic and International Studies

John J. Tkacik
Senior Fellow,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Ambassador Harvey Feldman
Distinguished Fellow in China Policy,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Colonel James D. McGinley
United States Marine Corps

Becky Norton Dunlop
Vice President,
External Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

Featuring Keynote Remarks by:
The Honorable Mario Diaz-Balart
Member,
U.S. House of Representatives

Followed by a panel discussion with:
Robert Blau
Deputy Director,
Office of Cuban Affairs,
U.S. Department of State

Christopher S. Simmons
Intelligence Officer,
U.S. Army, and
Specialist on U.S. Counter-Intelligence Programs for Cuba

James M. Roberts
Research Fellow for Economic Freedom and Growth,
Center for International Trade and Economics,
The Heritage Foundation

Leslie R. Crutchfield
Author

Heather McLeod Grant
Author

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President,
The Heritage Foundation

Peter Stanlis, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Humanities, Emeritus,
Rockford College

Lee Edwards, Ph.D.
Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought,
The Heritage Foundation

Welcoming Remarks:

David John
The Heritage Foundation

Eli Lehrer
Competitive Enterprise Institute

Keynote Address:

Scott Richardson
Commissioner of Insurance,
South Carolina

Panel 1: The Current Situation

Chair:
Eli Lehrer
Competitive Enterprise Institute

Dan Sutter
University of Texas Pan-American

David John
The Heritage Foundation

Rep. Dennis Ross
Florida House of Representatives

Bill Peacock
Texas Public Policy Foundation

Panel 2: Potential Solutions

Chair:
David John
The Heritage Foundation

Debra Ballen
American Insurance Association

Eric Nelson
The Travelers’ Companies

Robert Porter

Protectingamerica.org

David John

The Heritage Foundation

 

and

 

Eli Lehrer
Competitive Enterprise Institute

Amb. Gilbert Robinson
Washington Representative,
American Chamber of Commerce in Russia

Patricia Cloherty
Chairman and CEO,
Delta Private Equity Partners LLC,
and Manager,
U.S. Russia Investment Fund and Delta Russia Fund LP

Charles Ryan
Chief Executive Officer,
Deutsche Bank, Russia

Mary Warlick
Senior Director Russia,
National Security Council

Andrew C. Kuchins
Director and Senior Fellow,
Russia and Eurasia Program,
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Amb. James F. Collins
Senior Associate and Director,
Russian and Eurasian Program,
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Donald Jensen
Director of Communications,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow,
Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Justice Clarence Thomas

speaking on

"My Grandfather's Son"

 

Peter Bergen
Schwartz Senior Fellow,
New America Foundation

Lisa Curtis
Senior Research Fellow for South Asia,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

C. Christine Fair
Former Political Officer for the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan

Ali Jalali
Distinguished Professor,
Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies,
National Defense University

James Phillips
Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs,
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Featuring Keynote Remarks by:
Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond,
Vice Chairman,
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Followed by a Panel Discussion with:

James Mulvenon
Director
Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis

John J. Tkacik, Jr.
Senior Research Fellow
Asian Studies Center
The Heritage Foundation

Todd M. Malan
President & CEO
Organization for International Investment

Walter Lohman
Director
Asian Studies Center
The Heritage Foundation

Lance Izumi, J.D.
Director of Education Studies,
Pacific Research Institute

Dr. Vicki Murray
Senior Policy Fellow in Education Studies,
Pacific Research Institute

Dan Lips
Education Policy Analyst,
Domestic Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Frank Cilluffo
Director and Associate Vice President for Homeland Security,
Homeland Security Policy Institute,
George Washington University

LTC Steve Russell, USA (Ret.)
Founder and Chairman,
Vets for Victory

Bridgett Wagner
Director,
Coalition Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Member,
United States Senate

Michael Franc
Vice President,
Government Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

9:30 a.m. Introduction

9:45 a.m. Opening Session: Religious Practice and Civic Engagement: A Demographic Overview and Emerging Data

Tom W. Smith, Ph.D.
Director of the General Social Survey,
National Opinion Research Center,
University of Chicago

Christopher Bader, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Sociology,
Baylor University

Carson Mencken, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology,
Baylor University

Discussant:
Jeffrey Evans, Ph.D.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

10:45 a.m. Behavioral Outcomes Panel: Preventing the Negative

John Wallace, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Social Work,
University of Pittsburgh

Scott Desmond, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Sociology,
Purdue University

Jeffrey Ulmer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology,
Pennsylvania State University

Discussant:
W. Bradford Wilcox, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Sociology,
University of Virginia

12:00 noon Keynote Address and Luncheon: Myths about American Religion

Robert Wuthnow, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology and Director,
Center for the Study of Religion,
Princeton University

1:30 p.m. Behavioral Outcomes Panel: Promoting the Positive

Marc Musick, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology,
University of Texas at Austin

Sung Joon Jang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology,
Baylor University

Byron Johnson, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology and Co-Director,
Baylor Institute for the Studies of Religion

Discussant:
Patrick Fagan, Ph.D.
William H. G. Fitzgerald Senior Research Fellow in Family and Cultural Issues,
The Heritage Foundation

3:00 p.m. Closing Session: A Discussion of Methodology

David Dollahite
Professor of Family Life,
Brigham Young University

Roger Finke
Professor of Sociology & Religious Studies,
The Pennsylvania State University

Annette Mahoney
Professor of Psychology,
Bowling Green State University

Mark Regnerus
Assistant Professor of Sociology,
University of Texas at Austin

Moderator:
Kristin Moore, Ph.D.
Senior Scholar and Senior Program Area Director,
Child Trends

4:00 p.m. Discussion

4:30 p.m. Adjournment

The Heritage Foundation

With Research Partners:
Child Trends and
The Baylor Institute for the Studies of Religion

Fredrick F. Chien
Former Foreign Minister of the Republic of China
(who was present when the assurances were delivered)

Kurt Campbell
Chief Executive Officer,
Center for a New American Security,
and former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Asia and the Pacific

Carolyn Bartholomew
Chairman,
U.S.-China Security Review Commission

Richard S. Bush
Director of the Center for North Asia Security Policy,
The Brookings Institution,
and former Chairman of the Board and Managing Director, American Institute in Taiwan

Ambassador Harvey Feldman
Distinguished Fellow in China Policy,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Gerard Baker
U.S. Editor,
The Times,
United Kingdom

Dr. Jackson Janes
Executive Director,
American Institute for Contemporary German Studies

Philippe Karsenty
President,
Media Ratings,
France

Sally McNamara
Senior Policy Analyst in European Affairs,
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

Featuring Keynote Remarks by:
The Honorable Joseph Crowley (D-NY)
Member,
U.S. House of Representatives

Followed by a Panel Discussion with:
The Honorable John Gastright
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
South and Central Asian Affairs,
U.S. Department of State

Ambassador Wali-Ur Rahman
Director,
Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs

Major General Muniruzzaman
President,
Bangladesh Institute for Peace and Security Studies

Dr. Ali Riaz
Associate Professor,
Department of Politics and Government,
Illinois State University

Lisa Curtis
Senior Research Fellow,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Amb. Oleh Shamshur
The Embassy of Ukraine

Amb. Steven Pifer
Senior Advisor,
Russia and Eurasia Program,
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Amb. Keith C. Smith
Senior Associate,
Europe Program,
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow,
Russian and Eurasian Studies and
International Energy Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Peter Kunkel
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army
for Financial Management & Comptroller

The Honorable John G. Vonglis
Acting Assistant Secretary of the Air Force,
Financial Management and Comptroller

Rear Admiral Stanley D. Bozin, USN
Performing Duties in Lieu of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Financial Management and Comptroller

Mackenzie Eaglen
Senior Policy Analyst for National Security,
The Heritage Foundation

Steve Finefrock
Screenwriter and Founder,
Hollywood Conservative Forum

Lee Edwards, Ph.D.
Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought,
The Heritage Foundation

Featuring Keynote Remarks by:
The Honorable Michael D. Rogers (R-AL)
Member,
U.S. House of Representatives

Followed by a Panel Discussion with:
Prakash Khatri
U.S. CIS Ombudsman,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

David Pagan
Deputy Director,
Washington, D.C. Office of Governor Schwarzenegger

Josh Sawislak
Senior Advisor to the Administrator,
U.S. General Services Administration

Kevin O’Shea
Minister of Political Affairs, Embassy of Canada

James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
Assistant Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies, and
Senior Research Fellow,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

J. Michael Waller, Ph.D.
Author of The Public Diplomacy Reader and the
Walter and Leonore Annenberg Professor of International Communication,
The Institute for World Politics

Robert Satloff, Ph.D.
Executive Director,
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

The Honorable Robert Reilly
Assistant Professor,
Strategic Communications,
National Defense University

Juliana Geran Pilon, Ph.D.
Earhart Fellow,
Research Professor of Politics and Culture,
The Institute of World Politics

Helle Dale
Deputy Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies, and
Director,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Alan Leong
Member of the Legislative Council and
former Civic Party Candidate for Chief Executive of Hong Kong

Amb. Harvey Feldman
Distinguished Fellow in China Policy,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Carlos Gutierrez
Secretary,
U.S. Department of Commerce

Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute

and

The Heritage Foundation

Michèle Flournoy
President and Co-Founder,
Center for a New American Security

Frederick W. Kagan
Resident Scholar,
American Enterprise Institute

Michael E. O’Hanlon
Senior Fellow,
Foreign Policy Studies,
The Sydney Stein, Jr. Chair,
The Brookings Institution

Kirk Johnson, Ph.D.
Former Deputy Director of Assessments,
U.S. Embassy Iraq, and
Visiting Fellow,
The Heritage Foundation

James Phillips
Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs,
The Heritage Foundation

Allan C. Carlson
Author

Paul T. Mero
Author

David Sington
Director

Dr. Buzz Aldrin
Apollo 11 Crew Member

The Honorable John R. Bolton
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

The Honorable John Shadegg (R-AZ)
Member,
U.S. House of Representatives

Mark B. McClellan, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Fellow and Director,
Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, and
Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair in Health Policy Studies,
Economic Studies Program,
The Brookings Institution

Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D.
Director,
Center for Health Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Featuring Introductory Comments by:
The Honorable Todd Akin (R-MO)
Member,
U.S. House of Representatives

Followed by Remarks from the Author:
William J. Murray
Chairman,
Religious Freedom Coalition

Becky Norton Dunlop
Vice President,
External Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

David All
President,
The David All Group, LLC, and
Founder,
TechRepublican

Robert Bluey
DIrector,
Center for Media & Public Policy,
The Heritage Foundation

Tim Chapman
Senior Communications Adviser,
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC)

Brad Dayspring
Communications Director,
House Republican Study Committee

Soren Dayton
Blogger,
eyeon08.com

Mindy Finn
Director of eStrategy,
Romney for President

Peter D. Greenberger
Team Manager,
Elections & Issue Advocacy,
Google, Inc.

Steve Grove
Head of News and Politics,
YouTube

Mary Katharine Ham
Managing Editor,
Townhall.com

Jon Henke
Online Brand Manager,
New Media Strategies

Cyrus Krohn
eCampaign Director,
Republican National Committee

Matt Lewis
Director of Operations,
Townhall.com

Matt Lira
Deputy Communications Director,
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA)

Patrick Ruffini
President,
Ruffini Strategies, LLC

Josh Shultz
Director of New Media,
National Republican Congressional Committee

Google, Inc.

and

The Heritage Foundation

Micah D. Halpern
Author

John Edward Hilboldt
Director,
Lectures and Seminars,
The Heritage Foundation

Wade F. Horn, Ph.D.
Former Assistant Secretary for Children and Families,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Ron Haskins, Ph.D.
Co-Director,
Center on Children and Families,
The Brookings Institution

Robert E. Rector
Senior Research Fellow,
The Heritage Foundation

Jennifer A. Marshall
Director,
Domestic Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute

and

The Heritage Foundation

Bruce Caldwell
Editor, and
Joe Rosenthal Excellence Professor,
Department of Economics,
University of North Carolina - Greensboro

John Edward Hilboldt
Director,
Lectures and Seminars,
The Heritage Foundation

Rowan Scarborough
Author

John Edward Hilboldt
Director,
Lectures and Seminars,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Mart Laar
Former Prime Minister of Estonia

Tim Kane
Director,
Center for International Trade and Economics,
The Heritage Foundation

Keynote Remarks by:
The Honorable Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI)
Member,
U.S. House of Representatives

With a Discussion featuring:
Dr. Conrad Crane
U.S. Army War College

LTC Gian Gentile, USAR
U.S. Military Academy

Dr. Richard Stewart
U.S. Army Center of Military History

Mackenzie Eaglen
Senior Policy Analyst for National Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Robert D. Novak
Syndicated Columnist

Rebecca Hagelin
Vice President,
Communications and Marketing,
The Heritage Foundation

John R. Lott, Jr.
Author

William W. Beach
Director,
Center for Data Analysis,
The Heritage Foundation

Featuring Opening Comments by:
The Honorable Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
Member,
U.S. House of Representatives

Followed by Personal Reflections from:
Edward H. Crane
Founder and President,
The Cato Institute

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President,
The Heritage Foundation

Dr. Michael J. Green
Associate Professor,
Georgetown University and
Senior Advisor and Japan Chair,
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Tetsuya Jitsu
Bureau Chief,
Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei)

Yoichi Kato
Bureau Chief,
Asahi Shimbun

Keynote Address:
Honorable Lamar Smith (R-TX)
Member,
United States House of Representatives

Panel Discussion:
Matthew Spalding
Director,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Jim Roberts
Research Fellow for Economic Freedom and Growth,
The Heritage Foundation

William Beach
Director,
Center for Data Analysis,
The Heritage Foundation

James Jay Carafano
Assistant Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies, and
Senior Research Fellow,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute

and

The Heritage Foundation

Eric John
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (Southeast Asia),
U.S. Department of State

Joshua Kurlantzick
Visiting Scholar,
China Program,
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and
Author, Charm Offensive: How China’s Softpower is Transforming the World

Matthew Daley
President,
US-ASEAN Business Council

Cynthia R. Bunton
Regional Program Director, Asia,
International Republican Institute

Walter Lohman
Director,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

10:30 A.M. PANEL 1: RESPONDING TO IRAN’S NUCLEAR CHALLENGE

Amb. Robert Joseph
Senior Scholar,
National Institute for Public Policy

Dr. Kenneth Katzman
Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs,
Congressional Research Service

Gary Milhollin
Executive Director,
Iran Watch

Moderator:
Helle Dale
Deputy Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies, and
Director,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

12:00 P.M. PANEL 2: RESPONDING TO IRAN’S ENERGY SECURITY CHALLENGE

William W. Beach
Director,
Center for Data Analysis,
The Heritage Foundation

Ben Lieberman
Senior Policy Analyst,
Energy and Environment,
Thomas A Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

James Phillips
Research Fellow,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Moderator:
Alison Acosta Fraser
Director,
Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

The Heritage Foundation

Swaminathan Aiyar
Consulting Editor of The Economic Times, and
Research Scholar,
CATO Institute

Barun Mitra
Founder and Director,
Liberty Institute

Lisa Curtis
Senior Research Fellow,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Followed by a discussion afterwards with:
Jay W. Richards, Ph.D.
Research Fellow and Director of Acton Media

The Heritage Foundation

and

The Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty

David Aikman
Former Beijing Bureau Chief for Time Magazine and
Author of Jesus in Beijing

Jed Babbin
Editor,
Human Events

John Edward Hilboldt
Director,
Lectures and Seminars,
The Heritage Foundation

Kemal Köprülü
President of the Advisory Board,
ARI Movement

Dr. Ian Lesser
Senior Transatlantic Fellow,
The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Amb. Mark R. Parris
Visiting Fellow,
Foreign Policy Studies,
The Brookings Institution, and
Director,
Brookings-TUSIAD Project on Turkey

Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow,
Russian and Eurasian Studies and
International Energy Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Featuring a discussion afterwards with:

Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani
Chairman,
Islamic Supreme Council of America
and the Sufi Muslim Council of Britain

Hedieh Mirahmadi, J.D.
Political Advisor to the Sufi Muslim Council of Britain

and the Director and Producers of the documentary:

Martyn Burke, Alex Alexiev, and Frank Gaffney

John Edward Hilboldt
Director,
Lectures and Seminars,
The Heritage Foundation

Panel I (11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon)

Mike Carvin
Partner, Jones Day, and
Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights

Gregory Garre
Principal Deputy Solicitor General,
U.S. Department of Justice

Kathleen Sullivan
Former Dean and Stanley Morrison Professor of Law,
Stanford Law School

Moderator:
Edwin Meese III
Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow in Public Policy,
The Heritage Foundation

Panel II (12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.)

Marcia Coyle
Supreme Court Correspondent,
National Law Journal

Jan Crawford Greenburg
Supreme Court Correspondent,
ABC News

Michael McGough
Senior Editorial Writer,
Los Angeles Times

Moderator:
Todd Gaziano
Director,
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Minority Whip,
United States House of Representatives

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President,
The Heritage Foundation

Ilan Berman
Editor, and
Vice President for Policy,
American Foreign Policy Council

James Phillips
Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Bryan Caplan, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics,
George Mason University, and
Author of The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies?

With Commentary from:
Philip Levy, Ph.D.
Resident Scholar,
American Enterprise Institute

Tim Kane, Ph.D.
Director,
Center for International Trade and Economics,
The Heritage Foundation

Keynote Remarks by:
Robert L. Bradley, Jr., Ph.D.
President,
Institute for Energy Research

With a Discussion featuring:
William W. Beach
Director,
Center for Data Analysis,
The Heritage Foundation

Helle C. Dale
Director,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Alison Acosta Fraser
Director,
Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Moderator:
James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
Assistant Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies, and
Senior Research Fellow for National Security and
Homeland Security,
The Heritage Foundation

The Heritage Foundation

Sharon Hom
Executive Director,
Human Rights in China

Dimon Liu
Executive Director,
Committee for Policy Studies

Eddie Mak
Director General,
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office

Sophie Richardson
Deputy Director,
Asia Division,
Human Rights Watch

Amb. Harvey Feldman
Distinguished Fellow in China Policy,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Elaine L. Chao
Secretary,
U.S. Department of Labor

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President,
The Heritage Foundation

Frank Gaffney
Founder and President of the Center for Security Policy

John Norton Moore
Walter L. Brown Professor of Law,
University of Virginia School of Law, and
Director of the Center for National Security Law and the
Center for Oceans Law and Policy

Baker Spring
F.M. Kirby Research Fellow in National Security Policy,
The Heritage Foundation

Rear Admiral William D. Baumgartner
Judge Advocate General,
U.S. Coast Guard

Moderator:
Edwin D. Williamson
Senior Counsel,
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and former State Department Legal Adviser

The Federalist Society

and

The Heritage Foundation

Featuring:
Dr. George H. Nash
Senior Fellow,
Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal, and
President,
The Philadelphia Society

Lee Edwards, Ph.D.
Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought,
The Heritage Foundation

Jennifer Marshall
Author

The Heritage Foundation

and

Clare Booth Luce Policy Institute

Jennifer A. Marshall
Author, and
Director,
Domestic Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Phillip N. Truluck
Executive Vice President,
The Heritage Foundation

John O'Sullivan
Senior Fellow,
The Hudson Institute

Dr. Syed Kamall
Member of the European Parliament,
Conservative Party,
UK

Lisa Curtis
Senior Research Fellow for South Asia,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Sally McNamara
Senior Policy Analyst in European Affairs,
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

9:30 A.M. KEYNOTE REMARKS

Ambassador Daniel Fried
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs

10:00 A.M. PANEL 1: THE UNITED STATES AND THE BALTICS: ADDRESSING TRANSNATIONAL THREATS

The Hon. Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Ranking Member,
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe

The Hon. Urmas Paet
Foreign Minister,
Republic of Estonia

The Hon. Artis Pabriks
Foreign Minister,
Republic of Latvia

The Hon. Petras Vaitiekūnas
Foreign Minister,
Republic of Lithuania

Moderator
Dr. Nile Gardiner
Director,
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

11:30 A.M. PANEL 2: THE BALTIC MIRACLE: GETTING ECONOMIC FREEDOM RIGHT

The Hon. Sven Mikser
Chairman,
Foreign Relations Committee,
Republic of Estonia

Eriks Zunda
Parliamentary Secretary,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Republic of Latvia

Vytautas Naudu?as
Vice Minister of Economy,
Republic of Lithuania

Dr. Daniel Mitchell
Senior Fellow,
Cato Institute

Moderator
Sally McNamara
Senior Policy Analyst in European Affairs,
Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

Phil Kent
Author

Edwin Meese
Chairman,
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Ronald J. Pestritto, Ph.D.
Charles and Lucia Shipley Chair in the American Constitution, Hillsdale College

Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.
Director,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Featuring a Roundtable Discussion with:
Emil Constantinescu
Former President of Romania

Pedro Fuentes
Political prisoner in Cuba’s prisons for 18 years

Dr. Paul Hollander
Professor Emeritus of Sociology,
University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Tunne Kelam
Member of the European Parliament and
a leading Estonian dissident during the Soviet occupation

Dr. Alan Kors
Professor of History,
University of Pennsylvania

Chi Thien Nguyen
Political prisoner in Vietnam for 27 years

Dr. Richard Pipes
Baird Professor of History, Emeritus,
Harvard University

Dr. Michael Szporer
Expert on Poland’s Solidarity Trade Union, and
University of Maryland professor

Tu Thanh Than
Political prisoner in Vietnam for 18 years

Harry Wu
Political prisoner in China’s laogai for 19 years

Dr. Yuri Yarim-Agaev
Former Russian dissident and human rights activist

Moderator:
Paul Goble
Former VOA and RFE/Radio Liberty official and
former Vice Dean of the Social Sciences and Humanities,
Audentes University, Tallinn

Dr. Lee Edwards
Chairman,
Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and
Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought,
The Heritage Foundation

Keynote Remarks by:

The Honorable George V. Voinovich (R-OH)
Member,
United States Senate

With a Panel Discussion featuring:

Stewart Verdery
Partner and Founder,
Monument Policy Group LLC

Nathan Sales
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

John Brennan
Office Director of Field Support and Liaison Division,
Visa Services,
Bureau of Consular Affairs,
U.S. Department of State

Michael Franc
Vice President,
Government Relations,
The Heritage Foundation
 
James Jay Carafano
Assistant Director,
Davis Institute for International Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Douglas Brinkley
Editor

Edwin Meese
Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow in Public Policy,
The Heritage Foundation

Amity Shlaes
Syndicated Columnist for Bloomberg News

Bridgett G. Wagner
Director,
Coalition Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

Featuring Keynote Speaker:

The Honorable Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
United States Secretary of the Treasury

Featuring a Panel Discussion with:

Bill Balderson
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy – Air,
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy

Rear Admiral Bruce Clingan
Director,
Air Warfare Division (OPNAV N88),
United States Navy

Christopher Griffin
Research Fellow,
American Enterprise Institute

Eric Labs, Ph.D.
Senior Analyst for Naval Forces and Weapons,
Congressional Budget Office

Brigadier General Robert Walsh
Deputy Assistant Commandant for Aviation,
United States Marine Corps

Moderated by:
Mackenzie Eaglen
Senior Policy Analyst for National Security,
The Heritage Foundation

Navy League of the United States

and

The Heritage Foundation

Alan Hill
Chief Executive Officer of Gabrielle Resources and
individuals featured in the film

Becky Norton Dunlop
Vice President,
External Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

Najam Sethhi
Editor,
Pakistan Weekly,
"The Friday Times"

Shuja Nawaz
Pakistani journalist, completing the book, Crossed Swords: Pakistan and Its Army, for Oxford University Press

Hassan Abbas
Research Fellow,
Belfer Centre for Science and International Affairs,
Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University, and
Author of Pakistan’s Drift into Extremism: Allah, the Army and America's War on Terror

Lisa Curtis
Senior Research Fellow,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Vernon L. Grose, D.Sc.
Author, and
Chairman,
Omega Systems Group Incorporated

Edwin Meese III
Chairman,
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

The United States relationship with India is taking on increased political and economic importance, even as the two sides seek to conclude a landmark deal on cooperation in civil nuclear technology. Join us for a day of in-depth discussion exploring the range of opportunities in furthering U.S.-India ties and the broader stakes of the relationship in helping to promote stability in Asia and beyond.

REGISTRATION (9:00 a.m.)

Coffee, beverages and light refreshments served.

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTORY REMARKS (9:30 a.m.)

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President,
The Heritage Foundation

V. K. Topa
Advisor,
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Amb. Raminder Singh Jassal
Deputy Chief of Mission,
Indian Embassy

Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.
Vice President,
Foreign and Defense Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

KEYNOTE ADDRESS (10:00 a.m.)

The Honorable Nicholas Burns
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs,
U.S. Department of State

PANEL 1: U.S. AND INDIAN FOREIGN POLICY PERSPECTIVES (10:50 a.m.)

How do the United States and India view their foreign policy interests, particularly in Asia, the Middle East, and Eurasia? What are the main objectives of the U.S. and India with regard to these key regions? Where do interests intersect and where do they diverge? What are the prospects for greater U.S.-Indian cooperation in these regions?

Amb. Shankar Bajpai
Former Ambassdor of India to Pakistan, China, and the United States

Lisa Curtis
Senior Research Fellow,
South Asia,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Ashley J. Tellis
Senior Associate,
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Moderator:
Walter Lohman
Director,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

PANEL 2: EXPANDING U.S.-INDIA BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC TIES (12:10 p.m.)

Presenters will examine the U.S.-India investment and trade relationship, with special focus on opportunities for collaboration in the manufacturing sector.

Frank Vargo
Vice President,
International Economic Affairs,
U.S. National Association of Manufacturers

Stanley Roth
Vice President – Asia,
Boeing International

David Good
Chief Representative,
North America,
Tata Sons Limited

Moderator:
Tim Kane, Ph.D.,
Director,
Center for International Trade and Economics,
The Heritage Foundation

LUNCHEON BUFFET (1:15 p.m.)

PANEL 3: SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES & PROSPECTS FOR U.S.-INDIA COOPERATION (2:15 p.m.)

Presenters will examine economic development issues in India, looking closely at challenges related to the agriculture and energy sectors and how they are likely to impact future economic growth levels.

Christian Foster
Assistant Deputy Administrator,
Office of Capacity Building and Development,
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Kay Freeman
Office Director for South Asia,
U.S. Agency for International Development

Deepak Mishra
Senior Economist,
South Asia Region,
The World Bank

Moderator:
Daniella Markheim
Jay Van Andel Senior Analyst in Trade Policy,
Center for International Trade and Economics,
The Heritage Foundation

 

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

and

The Heritage Foundation

Lieutenant General Jack C. Stultz
Chief,
U.S. Army Reserve

James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
Assistant Director,
The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Wendell Cox
Author

Ron Utt, Ph.D.
Herbert and Joyce Morgan Research Fellow,
The Heritage Foundation

Keynote Remarks by:
The Honorable Jim Marshall (D-GA)
Member,
U.S. House of Representatives

With a Discussion featuring:
Major General Pat Condon, USAF (Ret.)
Consultant,
Logistic Specialties Inc.

J. Michael Gilmore
Assistant Director for National Security,
Congressional Budget Office

Jeremiah Gertler
Assistant Vice President of Defense Policy,
Aerospace Industries Association

Mackenzie Eaglen
Senior Policy Analyst for National Security,
The Heritage Foundation

Vincent Bugliosi
Author

James Swanson
Senior Legal Scholar,
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Christine B. Whelan
Author

The Heritage Foundation

and

Clare Booth Luce Policy Institute

Robert Kaufman
Professor of Public Policy,
Pepperdine University

With commentary from:

Kim. R. Holmes, Ph.D.
Vice President,
Foreign and Defense Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.
Director,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

James Viray
Director,
Office of International Labor and
Corporate Social Responsibility,
U.S. Department of State

Stephen Jordan
Senior Vice-President and Executive Director,
Business Civic Leadership Center,
U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Fred L. Smith
President,
Competitive Enterprise Institute

David C. John
Senior Research Fellow,
Thomas A. Roe Institute For
Economic Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Keynote Remarks by:
The Honorable George W. Foresman
Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

With a Discussion featuring:
Matt Mayer
President and CEO,
Provisum Strategies LLC, and
former Counselor to the
Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security and
Head of the Office of Grants and Training

Leisha Pickering
Founder,
Helping Americans Needing Disaster Support (HANDS)

James Jay Carafano
Assistant Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies,
The Heritage Foundation
 
Jennifer Marshall
Director,
Domestic Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Don Jensen, Ph.D.
Director of Communications,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Martin Sieff, Ph.D.
Senior News Analyst,
United Presss International

Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow,
Russian and Eurasian Studies and
International Energy Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

John Wonderlich
Program Director, Sunlight Foundation

David All
President, David All Group

Matt Stoler
Blogger, MyDD.com

Robert B. Bluey
Director, Center for Media and Public Policy,
The Heritage Foundation

Carl J. Schramm
Author

Robert E. Litan
Author

Phillip N. Truluck
Executive Vice President,
The Heritage Foundation

Peter Brookes
Senior Fellow,
National Security Affairs and
Chung Ju-Yung Fellow for Policy Studies,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Dr. Edgar Terán
Former Ambassador of Ecuador to the United States,
and Practicing Attorney

Becky Norton Dunlop
Vice President,
External Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

Kenneth Minogue
Professor Emeritus of Political Science,
London School of Economics

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President,
The Heritage Foundation

John Stossel
ABC News Correspondent,
Co-Anchor of ABC’s Newsmagazine 20/20, and
Author of Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity: Get Out the Shovel - Why Everything You Know is Wrong

Mark Lagon
Deputy Assistant Secretary for
International Organization Affairs,
U.S. Department of State

Leonard A. Leo
Executive Vice President,
The Federalist Society

Elisa Massimino
Washington Director,
Human Rights First

Hillel Neuer
Executive Director,
UN Watch

Dokhi Fassihinian
Senior Policy Associate,
Democracy Coalition Project

Brett D. Schaefer
Jay Kingham Fellow International Regulatory Affairs,
The Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Fumio Kyuma
Minister of Defense,
Japan

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President,
The Heritage Foundation

Linda Bridges
Author

Lee Edwards, Ph.D.
Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Opening Remarks

Becky Norton Dunlop
Vice President,
External Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

Panel 1: The US-Japan Bilateral Relationship - Current Status and Issues

Fukushiro Nukaga, MP
Liberal Democratic Party
(former Minister of State for Defense)

Seiji Maehara, MP
Democratic Party of Japan

William Breer
Former Deputy Chief of Mission to Japan

Panel 2: Prospects of US-Japan Cooperation in Transforming the Regional Security Environment

Fukushiro Nukaga, MP
Liberal Democratic Party
(former Minister of State for Defense)

Adm. Dennis Blair
Former PACOM Commander

David Asher
Senior Associate Fellow,
The Heritage Foundation

Bruce Klingner
Senior Research Fellow,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

John Blundell
Director General,
The Institute of Economic Affairs,
London

Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
President,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Tom Horne
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
State of Arizona

Eugene Hickok
Bradley Fellow for Education,
The Heritage Foundation

Michael Novak
George Frederick Jewett
Chair in Religion, Philosophy, and Public Policy,
American Enterprise Institute

Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.
Vice President,
Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, and
Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Member, United States Senate

Michael Franc
Vice President, Government Relations, The Heritage Foundation

Jay Lefkowitz
Special Envoy,
Human Rights in North Korea

Bruce Klingner
Senior Research Fellow,
Northeast Asia,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Jay M. Cohen
Under Secretary for Science and Technology,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Followed by a panel discussion with:

Brian Finch, Esq.
Counsel,
Dickstein Shapiro LLP

Rudolph R. Cohen, Jr.
Executive Operating Committee,
Homeland Security and Defense Business Council

Raymond B. Biagini, Esq.
Partner,
McKenna, Long & Aldridge

Brian W. Walsh
Senior Legal Research Fellow,
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Starring:
Dr. Steven Hayward
Senior Fellow in Environmental Studies,
Pacific Research Institute, and
F.K. Weyerhaeuser Fellow,
American Enterprise Institute

Pacific Research Institute

and

The Heritage Foundation

Ben Aris
Editor-in Chief,
Business New Europe

Professor Dewi Fortuna Anwar
Distinguished Visiting Professor,
Southeast Asia Studies Program,
School of Advanced International Studies,
Johns Hopkins University

Angel Rabasa
Senior Policy Analyst,
RAND Corporation

Sadanand Dhume
Bernard Schwartz Fellow,
Asia Society Washington Center

Walter Lohman
Senior Research Fellow for Southeast Asia,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Paul Rosenzweig
Acting Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and
Counselor for Policy Directorate,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Kelly Ryan
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the
Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration,
U.S. Department of State

Brian W. Walsh
Senior Legal Research Fellow,
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
Assistant Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies, and
Senior Research Fellow,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Wendy Cutler
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative and
Chief Negotiator, KORUS FTA

With commentaries from:
Bruce Klingner
Senior Research Fellow,
Northeast Asia,
The Heritage Foundation

Brian Pomper
Partner,
Parvin Pomper Schuyler, Inc.

Robert Reis
Executive Vice President,
U.S.-Korea Business Council and
Senior Director,
Japan and Korea,
U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Walter Lohman
Director,
Asian Studies Center and
Senior Research Fellow,
Southeast Asia,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK)
Member,
United States Senate

With Commentaries from:

Joseph Antos, Ph.D.
Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in
Health Care and Retirement Policy,
American Enterprise Institute

Grace-Marie Turner
Founder, President and Trustee,
Galen Institute

Stuart M. Butler, Ph.D.
Vice President,
Domestic Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Introduction:
Dr. Kim R. Holmes
Vice President,
Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, and
Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Panel I: The State of US-Russian Relations: A new Cold War or Creative Tensions?

Steedman Hinckley
National Intelligence Officer (Acting),
Russia and Eurasia,
National Intelligence Council/DNI

Dmitri Trenin, Ph.D.
Deputy Director,
The Carnegie Moscow Center, and
Co-Chair,
Foreign and Security Policy Project

Andrew Kuchins, Ph.D.
Director and Senior Fellow,
Russia and Eurasia Program,
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Panel II: Where Are We Going from Here—And How?

Angela Stent, Ph.D.
Professor and Director,
Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies,
Georgetown University

Mary Warlick
Director,
Russian Affairs,
U.S. Department of State

Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow,
Russian and Eurasian Studies and
International Energy Security,
Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Dan Blumenthal
Senior Fellow,
American Enterprise Institute

Jacques deLisle
Stephen Cozen Professor of Law,
University of Pennsylvania

J. Bruce Jacobs
Professor of Asian Languages and Studies,
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Richard C. Kagan
Professor of History,
Hamline University

John J. Tkacik, Jr.
Senior Research Fellow for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Terence Ascott
Founder and CEO,
SAT-7 International,
Cyprus

Dr. Habib Badr
Senior Pastor,
National Evangelical Church of Beirut,
Lebanon

Rita El Mounayer
Programming Director,
SAT-7 International,
Cyprus

Moderator:
Debra Brink
Acting Executive Director,
SAT-7 International

Evelyn Farkas
Professional Staff Member,
Senate Armed Services Committee (Majority)

Mike Dubois
Legislative Assistant,
Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond (R-MO)

Todd Stiefler
Legislative Assistant,
Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ)

Manpreet Anand
Professional Staff Member,
House Foreign Affairs Committee (Majority)

Dennis Halpin
Professional Staff,
House Foreign Affairs Committee (Minority)

Walter Lohman
Senior Research Fellow for Southeast Asia,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Dr. Irwin Jacobs
Founder and Chairman,
QUALCOMM, Inc.

Phillip N. Truluck
Executive Vice President,
The Heritage Foundation

Alison Acosta Fraser
Director,
Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Barry Eichengreen, Ph.D.
George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee
Professor of Economics and Political Science,
University of California, Berkeley

Tim Kane, Ph.D.
Director,
Center for International Trade and Economics,
The Heritage Foundation

Claudia Horn
President,
Performance Results, Inc.

Karen M. Woods
Executive Director,
Empowerment Resource Network

Calvin W. Edwards
Founder and CEO,
Calvin Edwards & Company

Patrick F. Fagan, Ph.D.
William H.G. FitzGerald Senior Fellow in
Family and Cultural Issues,
The Heritage Foundation

Anthony Cordesman
Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy,
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Frederick Kagan
Resident Scholar,
American Enterprise Institute

Kenneth Pollack
Director of Research,
Saban Center for Middle East Policy,
The Brookings Institution

James Phillips
Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

S. Fred Singer
Author

Edwin Meese
Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow in Public Policy,
The Heritage Foundation

Cheryl Felicia Rhoads
Actress, Writer and Director

Chris Heaton-Harris MEP
UK, Conservative Party
Member of the Internal Market and
Consumer Protection Committee

Roger Helmer MEP
UK, Conservative Party
Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Syed Kamall MEP
UK, Conservative Party
Member of the Committee on International Trade

Ward Connerly
Director, American Civil Rights Coalition

Introductory Remarks by:
Roger Clegg
President and General Council, Center for Equal Opportunity

Hon. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI)
U.S. House of Representatives

Hon. Bob Schaffer
Vice-Chairman,
Colorado State Board of Education and
Former Member,
U.S. House of Representatives

Jennifer Marshall
Director,
Domestic Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Walid Phares
Author

Mary DeRosa
Senior Fellow,
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Todd Gaziano
Director,
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Suzanne Spaulding
Principal,
Bingham Consulting Group

John C. Yoo
Professor of Law,
University of California, Berkeley,
School of Law, and
Author of War By Other Means: An Insider’s Account of the War on Terror

Moderator:
James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
Assistant Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Center for Strategic and International Studies

and

The Heritage Foundation

Keynote Remarks by:
The Honorable James Talent
Distinguished Fellow,
The Heritage Foundation

Followed by a Discussion featuring:

LTG Theodore G. Stroup, Jr., USA, Ret.
Vice President,
Education,
Association of the United States Army

Col. Douglas Macgregor, USA, Ret.
Defense and Foreign Policy Consultant

Moderator:
Mackenzie Eaglen
Senior Policy Analyst for National Security,
The Heritage Foundation

Association of the United States Army

and

The Heritage Foundation

Alena V. Ledeneva, Ph.D.
Author

Stefano Beltrame
First Counselor,
Head of the Economic, Commercial and Scientific Affairs,
Embassy of Italy

Mark Reynolds
Counsellor Defence Materiel,
Embassy of Australia

Bill Cruickshank
Attaché Defence Equipment,
British Embassy

Juliana Geran Pilon, Ph.D.
Research Professor of Politics and Culture and
Earhart Fellow,
Institute of World Politics, and
Author of Why America Is Such a Hard Sell: Beyond Pride and Prejudice

J. Michael Waller, Ph.D.
Walter and Lenore Annenburg
Professor of International Communication,
Institute of World Politics

John J. Yurechko, Ph.D.
Director of Analysis and Collection,
Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive,
Institute of World Politics

Moderator:
Lee Edwards, Ph.D.
Distinguished Fellow for Conservative Thought,
B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

The Honorable Donald C. Winter, Ph.D.
Secretary of the United States Navy

Mackenzie Eaglen
Senior Policy Analyst for National Security,
The Heritage Foundation

P. W. Singer, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies,
Brookings Institution

Gerhard L. Weinberg, Ph.D.
William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of History,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Moderator
James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow for National Security and Homeland Security,
The Heritage Foundation

Norwich University

and

The Heritage Foundation

John Edward Hilboldt
Director,
Lectures and Seminars,
The Heritage Foundation

Andrew Nien-dzu Yang
Secretary General,
Council for Advanced Policy Studies,
Taiwan

James Mulvenon
Deputy Director,
Center for Intelligence and Analysis

Richard C. Bush III
Director,
Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies,
The Brookings Institution

Michael Franc
Vice President,
Government Relations,
The Heritage Foundation

James Jay Carafano
Assistant Director,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Lisa Curtis
Senior Research Fellow,
South Asia,
Asian Studies Center,
The Heritage Foundation

Todd Gaziano
Director,
Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

James A. Phillips
Research Fellow for Middle East Affairs,
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis
Institute for International Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

S. Frederick Starr, Ph.D.
Chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and
Research Professor,
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advance International Studies,
Johns Hopkins University

Julia Nanay
Senior Director,
Country Strategies,
PFC Energy

Stephen J. Blank, Ph.D.
Research Professor of National Security Affairs,
Strategic Studies Institute,
U.S. Army War College

The Honorable John Cornyn (R-TX)
United States Senate

The Honorable Jim DeMint (R-SC)
United States Senate