Event
Washington Forum 2016
April 13, 2016
8:58 am -
The theme for this year’s FDD Washington Forum was “National Security in the Next Administration: Can America Change Course?” Washington Forum brings together foreign-policy and national-security professionals, diplomats and members of Congress to provide insightful analysis and fresh perspectives on the most complex issues facing America:
Opening Remarks
- Ambassador R. James Woolsey, Chairman, Foundation for Defense of Democracies Leadership Council
- Clifford D. May, President & Founder, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Erdogan’s Turkey: A Downward Spiral?
- Amb. Eric Edelman, former U.S. ambassador to Turkey, Senior Advisor, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
- Aykan Erdemir, Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
- Moderator: John Hannah, Senior Counselor, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Conversation with the Kurdistan Regional Government Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior
- Qubad Talabani , Deputy Prime Minister, Kurdistan Regional Government
- Karim Sinjari, Minister of the Interior, Kurdistan Regional Government
- Moderator: Michael Gordon
Jihadism: Can It Be Defeated?
- Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
- Gilles Kepel, Professor, Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris
- Graeme Wood, Contributing Editor, The Atlantic
- Nancy Youssef, Senior National Security Correspondent, The Daily Beast
- Moderator: Reuel Marc Gerecht, Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Presentation of the Jeane K. Kirkpatrick Statesmanship Award
- Mark Dubowitz, Executive Director, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
- Sen. Susan Collins, U.S. Senator (R-ME)
Combatting Emerging National Security Threats
- John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Department of Justice
- Moderator: Juan Zarate, Chairman and Senior Counselor, FDD’s Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance
Presentation of the George P. Shultz Award for Distinguished Service
- Clifford D. May, President & Founder, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
- General Ray Odierno, General (Ret.), United States Army
- Catherine Herridge, Chief Intelligence Correspondent, Fox News Channel
U.S.-Iran Sanctions Strategy Going Forward: Ensuring the Continued Success of the Nuclear Deal and Addressing the Remaining Threats
- Mark Dubowitz, Executive Director, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
- Adam Szubin, Acting Under Secrertary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Department of Treasury
Presentation of the Alberto Nisman Award for Courage
- Emanuele Ottolenghi, Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
- Toby Dershowitz, Vice President for Government Relations and Strategy, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
- Judge Royce Lamberth, Senior Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Anti-democratic Regimes: Confrontation or Coexistence?
- Elliot Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
- Mark Dubowitz, Executive Director, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
- Evelyn Farkas, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
- Suzanne Maloney, Deputy Director of the Foreign Policy Program, Brookings Institution
- Moderator: Indira Lakshmanan, Foreign Policy Correspondent
Closing Remarks
- Mark Dubowitz, Executive Director, Foundation for Defense of Democracies