The Terrorism, Security and America's Purpose Conference

Held on the 6th and 7th of September 2005. Below is the full conference agenda with links to the associated video files.

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8:15 a.m.	Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m.	Welcoming Remarks Conference Director and Master of Ceremonies Steven Clemons Senior Fellow & Director, American Strategy Program New America Foundation and Publisher, TheWashingtonNote.com Reflections on 9/11/2001 and Thoughts on Reframing America’s “Next Phase” Response to the Terrorism Challenge James Fallows National Correspondent, Atlantic Monthly and Chairman of the Board, New America Foundation Stephen B. Heintz President, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
9:15 a.m.	Provocations: What Americans “Should” See on a Road Map in Confronting Terrorism The Hon. Jane Harman Ranking Member, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence U.S. House of Representatives George Soros Chairman, Soros Fund Management and Chairman, Open Society Institute The Hon. Mitchell Reiss Former Director of Policy Planning, Department of State and Vice Provost, College of William & Mary The Hon. James Steinberg Vice President & Director, Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Institution and Former Deputy National Security Advisor to the President Rita E. Hauser International attorney; Chair, International Peace Academy; and Member, Board of Directors, RAND Corporation The Hon. Roger Cressey Former Chief of Staff, President’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Board Former Director, Transnational Threats, National Security Council; and President, Good Harbor Consulting LLC moderator Richard Medley Chairman, Medley Global Advisors and Former Chief Economist, Committee on Banking, Finance & Urban Affairs U.S. House of Representatives Optional -- Experts Working Group Meeting on Underlying Causes of Terrorism Chairperson: Louise Richardson, Dean, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Massachusetts Room (A limited number of conference attendees are welcome to join as “Observers” for this meeting. The session will conclude at 10:45 a.m. If you choose to attend, you are requested to remain in the room until the completion of discussion so as to not disrupt proceedings. First come, first serve.)
10:30 a.m.	*America's Purpose: Building a “New Consensus” in the Fight Against Terrorism* introduction The Hon. Morton H. Halperin Former Special Asst to the President & Sr. Dir. for Democracy, National Security Council; Senior Vice President, Center for American Progress and Executive Director, Open Society Policy Center The Hon. Joseph Biden (D-DE) Ranking Member, Committee on Foreign Relations U.S. Senate
11:00 a.m.	The Grievance Challenge: Confronting the Political Dimensions of Terrorism Robert Pape Professor, University of Chicago and Author, Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism Nir Rosen Author “Letter from Falluja,” The New Yorker and Fellow, New America Foundation Yosri Fouda Senior Investigative Reporter and London Bureau Chief, Al-Jazeera; Interviewer of al Qaeda leaders Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and Ramzi Binalshibh; and Co-author, Masterminds of Terror Andrew Kohut Director, Pew Research Center for People and the Press and Director, Pew Global Attitudes Project Michael Lind Whitehead Senior Fellow, New America Foundation and Author, The American Way of Strategy (Oxford University Press, 2006) moderator Robert Kuttner Co-Founder and Co-Editor, The American Prospect Question and Answer Questions from the audience fielded by the panel Optional -- Experts Working Group Meeting on Homeland Security Chairperson: Suzanne Spaulding, Managing Director, The Harbour Group and Former Executive Director, National Commission on Terrorism Ohio Room (A limited number of conference attendees are welcome to join as “Observers” for this meeting. The session will conclude at 12:15 p.m. If you choose to attend, you are requested to remain in the room until the completion of discussion so as to not disrupt proceedings. First come, first serve.)
12:15 p.m	Luncheon & Remarks Luncheon Master of Ceremonies & Introductions The Hon. Dave McCurdy Former Member, U.S. House of Representatives and President, Electronic Industries Alliance Pre-luncheon commentary Balancing Trust & Fear in Public Policy Responses to Terrorism: A View from the Heartland The Honorable Jon Huntsman, Jr. Governor of Utah Post-Luncheon Remarks Reflecting on 9-11 and America’s Global Engagement Problem General Wesley Clark Former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO and former candidate for President of the United States Short Question & Answer Session
2:00 p.m.	Beating Terrorism – or Fueling It? America’s Stakes in Getting its Terrorism Response Right Tom Clancy Author of more than 20 national-security themed best-selling novels and non-fiction books Optional -- Experts Working Group Meeting on Confronting Terrorism Chairperson: The Hon. Robert Hutchings, Diplomat-in-Residence, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University and Former Chairman, National Intelligence Council Massachusetts Room (A limited number of conference attendees are welcome to join as “Observers” for this meeting. The session will conclude at 3:30 p.m. If you choose to attend, you are requested to remain in the room until the completion of discussion so as to not disrupt proceedings. First come, first serve.)
2:30 p.m.	Non-Democratic States as Allies in the Struggle Against Terrorism? Dimitri K. Simes President, The Nixon Center and Publisher, The National Interest Anatol Lieven Senior Research Fellow, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation; Former Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; and Author, America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism Flynt Leverett Senior Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution and Former Senior Director, Middle East Initiative, National Security Council Kenneth Roth Executive Director, Human Rights Watch Michael McFaul Director, Center for Democracy, Development & the Rule of Law, Stanford University and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution moderator The Hon. Morton H. Halperin Former Special Asst to the President & Sr. Dir. for Democracy, National Security Council; Senior Vice President, Center for American Progress and Executive Director, Open Society Policy Center
3:45 p.m.	Provocations: Thoughts on Reframing the Terrorism Challenge Gerold Yonas Principle Scientist & Vice President, Advanced Concepts Group Sandia National Weapons Laboratories and Former Chief Scientist and Deputy Director, Strategic Defense Initiative, Department of Defense Henry Schuster Senior Investigative Producer, CNN and on-line columnist, CNN.com’s Tracking Terror Diego Hidalgo President, FRIDE (Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior) and Publisher, Foreign Policy (Spanish edition) Richard Vague Co-Founder, First USA Bank; Chairman & CEO, Juniper Financial; and Chairman, AmericanRespect.com Stephen M. Walt Robert & Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard University and Author, Taming American Power: The Global Response to U.S. Primacy Juliette Kayyem Lecturer in Public Policy, Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; and Member, National Commission on Terrrorism (known as the “Bremer Commission”) moderator The Hon. Lawrence Korb Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; Senior Advisor, Center for Defense Information; and Former Asst. Secretary of Defense in the Reagan Administration And Co-author (w/Robert Boorstin), Integrated Power: A National Security Strategy for the 21st Century Optional -- Experts Working Group Meeting on Promoting Democracy Chairperson: Michael McFaul, Director, Center for Democracy, Development & the Rule of Law, Stanford University Ohio Room (A limited number of conference attendees are welcome to join as “Observers” for this meeting. The session will conclude at 5:15 p.m. If you choose to attend, you are requested to remain in the room until the completion of discussion so as to not disrupt proceedings. First come, first serve.)
5:00p.m.	*Norms Under Stress – Is there a Civil Liberties Trade-Off in Fighting Terrorism? And what of the Debate on Rendition, Interrogations, and Detentions?* Daniel W. Sutherland Officer for Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Department of Homeland Security Anne-Marie Slaughter Dean, Woodrow Wilson School for Public Policy Princeton University Jonah Goldberg Editor-at-Large, National Review Online and nationally syndicated columnist Grover Norquist President, Americans for Tax Reform and Member of the Board, American Conservative Union; and Member of the Board, National Rifle Association Reuel Marc Gerecht Resident Fellow, American Foreign Policy, American Enterprise Institute Brigadier General James Cullen (U.S. Army, ret.) Former Chief Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, U.S. Army and Co-Signatory, Retired Military Leaders Letter to the U.S. Senate on Combat Detentions moderator Michael Barone Senior Writer, U.S. News & World Report and Principal Co-Author, The Almanac of American Politics *Optional -- Experts Working Group Meeting on American Grand Strategy & the Struggle Against Terrorism* Chairperson: Charles Kupchan, Professor of International Relations, Georgetown University and Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations Massachusetts Room (A limited number of conference attendees are welcome to join as “Observers” for this meeting. The session will conclude at 6:30 p.m. If you choose to attend, you are requested to remain in the room until the completion of discussion so as to not disrupt proceedings. First come, first serve.)
6:15 p.m.	Reception Remarks – Statement The Hon. Theodore “Ted” Sorensen Former Special Counsel to President John F. Kennedy; Former Member of the Executive Committee, National Security Council and former Senior Partner and Of Counsel, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
6:15 p.m.	Executive Session -- Private Meeting *Roundtable on Guiding Principles in Considering Security Challenges in America* The Hon. John Ashcroft Former Attorney General of the United States and Principal, The Ashcroft Group
7:15 p.m.	Dinner & Remarks Looking Forward: Honoring the Past and Building Resiliency in the Future Jennifer Mincin Executive Director Families of September 11 (FOS11) Introduction of Senator Hagel Rita E. Hauser Chair, International Peace Academy; Board Member, RAND Corporation and President, The Hauser Foundation America’s Purpose and the Global Struggle Against Terrorism The Hon. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) U.S. Senator and Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
9:45 p.m.	Nightcap Sessions – Discussions in Break Out Rooms with Various Personalities

8:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m.	Where We Are Steven Clemons Director, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation
9:05 a.m.	Thoughts on America’s Terrorism Challenge The Hon. Jim Saxton (R-NJ) Chairman, Sub-Committee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats, and Capabilities House Armed Services Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
9:30 a.m.	American Nightmares vs. Opportunities: The Dilemma of the Last Sovereign The Hon. Zbigniew Brzezinski Former National Security Advisor to the President and Trustee & Counselor, Center for Strategic and International Studies American Interests & Global Interests: Security in an Insecure World Francis Fukuyama Academic Dean, Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies Johns Hopkins University Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, USA (Ret) Former Chief of Staff Department of State G. John Ikenberry Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs Princeton University The Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell Former Prime Minister of Canada and Secretary General, Club of Madrid moderator Martin Walker Chief Editor, UPI and Former Washington Bureau Chief, The Guardian
10:30 a.m.	America Engaged in the World and the War on Terror: Principles Leaders Can Agree On: Release of Eminent Persons Group Statement on Terrorism Introduction Jamie Metzl President and Board Co-Chairman, Partnership for a Secure America Charles “Chip” Andreae Co-Chairman, Partneship for a Secure America; President, Andreae & Associates; and Former Chief of Staff, Office of Senator Richard Lugar Question and Answer Questions from the audience fielded by the panel Release of Eminent Persons Group Statement on America’s “Next Phase” Response to Terrorism The Hon. Warren Rudman Former U.S. Senator; Co-Chairman, U.S. Commission on National Security in the 21st Century; and Co-Chairman, Advisory Board, Partnership for a Secure America The Hon. Lee Hamilton President, Woodrow Wilson Center and Former Chairman, House International Relations Committee; and Co-Chairman, Advisory Board, Partnership for a Secure America
10:50 a.m.	A Conversation: America’s Purposes and Challenges The Hon. Madeleine K. Albright 64th Secretary of State and Principal, The Albright Group interlocutor Andrea Koppel State Department Correspondent, CNN
11:45 a.m.	Report from Five Expert Working Groups: New Thinking on Comprehensive Strategies to Confront Terrorism Louise Richardson Executive Dean, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Experts Group Chair, Underlying Causes of Terrorism The Hon. Robert Hutchings Diplomat-in-Residence, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University and former Chairman, National Intelligence Council Experts Group Chair, Confronting Terrorism Charles Kupchan Professor of International Relations, Georgetown University and Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations Experts Group Chair, American Grand Strategy & Struggle Against Terrorism Suzanne Spaulding Managing Director, The Harbour Group Experts Group Chair, Homeland Security Michael McFaul Director, Center for Democracy, Development & the Rule of Law, Stanford University Experts Group Chair, Promoting Democracy moderator Theodore Piccone Executive Director, Democracy Coalition Project and Coordinator, Expert Working Groups for Terrorism, Security and America’s Purpose
12:45 p.m.	Luncheon Program Pre-Luncheon Commentary *The Human Connection to the Terrorism Policy Debate: Some Thoughts* Mary Fetchet Founding Director, Voices of September 11th *Benchmarking America’s Response to Terrorism: Where We’ve Been...Where We Have to Go* The Hon. Juan Zarate Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism Short Question and Answer Period
2:00 p.m.	The Challenge of Balance: How Terrorism and the Response to it Can Undermine a Society Marc Sagemen Professor, University of Pennsylvania and Author, Understanding Terror Networks Daniel Levy Former Advisor, Office of the Prime Minister, Israel; Official Israeli Negotiator at Oslo and Taba Peace Talks; and Policy Director, Geneva Initiative Galima Bukharbaeva Former County Director/Uzbekistan, Institute for War and Peace Reporting Juan Cole Professor, University of Michigan and Publisher of the popular blog, Informed Comment at www.juancole.com Karen Greenberg Director, Center on Law & Security, NYU School of Law and Editor, The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib Ivan Eland Director, Center on Peace & Liberty, Independent Institute and former Director of Defense Policy Studies, Cato Institute moderator Kelli Arena Correspondent, “America Bureau” (Justice, Homeland Security & National Security), CNN
3:15 p.m.	An Offshore Discussion of America’s Terrorism Debate Julian Borger Washington Bureau Chief, The Guardian Yosri Fouda Senior Investigative Reporter and London Bureau Chief, Al-Jazeera Judit Járai Washington Bureau Chief Hungarian Radio Tsutomu Watanabe Chief U.S. Political Correspondent, Asahi Shimbun Michael Backfisch Washington Bureau Chief, Handelsblatt Nathan Guttman Washington Bureau Chief, Jerusalem Post Paulo Sotero Washington Bureau Chief, O Estado de S. Paulo moderator Nikolas Gvosdev Editor, The National Interest
4:45 p.m.	*Wine Reception and Adjournment*