America in the World

Forging a New Vision for Foreign Policy and International Security

June 12, 2007, 8:30am – 5:30pm

About This Event

At a time when the American people are beginning the process of choosing new leaders, the conference on Tuesday, June 12, 2007, explored how the United States can re-assert its leadership for a more peaceful, prosperous, and secure world.

Sponsored by The Century Foundation and the Center for American Progress, the conference featured speakers and panels on today's most pressing international issues of peace and security, including U.S. nuclear weapons policy, configuring America's defenses to 21st century realities, America's role in the Middle East, the global economy, and energy and the environment. Panelists included established and emerging voices in the international policy realm, including senior policy makers.

Speakers included former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Wesley Clark, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, former CIA Director John Deutch, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and Egypt Daniel Kurtzer, former Secretary of Treasury Bob Rubin, Senator Gordon Smith, and former Deputy Commander, Headquarters U.S. European Command Charles Wald.

The full-day conference continued a tradition of highly successful foreign policy consultations organized jointly by the Center for American Progress and The Century Foundation in New York in 2006 and in Washington in 2003.

Location

Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
400 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

Event Schedule

PROGRAM

7:45 am – 8:30 am - Registration and continental breakfast

8:30 am – 8:45 am - Welcoming remarks by John D. Podesta and Richard C. Leone

8:45 am – 9:15 am - Opening remarks by keynote speaker Madeleine Albright

9:15 am – 10:35 am - Panel: Energy and the Environment: 
Tom Daschle (moderator), John Deutch, Gen. (ret.) Charles Wald, and Cathy Zoi

10:35 am – 10:45 am - Morning Break

10:50 am – 11:20 am - Keynote Speaker – Sen. Gordon Smith

11:20 am – 12:40 pm - Panel: America and the Middle East: 
Helene Cooper (moderator), Daniel Kurtzer, Ellen Laipson, Daniel Levy, and Rep. David Price

12:45 pm – 2:15 pm - Luncheon Keynote Speaker – Zbigniew Brzezinski

12:45 pm – 1:15 pm - Luncheon Service
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm - Speaking program

2:25 pm – 3:45 pm - Panel: Configuring America’s defenses to 21st century realities:
Michele Flournoy (moderator), Gordon Adams, Gen. (ret.) Wesley Clark, and Larry Korb

3:45 pm – 4:00 pm - Afternoon Break

4:00 pm – 5:15 pm  - Panel: America and the global economy: 
Melody Barnes (moderator), Alan Blinder, John Podesta, and Bob Rubin

5:15 pm – 5:30 pm - Closing remarks by Samuel R. Berger

Resources

For more on this event, including a wrap-up, video clips and speech transcripts, please see:

• America in the World Conference Roundup