“Should the United States be the World’s Policeman?” debate centered upon the relative strengths and weaknesses of U.S. leadership in the world, and whether U.S. decisionmakers should use the significant military, economic and diplomatic resources at their disposal to continue shaping and arbitrating events in the international system.
In addition to featuring keynote remarks by Admiral Mike Rogers, Director of the National Security Agency, this event will convene experts and practitioners from the public and private sector, military, media, academia, non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations for a series of discussion panels and first person "pop-up" style speeches on the wide range of cybersecurity issues that are affecting and infecting everything from personal devices and corporate networks to national defense and international affairs.
The ability to bounce back, to absorb shocks, to persevere, to retain functionality over time, to endure, to adapt, to succeed, to survive, to sustain... so many verbs are conjured up by the term "resilience." Whether we're talking about our bodies, our minds, our communities, our institutions or our natural environment, the R-word provides a conceptual framework for designing a better tomorrow. Please join us for a wide-ranging inquiry on what it means to be resilient and what a resilient future could look like.
On Tuesday, April 15th, the McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University hosted the debate: "Putin's Russia: Time for Containment?" at the Burke Theater at the Navy Memorial, in Washington, DC. The debate centered on the ongoing Ukrainian crisis, Putin's actions, and the right Western response to them. Although Western democracies are united in condemning Russia's intervention in Ukraine, its destabilizing efforts in Eastern Europe, and the annexation of Crimea, there is no consensus regarding the appropriate policy to handle the situation.