Upcoming Events
Outer Space Symposium with Gen. Jay Raymond
The Schmidt Program presents the Spring 2025 Outer Space Symposium, featuring space leaders across public, private, and nonprofit sectors, sharing their perspectives on national security challenges in the space domain. On February 10, the featured speaker is Gen. John “Jay” Raymond (ret.), first chief of Space Operations, U.S. Space Force.
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Outer Space Symposium with Peter Beshar
The Schmidt Program presents the Spring 2025 Outer Space Symposium, featuring space leaders across public, private, and nonprofit sectors, sharing their perspectives on national security challenges in the space domain. On February 24, the featured speaker is the Honorable Peter Beshar, former general counsel of the U.S. Air Force. As …
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World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century
The Johnson Center for the Study of American Diplomacy at the Jackson School of Global Affairs presents a conversation with Dmitri Alperovitch, founder and CTO of CrowdStrike, chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, as part of the center’s Spring 2025 Speaker Series on Emerging Technologies and Great Power Competition.
Dmitri Alperovitch is …
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Outer Space Symposium with Frank Whitworth
The Schmidt Program presents the Spring 2025 Outer Space Symposium, featuring space leaders across public, private, and nonprofit sectors, sharing their perspectives on national security challenges in the space domain. On March 24, the featured speaker is Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth, director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Whitworth leads …
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Rare Earth Minerals and U.S.-China Supply Chain Geopolitics
The Johnson Center for the Study of American Diplomacy at the Jackson School of Global Affairs presents a conversation with James Litinsky, founder and CEO of MP Materials, as part of the center’s Spring 2025 Speaker Series on Emerging Technologies and Great Power Competition.
James Litinsky is the founder, chairman, and …
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Outer Space Symposium with Bill Nelson
The Schmidt Program presents the Spring 2025 Outer Space Symposium, featuring space leaders across public, private, and nonprofit sectors, sharing their perspectives on national security challenges in the space domain. On April 7, the featured speaker is Senator Bill Nelson, former NASA administrator. Nelson served as NASA administrator from 2021 …
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Intelligence Dimensions of U.S.-China Competition
The Johnson Center for the Study of American Diplomacy at the Jackson School of Global Affairs presents a conversation with The Honorable David Cohen, former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency, as part of the center’s Spring 2025 Speaker Series on Emerging Technologies and Great Power Competition.
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AI Negotiations with China
The Johnson Center for the Study of American Diplomacy at the Jackson School of Global Affairs presents a conversation with Adam Segal, former senior advisor, Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, U.S. Department of State, as part of the center’s Spring 2025 Speaker Series on Emerging Technologies and Great Power …
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