Events

Past Events

The National Security Roundtable regularly holds events with guest speakers in New York City. These events are by invitation only and are exclusively for NSR members. For more information, please contact us here.

[In addition to specific events listed below, informal discussion forums and post-event gatherings are held throughout the year.]

October 19, 2010

Afghanistan: Prescription for Warrior Deaths

With John Bernard, U.S. Marine Corps veteran, on why our assessment and strategy in Afghanistan are a recipe for American deaths.

Afghanistan: Wrong Strategy, R.O.E's & Timetable

With Lt. General Thomas G. McInerney, U.S. Air Force (ret), former Asst Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force.

Protecting America in the New Missile Age

With Lt. General Henry A. "Trey" Obering, U.S. Air Force (ret), former Director of the Missile Defense Agency; and Special Screening of new documentary, "33 Minutes".

Wrong Approach To National Security

With Kent Clizbe, former CIA Case Officer & Member of CIA's Directorate of Operations, on why a law enforcement approach to "war on terror" is damaging national security.

Inside Jihad: Confronting Radical Islam

With Dr. Tawfik Hamid, onetime member of Islamic terrorist group Jamaa Islamiya, former colleague of Ayman al-Zawahiri (al-Qaeda's #2); medical doctor and Muslim reformer.

Notable Quotables

"The damage to the reputation of the United States is indescribable. We are now seen, and will be seen for many years, as an unreliable partner in any multinational agreement or operation. Trust in the United States is irreparably damaged."

~ From Open Letter penned three days ago, by nearly 90 retired US generals and admirals to Sec of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Mark Milley, calling on them to resign from their positions over their handling of US withdrawal from Afghanistan (more here).
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