The Washington Center • National Security Seminar 2024 | Program Schedule
Thursday, May 16, 2024: Global Security Concerns
8:30am – 9:00am Framing the Issues
Dr. Neil Shortland – Faculty Fellow
9:00am – 9:45am Security Concerns with Russia and China
Phil Yu – Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Atlantic Council
10:00am – 10:45am The Quest for Peace in the Middle East
Michael Sharnoff – Associate Professor, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic
Studies
11:00am – 11:45am The Future of War
Dr. Brian Babcock-Lumish – Recanati-Kaplan Chair and Director of the General David H.
Petraeus Center for Emerging Leaders, Institute for the
Study of War
11:45am – 12:00pm Morning Wrap-Up
Dr. Neil Shortland – Faculty Fellow
12:00pm – 4:00pm Select Institution Group Photos, Lunch (on your own), Small Group Meetings and
Site Visits
