National Security

Twenty years ago, terror attacks on September 11th took place in the United States over the course of a morning but the effects have been felt ever since — politically and psychologically.

Are we safer now than we were on that blue September morning, and where we should go from here?

Please join us for a half-day public discussion reflecting on memories of 9/11, an assessment of the past two decades of U.S. foreign policy, and recommendations for the future.

Experts joined the 2021 Aspen Security Forum to discuss the most important foreign policy challenges in the world today.

In preparation for the 2021 Aspen Security Forum, we've created a guide to help you brush up on your global security vocabulary.

As a nation, America has cycled through the same defense and intelligence issues since the end of the Cold War.

JUNE 8, 2021 - In recent years, thousands of schools, government agencies, healthcare providers, and small businesses have fallen prey to it, but these localized incidents failed to trigger an aggressive response to match this scourge—until now.

JANUARY 7, 2021 - In the spring of 2020, and without detection, Russia infiltrated federal agencies and possibly hundreds of America's largest corporations. How did the nation’s cybersecurity defenses fail so severely, what are the risks , and what do we do now?

DECEMBER 1-3, 2020 - The Cyber Summit takes a global view, and the 2020 event proved to be a distinctive opportunity to convene voices from around the world to look back at an unprecedented year and toward the road ahead.