Defending American Citizens: The Strategic Defense Initiative

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Event Conservatism

March 22, 2018 Defending American Citizens: The Strategic Defense Initiative

~ Honoring President Ronald Reagan’s Legacy ~

Thursday, Mar 22, 2018

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

The Heritage Foundation

214 Massachusetts Ave NE
Washington, DC
20002

Agenda

Welcome and Introduction

 

Becky Norton Dunlop, Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow, The Heritage Foundation

 

Opening Presentations

 

Sven Kraemer, President Reagan’s National Security Council Director for Arms Control (1981-1987)

and Distinguished Fellow, American Foreign Policy Council

Ambassador Henry Cooper, Chairman, High Frontier; President Reagan’s Chief Negotiator at the Geneva Defense and Space Talks; and former Director of the Strategic Defense Initiative Office

 

Commentaries and Historical Perspectives

 

Peter Huessy, Director of Strategic Deterrent Studies, Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, and President, GeoStrategic Analysis – Co-Host and Discussion Leader

Ambassador Robert Joseph, Senior Scholar, National Institute for Public Policy; Professor, Missouri StateUniversity; and former U.S. Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation and former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security

Ilan Berman, Senior Vice President, American Foreign Policy Council

Lt. General General Bruce “Orville” Wright, USAF (ret.), Former Commander, U.S. Forces Japan

 

Adjournment / Light Luncheon Buffet Provided

Description

The President Ronald Reagan Legacy Project will honor the multiple policy initiatives and legacies America inherited as a result of President Reagan’s vision, intentions, and actions that established the foundation for constitutional public policy pointing the way forward even today. Defending the citizenry was among his highest priorities and a role he believed was the central constitutional responsibility of the national government. Our first program will, therefore, address his announcement of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) and the goal to protect American security from not only established enemy states, but also rogue regimes or terrorist groups who could launch nuclear weapons on the United States or our allies and examine how this vision is relevant to today’s missile defense challenges.