According to the 2020 Chicago Council Survey, Democrats are more likely to want to cut the defense budget (43%) or maintain (32%) current spending, while Republicans want to maintain (44%) or expand (40%) defense spending. Boston University’s Andrew Bacevich and former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Christine Wormuth discuss how the United States should prioritize defense spending and where it should deploy troops and other military assets. Peter Spiegel, US managing editor of the Financial Times, media partner for the America in 2020 event series, will moderate.
Karen DeYoung, Senior National Security Correspondent, The Washington Post; Edward Luce, US National Editor, Financial Times; Gideon Rachman, Chief Foreign Affairs Columnist, Financial Times. Moderated by Ivo H. Daalder.
Rebecca Lissner, Assistant Professor, US Naval War College; Mira Rapp-Hooper, Senior Fellow, China Center, Yale Law School. Moderated by Ivo H. Daalder.
Lindsey Ford, Fellow, Center for East Asia Policy, Brookings; James B. Steinberg, Former United States Deputy Secretary of State. Moderated by James Kynge.
