The New Team: Foreign and Security Policy in a Second Obama Administration

As President Obama’s second term kicks off, three key positions have turned over.  Senator Kerry has been nominated to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the nation's top diplomat.  Former Senator Chuck Hagel has been nominated to replace Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta as the head of the Pentagon.  The President’s close adviser on counterterrorism, John Brennan, is slated to become the next Director of the CIA.

Assuming this team is confirmed, how will they change the character of American foreign and security policy over the next four years? What do they need to do to be successful? What can we learn from their records? And what can we learn from history?

Featuring: 

Moderator:
CNP President Scott Bates

Doug Wilson
Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs

Karen DeYoung
Associate Editor and Senior National Security Correspondent for the Washington Post

Dr. Charles Stevenson
Professorial Lecturer at Johns Hopkins SAIS and author of America's Foreign Policy Toolkit.