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• SALON | New National Security Strategy: Formula For American Leadership and Prosperity Or Recipe For America's Decline and Foreign Failure?

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    Wednesday, February 25, 2026
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    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
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    Tech Center Location Provided to Registrants Before Event
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  Be part of a lively, intimate discussion about the new National Security Strategy (NSS) of the United States, which introduces dramatic and consequential shifts in American foreign policy. The NSS has been both hailed as a creative, realistic, and pragmatic vision for America's future and derided as a flawed, historically inept, and dangerous manifesto for America's decline and collapse as leader of the free world. Come share your views on this novel approach to America's role in the world.

  Expect differing opinions, opposing positions and contrasting views. Come prepared to share your views and speak your mind about some of the most pressing international issues facing us today! 

  Explore the Issue - Debate the Questions: A ‘DCFR salon’ is a social gathering where people respectfully discuss, exchange, and consider critical ideas, policy, and philosophy with respect to international relations and its impact on Colorado and the world.
  

  Please note, DCFR Salons are members-only and it is limited to the first 15 guests. This is your chance to really get to know other members and learn from each other! 

  Some questions to be debated:
  

  1. "America First," this may be good politics - is it good foreign policy?
  2. In the first year of this Administration, the U.S. has bombed or put "boots on the ground" in Venezuela, Syria, Iran, Yemen, Iraq, Nigeria and the Caribbean Sea -- is this America First protecting American interests or is it foreign interventions diverting attention and resources from America?
  3. Among issues in this Administration's NSS - as opposed to all prior NSS's - of possible concern are (a) a lack of any foreign power identified with malign interests to the U.S., (b) human rights are not mentioned as a goal or priority of American foreign policy, (c) the EU is quickly dismissed as approaching "civilization erasure." Progress....or a problem? and (d) adopting a "corollary to the Monroe Doctrine" (Donroe Doctrine) which purports to elevate the Western Hemisphere to exclusive U.S. hegemony?
  4. Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said that the NSS is "...largely consistent with our vision." Does this bode for good or difficult relations with Russia?   
  5. Dr. Henry Farrell, Prof. of International Relations - Johns Hopkins, has suggested that the EU/NATO allies use its "trade bazooka" (total trade war including higher tariffs, trade embargos, deny access to financial markets, ban foreign investment, revoke intellectual property rights, etc., etc.) to retaliate and punish the U.S. for its military and economic threats demanding Greenland and other subservient behaviors.  Is the U.S. triggering a trade war with its closest allies?  

  Location: Tech Center Location Provided to Registrants Before Event

  Provided: Snacks, refreshments and conversation!

  Moderator: Hon. Sidney B. Brooks

  A Few Topical Article Recommendations:
  

  1. The New National Security Strategy from the White House
  2. Anne Applebaum’s article from Atlantic Magazine: The Longest Suicide Note in American History.
  3. The National Security Strategy: The Good, the Not So Great, and the Alarm Bells by  Emily Harding

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• Cybersecurity’s Role in the Age of Geopolitical Turmoil, Hybrid Warfare, and Agentic AI

  • When
    Thursday, March 05, 2026
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    5:00 PM - 8:30 PM
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    The Usual Central Denver Location (Register for More Details)
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  DCFR is excited to partner with the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) and the Harvard Business School Club of Colorado (HBS CC) to bring together a distinguished panel exploring critical questions in today's threat landscape.

  Amid escalating geopolitical tensions, nation-state actors (including those from Russia, China, and Iran) continue to target critical infrastructure through persistent cyber campaigns, while hybrid warfare blurs lines between state-sponsored disruption and criminal ransomware. Ransomware incidents surged dramatically through 2025, with critical sectors like energy, manufacturing, and utilities hit hardest. The rapid emergence of agentic AI—autonomous systems capable of independent decision-making—amplifies risks, enabling faster, more sophisticated attacks, tool-chain vulnerabilities, and potential exploitation of non-human identities. These trends heighten concerns over adversarial access to robotic and autonomous fleets in defense, logistics, and industry.

  The discussion will center around, but will not be limited to, the following questions:

  1. How to protect our critical infrastructure?
  2. How to protect our companies and their IP?
  3. How to avoid foreign/rogue adversaries hacking robot fleets?

  Panelists

  Patrick Miller: President and CEO at Ampyx Cyber

  Deep expertise in cybersecurity and critical infrastructure and industry focused on protecting industrial control systems and operational technologies.

  Derek Booth: Assistant Special Agent in Charge with the U.S. Secret Service

  Federal law enforcement and cybercrime expertise focused on protecting organizations from complex and evolving threats.

  John Fokker: Vice President, Threat Intelligence Strategy with Trellix

  Drives a cross-functional mission to detect, understand, and disrupt cyber adversaries.

  Gina Yacone: Regional, Advisory, and Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Trace3

  Advises senior security leaders on emerging trends in cybersecurity, identifying and addressing security gaps, developing robust defense mechanisms, and implementing targeted, advanced security measures.

  Moderated By Carter Freeman: Vice President of vcfo’s Western Region, Board of Directors of National Defense Industrial Organization – Rocky Mountain Chapter

  Senior finance executive leading vcfo’s regional Denver office, specializing in finance, accounting, human resources and mergers and acquisitions with special emphasis on aerospace and defense.
  

  Presented By Jens "J" Mobius: Managing Partner of Infinity Partners, President of Harvard Business School Club of Colorado. Boosting transatlantic mid-market deep tech manufacturing company performance while making leading tech available across the pond.

  Please register by March 1st to guarantee ability to attend.

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• How to Deal with Countries in Turmoil from Iraq to Venezuela with Rick Barton

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    Thursday, April 16, 2026
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    5:00 PM - 8:30 PM
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    The Usual Central Denver Location (Register for More Details)
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  https://spia.princeton.edu/faculty/barton

  Ambassador Rick Barton is a lecturer at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, where he served as co-director of the Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative from 2016-23. Author of Peace Works: America's Unifying Role in a Turbulent World, Barton was the first Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict and Stabilization Operations, America’s ambassador to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations in New York, the UN’s Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva and founded USAID’s Office of Transition Initiatives. He led peacebuilding initiatives in over 40 crisis zones across the globe, from Haiti, Iraq, Nigeria, Burma to Pakistan.

  He advises numerous non-profits and public service institutions and serves on boards.  A regular contributor on major policy discussions, Barton’s pieces have appeared in a wide range of publications, including the New York Times, New York Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, The Hill, Los Angeles Times, and many more.

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• Leadership in Global Engagement Award - Phil Washington

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    Tuesday, May 19, 2026
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    5:00 PM - 8:30 PM
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    The Usual Central Denver Location (Register for More Details)
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• Former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs

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    Tuesday, November 10, 2026
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    5:00 PM - 8:30 PM
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    The Usual Central Denver Location (Register for More Details)
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  Former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs (Invited and government agency approval pending).  

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