Michael Brown, Director of the Defense Innovation Unit at the Department of Defense, joined NSI Founder & Executive Director Jamil Jaffer on July 23 for the latest installment of our NatSec Nightcap webinar series. Mr. Brown discussed the impending superpower marathon between the U.S. and China, focusing on China’s multi-decade investment in technologies critical for both future innovation and military superiority and U.S. policies and tools needed to strengthen the national security innovation base.
John C. Demers, Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division at the Department of Justice, joins us on the next session of NatSec Nightcap on Thursday, August 6 from 5 – 6 PM ET. Mr. Demers leads the Department’s efforts to combat national security related cyber-crime, terrorism and espionage, to enforce export control and sanctions laws, and to conduct a national security review of foreign investments. Mr. Demers also leads the Attorney General’s China Initiative to counter economic espionage, trade secret theft, hacking, and other related crimes from China. To register for this event, please click here.
Past speakers in this series include NSI Advisory Board member Gen. Keith Alexander (Ret.), Rep. Will Hurd (TX-23), former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former Senator Saxby Chambliss, former Acting and Deputy Director oof the CIA Michael Morell, and former White House Homeland Security Advisor Lisa Monaco. NSI’s NatSec Nightcap webinar series provides important conversations to a diverse audience and provides an engaging virtual alternative while our in-person programming is suspended.
To learn more about NatSec Nightcap, view our upcoming speakers, and register for these events, please visit our website.