The 2024 Knight Forum on Geopolitics

Wednesday, October 2, 2024, 1:00 – 4:20 p.m. EDT
Online: https://www.brookings.edu/events/the-2024-knight-forum-on-geopolitics/ 

The United States faces a dual imperative: responding to immediate military challenges while managing the nontraditional risks that are redefining global security. The ongoing wars in Ukraine and Gaza and rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific, from Taiwan to the South China Sea, underscore traditional threats and reflect the enduring relevance of military power. Yet, transnational challenges like climate change, food insecurity, and the disruptive potential of artificial intelligence and disinformation are no longer peripheral concerns but central to the strategic environment. Addressing these complex threats requires rethinking American defense priorities and developing innovative, cross-cutting solutions to navigate this evolving security landscape.

Join Brookings for a series of conversations that explore big ideas and advance provocative potential solutions to the world's wide-ranging security challenges. This year’s forum will feature keynote discussions with White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Arati Prabhakar and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph F. Dunford and two panels of Brookings experts.

Online viewers can submit questions via e-mail to events@brookings.edu or via X @BrookingsFP using #KnightForum.