Reagan National Defense Forum Peace Through Strength: Deterring Aggression and Defending Freedom

REAGAN NATIONAL DEFENSE FORUM PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH: DETERRING AGGRESSION AND DEFENDING FREEDOM

DECEMBER 6-7, 2019 THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY · SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA

Conﬁrmed Speakers and Distinguished Guests Subject to change

The Honorable Mark T. Esper The Honorable Robert Cardillo Lieutenant General David A. Deptula, USAF, Ret. General David L. Goldfein Mr. R. Andrew "Andy" Hove Mr. Andrew J. Littlefair His Excellency Ashok Kumar Mirpuri Ms. Eren Ozmen Mr. Steve Sanghi Dr. Marin Strmecki Ms. Kathy J. Warden Distinguished Fellow, Georgetown Center for Security and Emerging Technology Dean, Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force President and CEO, AM General Board Member, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute Ambassador of Singapore to the United States Chair, President and Owner, Sierra Nevada Corporation Chair and CEO, Microchip Technology Senior Vice President and Director of Programs, Chair, President and CEO, Northrop Grumman Corporation U.S. Secretary of Defense Former Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Co-Founder, President and CEO, Clean Energy Smith Richardson Foundation Senator Tammy Duckworth Mr. Michael R. Gordon The Honorable Peter Hultqvist Senator Jerry Moran The Honorable Artis Pabriks Mr. Shyam Sankar Dr. Kenneth R. Weinstein The Honorable Robert C. O'Brien Ms. Leanne Caret U.S. Senator, Illinois National Security Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal Minister of Defence, Sweden The Honorable Ellen M. Lord U.S. Senator, Kansas Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Latvia President, Palantir Technologies Mr. Ben C. Sutton, Jr. President and CEO, Hudson Institute President and CEO, Boeing Defense, Space & Security Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Board Member, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs The Honorable Eric S. Edelman The Honorable Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty Dr. William Charles Inboden Representative Seth Moulton The Honorable Leon E. Panetta Dr. Nadia Schadlow Founder and Managing Partner, Teall Capital Partners Mr. Marcus Weisgerber General Herbert J. "Hawk" Carlisle, USAF, Ret. Counselor, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, U.S. Department of Energy Executive Director, Clements Center for National Security, Mr. Gordon Lubold Massachusetts, 6th District Chair, The Panetta Institute for Public Policy Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute Global Business Editor, Defense One President and CEO, National Defense Industrial Association Former U.S. Ambassador, Finland Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration Texas LBJ School National Security Reporter, The Wall Street Journal Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy Senator Jim Talent Representative Stephanie Murphy Representative Brad Wenstrup Representative Pete Aguilar Mr. Jeremy Bash Former Commander, Air Combat Command William Powers, Jr. Chair Former U.S. Senator, Missouri Senator Joni Ernst Representative Tom Graves Mr. Palmer Luckey Florida, 7th District Mr. Alan Pellegrini Mr. Brian Schimpf Ohio, 2nd District California, 31st District Founder and Managing Director, Beacon Global Strategies Mr. Michael Castine U.S. Senator, Iowa Georgia, 14th District The Honorable Darrell Issa Founder, Anduril Industries President and CEO, Thales USA Co-Founder and CEO, Anduril Industries Mr. Peter Thiel Former Chief of Staff, U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta Board Member, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute Former U.S. Representative, California General Paul M. Nakasone Partner, Founders Fund The Honorable Pete Wilson The Honorable Penrose "Parney" C. Albright, Ph.D. Ms. Michele A. Evans Ms. Jennifer Griffin Mr. Chris Lynch Mr. Doug Philippone Senator Jeanne Shaheen General David H. Berger Managing Director, ZRG Partners Commander, U.S. Cyber Command Co-Founder and Chair, Palantir Technologies Former Governor, California President and CEO, HRL Laboratories, LLC Executive Vice President of Aeronautics, Lockheed Martin National Security Correspondent, Fox News The Honorable Antti Kaikkonen Co-Founder and CEO, Rebellion Defense Director, National Security Agency Global Defense Lead, Palantir Technologies U.S. Senator, New Hampshire Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Science Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps Representative Liz Cheney Minister of Defense, Finland Former Director, Defense Digital Service Chief, Central Security Service Representative Mac Thornberry Her Excellency Lone Dencker Wisborg and Technology Chair, House Republican Conference Mr. Bradley H. Feldmann The Honorable Robert W. Helm Mr. John Pranzatelli The Honorable Andrew J. Shapiro Ranking Member, House Armed Services Committee Ambassador of Denmark to the United States Representative Jack Bergman Mr. Jonathan Karl The Honorable William J. Lynn III Dr. Henry R. Nau Mr. Michael Allen Wyoming, At-large District Chair, President and CEO, Cubic Corporation Ronald Reagan Institute National Leadership Council President, MBDA Incorporated Founder and Managing Director, Beacon Global Strategies Texas, 13th District Michigan, 1st District Former Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Chief White House Correspondent, ABC News CEO, Leonardo DRS Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Mr. Josh Wolfe Managing Director, Beacon Global Strategies Mr. Eric D. Chewning The Honorable Michèle Flournoy Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense George Washington University Representative Kathleen Rice Representative Michael Turner Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Lux Capital Former Special Assistant to the President, President George W. Bush Ms. Morgan Brennan Chief of Staff, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper Former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Mr. Bill Hemmer The Honorable Raimundas Karoblis New York, 4th District Ms. Gwynne Shotwell Ohio, 10th District Anchor, CNBC General James N. Mattis, USMC, Ret. Representative Donald Norcross The Honorable Robert O. Work Ms. Lisa Atherton Anchor, Fox News Minister of National Defence, Lithuania President and COO, SpaceX Mr. Peter Cieszko Mr. Bradford M. Freeman Davies Family Distinguished Fellow, Hoover Institution New Jersey, 1st District Representative Mike Rogers The Honorable Robert H. Tuttle Distinguished Senior Fellow for Defense and National Security, President and CEO, Textron Systems Representative Anthony Brown Head of Strategic Development, American Century Investments Board Member, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute The Honorable Ng Eng Hen Dr. Thomas A. Kennedy Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Alabama, 3rd District The Honorable Manisha Singh Board Member, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute Center for a New American Security Maryland, 4th District Co-Chair, Freeman Spogli & Co. Minister for Defence, Singapore Chair and CEO, Raytheon Company Senator Sam Nunn U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Representative Don Bacon Mr. Elbridge Colby The Honorable Ryan McCarthy The Honorable John C. Rood Mr. Michael Brown Founder and Co-Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative Nebraska, 2nd District Principal and Co-Founder, The Marathon Initiative Mr. Richard Fontaine Ms. Lisa W. Hershman Representative Andy Kim U.S. Secretary of the Army Former U.S. Senator, Georgia Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Ms. Kiron Skinner General Joseph L. Votel, USA, Ret. The Honorable Christine Wormuth Director, Defense Innovation Unit Mr. Bret Baier Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy CEO, Center for a New American Security Deputy Chief Management Officer, U.S. Department of Defense New Jersey, 3rd District Director, Institute for Politics and Strategy, Carnegie Mellon President and CEO, Business Executives for National Security Director, International Security and Defense Policy Center General James C. McConville The Honorable Glenn Nye III Mr. Francis Rose Former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Fox News Mr. William "Bill" M. Brown and Force Development Former Director of Policy Planning, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Former Commander, U.S. Central Command Chief Political Anchor, Representative Mike Gallagher Mr. John Heubusch The Honorable Ann McLaughlin Korologos Chief of Staff, U.S. Army President and CEO, Center for the Study of the American Host, Government Matters Chair and CEO, L3 Harris Technologies, Inc. Representative Tom Cole Wisconsin, 8th District Executive Director, The Ronald Reagan Board Member, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute Presidency & Congress Representative Adam Smith His Excellency Jonathan Vseviov Mr. Roger Zakheim Mr. James H. Baker The Honorable Howard P. "Buck" McKeon Mr. Karl Rove Mr. Tory Bruno Oklahoma, 4th District Presidential Foundation and Institute Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Former U.S. Representative, Virginia Chair, House Armed Services Committee Ambassador of Estonia to the United States Director, Ronald Reagan Institute Director, Office of Net Assessment, U.S. Department of Defense The Honorable Elton Gallegly Chair and CEO, McKeon Group Former Deputy Chief of Staff, President George W. Bush Washington, 9th District President and CEO, United Launch Alliance Representative Jason Crow Former U.S. Representative, California Mr. Fred Hiatt His Excellency Rolandas Kriščiūnas Former Chair, House Armed Services Committee Ms. Kate O'Keeffe *2015 Peace Through Strength Award Recipient Mr. Chris Wallace The Honorable Dov S. Zakheim Representative Jim Banks The Washington Post The Wall Street Journal Mr. Horacio Rozanski Fox News Representative Ken Calvert Colorado, 6th District Editorial Page Editor, Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the United States Reporter, Host, Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees, Foreign Policy Research Institute Indiana, 3rd District Representative Ruben Gallego Mr. Aaron Mehta President and CEO, Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. Mr. Brad Smith Former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) California, 42nd District Admiral Philip S. Davidson Arizona, 7th District Dr. Kathleen Hicks Ms. Courtney Kube Deputy Editor and Senior Pentagon Correspondent, Defense News Her Excellency Karin Olofsdotter President, Microsoft Mr. Julian E. Barnes NBC News Mr. Frederick J. Ryan, Jr. The New York Times The Honorable Eric Cantor Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Former Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy National Security and Pentagon Corresponent, Ambassador of Sweden to the United States National Security Reporter, Representative John Garamendi Dr. Alan Mendoza Publisher and CEO, The Washington Post Representative Chris Stewart Vice Chair and Managing Director, Moelis & Company Mr. Dana Deasy The Honorable Robert R. Hood Representative Rick Larsen Mr. Fatih Ozmen The Honorable Barbara M. Barrett California, 3rd District Founder and Executive Director, Henry Jackson Society Chair of the Board of Trustees, The Ronald Reagan Utah, 2nd District Former U.S. House Majority Leader Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Defense Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs Washington, 2nd District Owner and CEO, Sierra Nevada Corporation Presidential Foundation and Institute U.S. Secretary of the Air Force Admiral Michael M. Gilday Representative Salud Carbajal Mr. Jerry DeMuro Chief of Naval Operations, U.S. Navy California, 24th District CEO, BAE Systems, Inc. RNDF Information and Updates www.RNDF.org | 202.349.4072 | [email protected] Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, CA 93065 (805) 522-2977 | www.reaganfoundation.org Updated Dec. 3, 2019 REAGAN NATIONAL DEFENSE FORUM PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH: DETERRING AGGRESSION AND DEFENDING FREEDOM

DECEMBER 6-7, 2019 THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY · SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA

Conﬁrmed Speakers and Distinguished Guests Subject to change

The Honorable Robert Cardillo Lieutenant General David A. Deptula, USAF, Ret. General David L. Goldfein Mr. R. Andrew "Andy" Hove Mr. Andrew J. Littlefair His Excellency Ashok Kumar Mirpuri Ms. Eren Ozmen Mr. Steve Sanghi Dr. Marin Strmecki Ms. Kathy J. Warden Distinguished Fellow, Georgetown Center for Security and Emerging Technology Dean, Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force President and CEO, AM General Board Member, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute Ambassador of Singapore to the United States Chair, President and Owner, Sierra Nevada Corporation Chair and CEO, Microchip Technology Senior Vice President and Director of Programs, Chair, President and CEO, Northrop Grumman Corporation Former Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Co-Founder, President and CEO, Clean Energy Smith Richardson Foundation Senator Tammy Duckworth Mr. Michael R. Gordon The Honorable Peter Hultqvist Senator Jerry Moran The Honorable Artis Pabriks Mr. Shyam Sankar Dr. Kenneth R. Weinstein Ms. Leanne Caret U.S. Senator, Illinois National Security Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal Minister of Defence, Sweden The Honorable Ellen M. Lord U.S. Senator, Kansas Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Latvia President, Palantir Technologies Mr. Ben C. Sutton, Jr. President and CEO, Hudson Institute President and CEO, Boeing Defense, Space & Security Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Board Member, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute The Honorable Eric S. Edelman The Honorable Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty Dr. William Charles Inboden Representative Seth Moulton The Honorable Leon E. Panetta Dr. Nadia Schadlow Founder and Managing Partner, Teall Capital Partners Mr. Marcus Weisgerber General Herbert J. "Hawk" Carlisle, USAF, Ret. Counselor, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, U.S. Department of Energy Executive Director, Clements Center for National Security, Mr. Gordon Lubold Massachusetts, 6th District Chair, The Panetta Institute for Public Policy Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute Global Business Editor, Defense One President and CEO, National Defense Industrial Association Former U.S. Ambassador, Finland Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration Texas LBJ School National Security Reporter, The Wall Street Journal Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy Senator Jim Talent Representative Stephanie Murphy Representative Brad Wenstrup Representative Pete Aguilar Mr. Jeremy Bash Former Commander, Air Combat Command William Powers, Jr. Chair Former U.S. Senator, Missouri Senator Joni Ernst Representative Tom Graves Mr. Palmer Luckey Florida, 7th District Mr. Alan Pellegrini Mr. Brian Schimpf Ohio, 2nd District California, 31st District Founder and Managing Director, Beacon Global Strategies Mr. Michael Castine U.S. Senator, Iowa Georgia, 14th District The Honorable Darrell Issa Founder, Anduril Industries President and CEO, Thales USA Co-Founder and CEO, Anduril Industries Mr. Peter Thiel Former Chief of Staff, U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta Board Member, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute Former U.S. Representative, California General Paul M. Nakasone Partner, Founders Fund The Honorable Pete Wilson The Honorable Penrose "Parney" C. Albright, Ph.D. Ms. Michele A. Evans Ms. Jennifer Griffin Mr. Chris Lynch Mr. Doug Philippone Senator Jeanne Shaheen General David H. Berger Managing Director, ZRG Partners Commander, U.S. Cyber Command Co-Founder and Chair, Palantir Technologies Former Governor, California President and CEO, HRL Laboratories, LLC Executive Vice President of Aeronautics, Lockheed Martin National Security Correspondent, Fox News The Honorable Antti Kaikkonen Co-Founder and CEO, Rebellion Defense Director, National Security Agency Global Defense Lead, Palantir Technologies U.S. Senator, New Hampshire Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Science Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps Representative Liz Cheney Minister of Defense, Finland Former Director, Defense Digital Service Chief, Central Security Service Representative Mac Thornberry Her Excellency Lone Dencker Wisborg and Technology Chair, House Republican Conference Mr. Bradley H. Feldmann The Honorable Robert W. Helm Mr. John Pranzatelli The Honorable Andrew J. Shapiro Ranking Member, House Armed Services Committee Ambassador of Denmark to the United States Representative Jack Bergman Mr. Jonathan Karl The Honorable William J. Lynn III Dr. Henry R. Nau Mr. Michael Allen Wyoming, At-large District Chair, President and CEO, Cubic Corporation Ronald Reagan Institute National Leadership Council President, MBDA Incorporated Founder and Managing Director, Beacon Global Strategies Texas, 13th District Michigan, 1st District Former Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Chief White House Correspondent, ABC News CEO, Leonardo DRS Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Mr. Josh Wolfe Managing Director, Beacon Global Strategies Mr. Eric D. Chewning The Honorable Michèle Flournoy Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense George Washington University Representative Kathleen Rice Representative Michael Turner Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Lux Capital Former Special Assistant to the President, President George W. Bush Ms. Morgan Brennan Chief of Staff, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper Former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Mr. Bill Hemmer The Honorable Raimundas Karoblis New York, 4th District Ms. Gwynne Shotwell Ohio, 10th District Anchor, CNBC General James N. Mattis, USMC, Ret. Representative Donald Norcross The Honorable Robert O. Work Ms. Lisa Atherton Anchor, Fox News Minister of National Defence, Lithuania President and COO, SpaceX Mr. Peter Cieszko Mr. Bradford M. Freeman Davies Family Distinguished Fellow, Hoover Institution New Jersey, 1st District Representative Mike Rogers The Honorable Robert H. Tuttle Distinguished Senior Fellow for Defense and National Security, President and CEO, Textron Systems Representative Anthony Brown Head of Strategic Development, American Century Investments Board Member, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute The Honorable Ng Eng Hen Dr. Thomas A. Kennedy Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Alabama, 3rd District The Honorable Manisha Singh Board Member, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute Center for a New American Security Maryland, 4th District Co-Chair, Freeman Spogli & Co. Minister for Defence, Singapore Chair and CEO, Raytheon Company Senator Sam Nunn U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Representative Don Bacon Mr. Elbridge Colby The Honorable Ryan McCarthy The Honorable John C. Rood Mr. Michael Brown Founder and Co-Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative Nebraska, 2nd District Principal and Co-Founder, The Marathon Initiative Mr. Richard Fontaine Ms. Lisa W. Hershman Representative Andy Kim U.S. Secretary of the Army Former U.S. Senator, Georgia Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Ms. Kiron Skinner General Joseph L. Votel, USA, Ret. The Honorable Christine Wormuth Director, Defense Innovation Unit Mr. Bret Baier Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy CEO, Center for a New American Security Deputy Chief Management Officer, U.S. Department of Defense New Jersey, 3rd District Director, Institute for Politics and Strategy, Carnegie Mellon President and CEO, Business Executives for National Security Director, International Security and Defense Policy Center General James C. McConville The Honorable Glenn Nye III Mr. Francis Rose Former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Fox News Mr. William "Bill" M. Brown and Force Development Former Director of Policy Planning, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Former Commander, U.S. Central Command Chief Political Anchor, Representative Mike Gallagher Mr. John Heubusch The Honorable Ann McLaughlin Korologos Chief of Staff, U.S. Army President and CEO, Center for the Study of the American Host, Government Matters Chair and CEO, L3 Harris Technologies, Inc. Representative Tom Cole Wisconsin, 8th District Executive Director, The Ronald Reagan Board Member, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute Presidency & Congress Representative Adam Smith His Excellency Jonathan Vseviov Mr. Roger Zakheim Mr. James H. Baker The Honorable Howard P. "Buck" McKeon Mr. Karl Rove Mr. Tory Bruno Oklahoma, 4th District Presidential Foundation and Institute Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Former U.S. Representative, Virginia Chair, House Armed Services Committee Ambassador of Estonia to the United States Director, Ronald Reagan Institute Director, Office of Net Assessment, U.S. Department of Defense The Honorable Elton Gallegly Chair and CEO, McKeon Group Former Deputy Chief of Staff, President George W. Bush Washington, 9th District President and CEO, United Launch Alliance Representative Jason Crow Former U.S. Representative, California Mr. Fred Hiatt His Excellency Rolandas Kriščiūnas Former Chair, House Armed Services Committee Ms. Kate O'Keeffe *2015 Peace Through Strength Award Recipient Mr. Chris Wallace The Honorable Dov S. Zakheim Representative Jim Banks The Washington Post The Wall Street Journal Mr. Horacio Rozanski Fox News Representative Ken Calvert Colorado, 6th District Editorial Page Editor, Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the United States Reporter, Host, Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees, Foreign Policy Research Institute Indiana, 3rd District Representative Ruben Gallego Mr. Aaron Mehta President and CEO, Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. Mr. Brad Smith Former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) California, 42nd District Admiral Philip S. Davidson Arizona, 7th District Dr. Kathleen Hicks Ms. Courtney Kube Deputy Editor and Senior Pentagon Correspondent, Defense News Her Excellency Karin Olofsdotter President, Microsoft Mr. Julian E. Barnes NBC News Mr. Frederick J. Ryan, Jr. The New York Times The Honorable Eric Cantor Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Former Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy National Security and Pentagon Corresponent, Ambassador of Sweden to the United States National Security Reporter, Representative John Garamendi Dr. Alan Mendoza Publisher and CEO, The Washington Post Representative Chris Stewart Vice Chair and Managing Director, Moelis & Company Mr. Dana Deasy The Honorable Robert R. Hood Representative Rick Larsen Mr. Fatih Ozmen The Honorable Barbara M. Barrett California, 3rd District Founder and Executive Director, Henry Jackson Society Chair of the Board of Trustees, The Ronald Reagan Utah, 2nd District Former U.S. House Majority Leader Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Defense Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs Washington, 2nd District Owner and CEO, Sierra Nevada Corporation Presidential Foundation and Institute U.S. Secretary of the Air Force Admiral Michael M. Gilday Representative Salud Carbajal Mr. Jerry DeMuro Chief of Naval Operations, U.S. Navy California, 24th District CEO, BAE Systems, Inc. RNDF Information and Updates www.RNDF.org | 202.349.4072 | [email protected] Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, CA 93065 (805) 522-2977 | www.reaganfoundation.org REAGAN NATIONAL DEFENSE FORUM PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH: DETERRING AGGRESSION AND DEFENDING FREEDOM