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Convening on Issues of Global and National Security: INNOVATION & NATIONAL SECURITY BRIEFINGS
The National Defense University Foundation hosted National Security & Innovation Briefings to engage senior private industry experts and military and public sector officials on issues vital to global and national security. Topics and themes connect NDU students, DoD personnel, and the Defense Industrial and National Security Innovations Bases with world-class thoughtleadership opportunities.
Yovanovitch is a Senior Fellow in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She joined ISD as a Senior State Department Fellow in the spring of 2019 after three years as the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine (2016-2019). In addition, Ambassador Yovanovitch is a member of the NDU National Hall of Fame, former deputy commandant of the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, and a 2001 graduate of the National War College.
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Alessandro Profumo, Chief Executive Officer, Leonardo SpA, discussed with the NDUF and NDU communities the importance and implications of “Trans-Atlantic Defense Industrial Cooperation, Achieving NATO Interoperability and Government-Industry Partnerships.”
The National Defense University and NDU Foundation convened a McNair Colloquium featuring a moderated discussion with Ambassador (ret.) Marie Yovanovitch, author of Lessons from the Edge. Ambassador
Dr. Fiona Hill, the Robert Bosch Senior Fellow at the Center on the United States and Europe in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution, facilitated a discussion with Dr. Jeffrey Mankoff, Distinguished Research Fellow at the U.S. National Defense University’s Institute for National Strategic Studies. The NSB title discussion focused on Dr. Mankoff’s recent book, “ Eurasia: How Imperial Legacies Shape International Security.”
For additional information on Innovation Series and National Security
Briefing opportunities, contact James Schmeling, Foundation President, at schmeling@ndufoundation.org.
