Future of Strategic Alliances Conference:
A Conference to Address an Ever Changing World

  • June 21, 2023 at 6:00 PM

    Welcome Dinner

    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM – Private Leadership and Sponsor Dinner

  • June 22, 2023 at 9:00 AM

    9:30 AM - Opening Remarks

    Eli M. Gold, President, Gold Institute for International Strategy

  • June 22, 2023 at 10:00 AM

    10:00 AM - 11:00 AM - The Future of the Transatlantic Alliance

    Moderator: John Gizzi, Chief Political Correspondent, Newsmax

    Hon. Geoffrey Van Orden CBE (U.K.) - Future of NATO

    Congressman Trent Franks (U.S.) - Role of Congress in Shaping the TransAtlantic Alliance

    Rob Roos MEP (Netherlands) - European Perspective of the Future Alliance with the US

    Steve Acunto (Italy), Italy and the Drift Toward Sanity

  • June 22, 2023 at 11:45 AM

    11:45 AM - 1:15 PM Threats and Opportunities posed by New Media Technologies and Practices

    Moderator: Saul Montes-Bradley, VP of Communications, Gold Institute for International Strategy

    John Gizzi - Chief Political Correspondent, Newsmax

    Shana Forta, Senior Fellow, Gold Institute for International Strategy

    Nahro Zagros, Senior Fellow, Gold Institute for International Strategy

    Isabella DeLuca, Media Associate, Gold Institute for International Strategy

  • June 22, 2023 at 1:30 AM

    1:30 PM - 2:30 PM - Lunch

  • June 22, 2023 at 2:45 PM

    2:45 PM - 4:15 PM - Leader or Spoiler? Iran’s Evolving Role in the Middle East

    Moderator: John C. Wohlstetter, Senior Fellow, Gold Institute for Intational Strategy

    David Goldman, Deputy Editor, Asia Times

    Col. Derek Harvey, Former Senior Director for MENA, U.S. National Security Council (NSC)

    Adam Lovinger, Vice-President, Gold Institute for International Strategy

    Maria Maalouf, Media Fellow, Gold Institute for International Strategy

  • June 22, 2023 at 6:00 PM

    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM - Dinner

    Keynote Address: Dr. Kevin Hassett, A Key Architect of Abraham Accords, 29th Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers

  • June 23, 2023 at 9:30 AM

    9:30 AM - Opening Remarks

    Eli M. Gold, President, Gold Institute for International Strategy

  • June 23, 2023 at 4:00 AM

    9:45 AM - 11:15 AM - Rebuilding the Transatlantic Bridge

    Moderator: Robert Tyler – New Direction Think Tank

    Joseph Humire - Executive Director, Center for a Secure Free Society

    Rob Roos MEP - Netherlands

    Hermann Tertsch MEP – Spain

  • June 23, 2023 at 11:30 AM

    11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Unexplored Opportunities: Turkey as a Regional Security Provider

    Ambassador Umit Yalcin, Republic of Turkey

    Hon. Geoffrey Van Orden CBE, Distinguished Fellow, Gold Institute for International Strategy

  • June 23, 2023 at 12:15 PM

    12:15 PM - 1:15 PM - Lunch - Professionalizing Alliance Strategy

    Eli M. Gold, President, Gold Institute for International Strategy

    Adam Lovinger, Vice-President, Gold Institute for International Strategy

  • June 22, 2023 at 1:30 PM

    1:30 PM - 3:00 PM - Under-explored Security Alliance Opportunities in the MENA Region

    Moderator: BG Ernie Audino (USA-RET) Senior Fellow, Gold Institute for International Strategy

    MG Mahmoud Hassanin - Former Defense Attache, Arab Republic of Egypt

    Umit Yalcin - Ambassador to London, Republic of Turkey

  • June 22, 2023 at 3:00 PM

    3:00 PM Closing Remarks