PARTICIPANTS
Gary Roughead, Mike McCord, Roger Zakheim, David Berkey, John Cochrane, John Cogan, James Cunningham, Karl Eikenberry, David Fedor, Paul Gregory, Rick Hanushek, Adele Hayutin, Ken Judd, Hongbin Li, H.R. McMaster, Todd Mahar, Joseph Nye, Stephen Pifer, Daniel Sargent, George Shultz, Kiran Sridar, Tom Stephenson, Jim Timbie.

ISSUES DISCUSSED
Three commissioners of the National Defense Strategy Commission discussed the Commission’s assessment of the current National Defense Strategy. Gary Roughead, Commission’s co-chair and Robert and Marion Oster Distinguished Military Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Mike McCord, former Department of Defense Comptroller and Chief Financial Officer, and Roger Zakheim, former General Counsel and Deputy Staff Director of the House Armed Services Committee and current Washington Director of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, offered insights on the Commission’s findings.

Upcoming Events

Monday, April 6, 2026
The Taiwan Relations Act At 47: Taiwan's Evolving Hedging Strategy Amidst Intensifying Global Competition
The Hoover Institution's Project on Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific Region invites you to The Taiwan Relations Act at 47: Taiwan's Evolving Hedging… Herbert Hoover Memorial Building, Room 160
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Unstable Majorities Continue: The Trump Era
Unstable Majorities Continue: The Trump Era
The Center for Revitalizing American Institutions hosts Unstable Majorities Continue: The Trump Era, a book talk with author Morris P. Fiorina on… Shultz Auditorium, George P. Shultz Building
Thursday, April 9, 2026
HART Oral Histories
The Afghanistan Oral Histories Launch: War, Aftermath, And Memory
As part of the The Archives Uncovered event series, the Hoover Institution Afghanistan Research and Relief Team and Library & Archives invite you… Shultz Auditorium, George P. Shultz Building
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