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, February 9, 2026
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Navigating International Research Partnerships In Choppy Geopolitical Waters - The Swedish Experience
The Hoover Institution Program on the US, China, and the World invites you to Navigating International Research Partnerships in Choppy Geopolitical… Herbert Hoover Memorial Building, Room 160
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
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America At 250: Classical Heritage, Western Civilization, The Future
COLLEGE 102 and the Hoover Institution host America at 250: Classical Heritage, Western Civilization, the Future on Wednesday, February 11, 2026,… Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Thursday, February 12, 2026
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Wilson Bentley’s Army Of Souls: A Photographic Requiem Of The American Civil War
The Hoover Institution Library & Archives invites you to a hybrid event on Thursday, February 12, 2026 from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. PT. Organized in… Hoover Tower, Stanford, California
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