Meeting

Preventive Priorities Survey Launch: What Conflicts to Worry About in 2025

Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Speakers

Senior Vice President of Global Public Policy, The Boeing Company; Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State (2019-21); CFR Member

Cofounder and Managing Partner, WestExec Advisors; Former Undersecretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Defense (2009–12); Member, Board of Directors, Council on Foreign Relations

Director and Professor, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; Former Special Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan (2004–07); Member, Board of Directors, Council on Foreign Relations

General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations 

Presider

Chief Washington Correspondent and Coanchor, This Week, ABC News; CFR Member

Panelists discuss potential and ongoing crises that may erupt or escalate in 2025, as well as their global political implications. This event will explore the results of the 2025 Preventive Priorities Survey, which will be available on CFR’s website on Wednesday, January 8, 2025.

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