Meeting

Preventive Priorities Survey Launch: What to Worry About in 2026

Thursday, January 15, 2026
Speakers
Elizabeth C. Economy

Hargrove Senior Fellow and Cochair of the Program on the U.S., China and the World, Stanford University's Hoover Institution; Former Senior Advisor for China, U.S. Department of Commerce; CFR Member (speaking virtually)

Daniel P. Erikson

Senior Advisor, Covington & Burling; Former Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs and Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Western Hemisphere Affairs, National Security Council; CFR Member

Suzanne Maloney

Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy, Brookings Institution

Paul B. Stares

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

Presider
Linda Robinson

Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations; CFR Member

Introductory Remarks
Michael Froman

President, Council on Foreign Relations

This event will explore the results of the 2026 Preventive Priorities Survey which polls hundreds of foreign policy experts every year to assess thirty ongoing or potential violent conflicts and their likely impact on U.S. interests.

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