Upcoming Event

The American Conservative

Regime Change: How to Replace the Beltway Blob with the Foreign Policy Americans Want

As we near the end of President Trump’s first term, conservatism has been turned on its head. A national conversation has unleashed new approaches to everything from Washington politics and the economy, to government and American culture. Thankfully, this landscape has also created new opportunities for challenging the predominance of U.S interventionist foreign policies. The people have spoken. Americans clearly want change in our militaristic approach to the world.

Yet there is still one obstacle standing in the way of real success : A fully entrenched establishment devoted to American military primacy, global hegemony, and maintaining the status quo, at all costs. We call it ‘The Blob.’

Join us at TAC's 6th annual Foreign Policy Conference where we discuss how to defeat these vested interests whose broad tentacles are working directly in conflict with real American goals and values.

We have an exciting roster of speakers.

Event Information
Thu, November 7, 2019
8:30 AM – 3:00 PM EST

Location
Hart Senate Office Building
120 Constitution Avenue Northeast
Room 902
Washington, DC 20002

The registration is free.

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Schedule for November 7th:

8:30-8:50am Breakfast/Coffee
Welcome remarks John Burtka
Overview of Conference, Jim Antle, Intro Andrew Bacevich

9-9:45 Q & A
Jim Antle and Andrew Bacevich

9:45-10:45 a.m.Realism versus Washington power: Why the Blob persists

Damon Linker
Michael Desch
Monica Toft
Andrew Bacevich
Moderator: Will Ruger

Short Break

11-12p.Throwing a monkey wrench into the military industrial complex 

Heather Brandon Smith
Emma Ashford
Trevor Thrall
Moderator: Reid Smith
Peter Van Buren

12-12:15p  LUNCH

12:15-1p Conservative media changing the foreign policy consensus

Matt Peterson
Will Chamberlain
Daniel McCarthy
Jim Antle: moderator

1-2 p.m. Think Tank Town: The swampy ecosystem supporting status quo

a) Ben Freeman
b) Stephen Wertheim
c) Chris Preble
d) moderator: Kelley Vlahos
e) Lydia Dennett

2-3p.m. How to End the Failed American Era in the Middle East

Moderator: Curt Mills

Mark Perry
Doug Macgregor
Daniel Larison

Closing remarks, John Burtka