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The 2020 presidential election continues to get more tumultuous as Election Day approaches. With concern over the threat of COVID-19 and an explosion in election-related litigation, there is an organized push for all-mail voting as a substitute for casting ballots at the polls. Given the documented security vulnerabilities and serious problems with delayed and misdelivery of mail-in or absentee ballots, how safe is the vote-by-mail process? Join us for a deep dive into what is happening on the ground in states across the country, as our experts unpack the organized campaign being waged to compromise election integrity.We will cover the issue from all angles, including perspectives from a current secretary of state, an investigative journalist, and an election lawyer actively engaged in litigation in the states. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For decades the transatlantic partnership has helped promote peace, security, prosperity, and freedom. Join us as we explore the potential, challenges, and future of the partnership in bringing these assets to bear on the China challenge. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Several months ago, the first reports of a deadly virus in Wuhan began to surface. As the global health community sought answers, the Chinese Communist Party hid behind a Great Wall of Secrecy. Now, as the Chinese government pursues a doubling of their nuclear arsenal, they’re hiding behind the same wall. What are China’s true nuclear ambitions? How must the U.S.—and the world—respond?The Heritage Foundation is pleased to host Ambassador Marshall Billingslea, Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control, to discuss all this and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

President Trump has nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to succeed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court. Barrett has served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit since November 2017 and has authored over 100 opinions during her nearly three years on the bench. Before becoming a federal judge, she was a law professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School. During her last confirmation, a diverse group of 48 professors from leading law schools lauded her contributions to legal scholarship as “rigorous, fair-minded, respectful, and constructive.” She has been praised as a judge who tries to interpret the Constitution according to its original public meaning. The Senate Judiciary Committee will soon hold hearings to examine Judge Barrett’s record and judicial philosophy. What kind of judge is she? How will her confirmation impact the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence? Join us as a panel of scholars analyze Judge Barrett’s most significant rulings and legal writings and her likely impact on the Court. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

India and the United States find themselves increasingly converging on the key geopolitical issues of our time: counterterrorism, the Free and Open Indo-Pacific, rules-based order, and the need for transparent and sustainable infrastructure in South Asia. As an unprecedented crisis simmers at the China-India border, the India-U.S. strategic partnership is poised to assume even greater significance in the years ahead. Please join us as Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu reviews recent efforts to strengthen the India-U.S. partnership based on the shared values of democracy and the rule of law while looking ahead to new opportunities for India-U.S. collaboration in a changing global environment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Over the last four years, the United States has taken great strides in the domain of space. The Department of Defense has been reorganized to add a new service and a new combatant command whose collective focus is the warfighting domain of space. NASA was given new strategic guidance for human exploration of space and funding to make it happen. This year alone, the commercial sector will more than double the number of launches made from US soil in a single year. On-demand, low cost space access is closer to reality than ever before.Those gains should be celebrated, as they have put the United States on a trajectory to dominate all other nations in this critical domain. During the next four years America must use its current momentum to ensure the noble ends of security, exploration, and access are achieved for both the United States and the free world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On October 6th, 2017, President Trump signed the Women Peace and Security Act, the first legislation of its kind in the world. To commemorate the third anniversary of the Act and to launch the American Council on Women, Peace, and Security, panelists will examine America’s unique contributions to the WPS agenda in an era of strategic competition. Join us as experts discuss how the United States will engage other nations with their own WPS frameworks, advance women’s liberty, dignity and opportunity as a matter of national security, and make the United States the partner of choice in the years ahead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Barrels of ink have been spilt on the importance of allies to U.S. security interests. But allies are only of value if they do their part to contribute to shared interests. There are troubling trends in the U.S. alliance structure, especially in NATO. Russia is hard at work sowing dissension among our European partners while it aggressively moves to influence events across Europe, the Middle East, and even North Africa. China is expanding its reach across Asia, rapidly modernizing its ability to project military power, methodically building an overland trade network, and has become a key economic partner for many countries in Europe. Meanwhile, the military power of the NATO alliance has shrunk, aged, and (especially in Europe) become less ready for use than when it stood as a bulwark against Soviet aggression.  Has the divergence of U.S. and European perceptions of the threats posed by Russia and China become so great that security and economic interests are at substantial risk? Is there a path forward that ensures Western, democratic, free-market countries can sustain their systems in the face of expansionist authoritarianism?  Join us for a provocative conversation about all of this with Dr. Andrew A. Michta, Dean of the College of International and Security Studies at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies who will discuss the key elements of his new essay “U.S. Alliances: Crucial Enablers in Great-Power Competition” which will be featured in the Heritage Foundation’s 2021 Index of U.S. Military Strength. (Dr. Michta will be presenting his own views that do not necessarily reflect those of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, the Department of Defense, or the United States Government.)  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Judge Amy Coney Barrett is President Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. Now that she has stepped onto the national stage, the American people have an opportunity to get to know Judge Barrett. What kind of boss, mentor, and judge is she? Join us as a panel with former clerks, former students, and a colleague from Notre Dame Law School describe their time working with and learning from her and explain why she will make an excellent Supreme Court justice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In February, the Trump administration launched its Central Asia Strategy to drive the United States' engagement in the countries of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Central Asia has always been the strategic and commercial crossroad of civilizations between Europe and Asia. The United States’ primary strategic interest in this region is to build a more stable and prosperous Central Asia that is sovereign, secure and connected to global markets.To implement this new vision, Acting Administrator John Barsa of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will announce a significant shift of USAID's presence in Central Asia that will help deepen the United States’ commitment to, and strategic partnership with, the countries and in the region more broadly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.