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Foreign Policy for America 2026 Leadership Summit has ended
Sunday, May 17
 

5:00pm EDT

By Invitation National Committee Dinner
Sunday May 17, 2026 5:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
La Vie Penthouse & Portico

Sunday May 17, 2026 5:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
La Vie Penthouse & Portico
  Reception, INVITE ONLY

7:00pm EDT

Welcome Reception, With Remarks from Rep. Sara Jacobs & Rep. Gabe Amo
Sunday May 17, 2026 7:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
La Vie Main Dining Room & Terrace
Speakers: Rep. Sara Jacobs and Rep. Gabe Amo
Sunday May 17, 2026 7:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
La Vie Main Dining Room & Terrace
  Reception
 
Monday, May 18
 

8:00am EDT

By Invitation National Committee Breakfast, With Remarks from Rep. Jason Crow
Monday May 18, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
Mt. Vernon
Speakers: Rep. Jason Crow (CO)
Monday May 18, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
Mt. Vernon
  Meal, INVITE ONLY

8:00am EDT

By Invitation NextGen Breakfast
Monday May 18, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
Archives
Featuring remarks from Rep. Pat Ryan, Amb. Nina Hachigian, and Amb. Julissa Reynoso


Monday May 18, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
Archives
  Meal, INVITE ONLY

9:00am EDT

Welcome Remarks, Andrew Albertson
Monday May 18, 2026 9:00am - 9:15am EDT
L'Enfant ABC

Monday May 18, 2026 9:00am - 9:15am EDT
L'Enfant ABC
  Plenary

9:15am EDT

Keynote Address, Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Monday May 18, 2026 9:15am - 9:30am EDT
L'Enfant ABC
Speaker: Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Monday May 18, 2026 9:15am - 9:30am EDT
L'Enfant ABC
  Plenary

9:30am EDT

Keynote Conversation, Paige Alexander
Monday May 18, 2026 9:30am - 10:00am EDT
L'Enfant ABC
Speaker: Paige Alexander, CEO at The Carter Center
Monday May 18, 2026 9:30am - 10:00am EDT
L'Enfant ABC
  Plenary

10:00am EDT

Keynote Address, Sen. Ruben Gallego
Monday May 18, 2026 10:00am - 10:15am EDT
L'Enfant ABC
Speaker: Sen. Ruben Gallego
Monday May 18, 2026 10:00am - 10:15am EDT
L'Enfant ABC
  Plenary

10:30am EDT

A Crisis at Our Doorstep: Assessing the Humanitarian and Diplomatic Fallout of U.S.-Cuba Policy
Monday May 18, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
L'Enfant D
The Trump administration’s oil embargo, strong-arming of regional partners, and declaration of Cuba as an “unusual and extraordinary threat” have not only intensified suffering on the island but also raised questions about American influence and credibility. This session will explore the administration’s motivations for pursuing regime change, the consequences for the Cuban people, and the...
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Monday May 18, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
L'Enfant D
  Breakout Session, OPEN

10:30am EDT

Frontier AI and National Security Considerations
Monday May 18, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Archives
The development and application of artificial intelligence tools have become central priorities for U.S. national security officials, as well as policymakers in other countries. AI debates have surfaced multiple, at times competing priorities: speed of development and adoption, safety concerns in context of defense and intelligence applications, and the need for concerted international action to...
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Monday May 18, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Archives
  Breakout Session, OPEN

10:30am EDT

New Nuclear Era: Future of Arms Control and Deterrence
Monday May 18, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Potomac
With expanding great power competition and the breakdown of nonproliferation norms, a growing number of countries have embarked on nuclear modernization and expanding nuclear arsenals. The Trump administration has announced an unprecedented request for a $1.5 trillion dollar defense budget. Current estimated costs for maintaining the current U.S. nuclear arsenal and modernizing the entire program...
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Monday May 18, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Potomac
  Breakout Session, OPEN

10:30am EDT

Rebuilding U.S.-Africa Relations from the Ground Up
Monday May 18, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
NoMa
The Trump administration official in charge of the State Department’s Africa Bureau recently wrote to his staff: “To put it bluntly, Africa is a peripheral – rather than a core – theater for U.S. interests that demands strategic economy.” This argument is out-of-step with contemporary realities. The continent’s population is booming, its people are innovating, and its resources power...
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Monday May 18, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
NoMa
  Breakout Session, OPEN

10:30am EDT

The Future of US-Israel Security Assistance
Monday May 18, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Mt. Vernon
The U.S.–Israel security relationship is at a crossroads. In 2025, the United States authorized more than $15 billion in arms sales to Israel. However, growing numbers of lawmakers, particularly within the Democratic party, have opposed unconditional weapons transfers to the Netanyahu government, citing gross human rights abuses in the conflict in Gaza campaign and illegal settlement activity in...
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Monday May 18, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Mt. Vernon
  Breakout Session, OPEN

11:45am EDT

How Foreign Policy Impacts Affordability
Monday May 18, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm EDT
L'Enfant ABC
Recent foreign policy decisions have contributed to the affordability crisis affecting American families. Last year sweeping tariffs cost U.S. households an average of $1,000 in everyday goods like clothing, furniture, and electronics. War with Iran has driven up gas prices. And the Trump administration's attacks on clean energy threaten to raise electricity bills across the country....
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Monday May 18, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm EDT
L'Enfant ABC
  Plenary, OPEN

12:45pm EDT

Networking Lunch
Monday May 18, 2026 12:45pm - 1:45pm EDT
L’Enfant Foyer
Table Topics:Gender Equality | Facilitator: Lyric Thompson Diversity in Foreign Policy | Facilitator: Desiree Cormier Smith Cyber & Technology 1 | Facilitator: Daria Kirilenko Cyber & Technology 2 | Facilitator: Neda Shaheen Defense & Intelligence 1 | Facilitator: Mallory Stewart Defense & Intelligence 2 | Facilitator: Anne Witkowsky Human Rights 1 | Facilitator: Sarah Gardiner Human Rights 2 |...
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Monday May 18, 2026 12:45pm - 1:45pm EDT
L’Enfant Foyer
  Meal, OPEN

2:00pm EDT

A Foreign Policy that Delivers for the Working Class
Monday May 18, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Archives
The Trump administration's haphazard tariffs and wars of choice have driven up costs for American families while isolating the United States on the international stage. But reverting to the status quo fails to address the needs of average Americans who have grown frustrated by foreign policy decisions that for decades have failed to deliver for them. This session will explore these concepts and...
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Monday May 18, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Archives
  Breakout Session, OPEN

2:00pm EDT

Beyond Impunity: Building an Oversight Agenda for U.S. Foreign Policy
Monday May 18, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Mt. Vernon
Description:From foreign investments in meme coins, to gifts of gold bars and luxury jets, to pardons for convicted drug traffickers, to human rights abuses and war crimes, the institutions and principles of U.S. foreign policy have been under assault from corruption, greed, and graft. Americans can no longer trust that their government is putting them first. Violators of both parties have largely...
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Monday May 18, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Mt. Vernon
  Breakout Session

2:00pm EDT

Building a 21st Century Energy Security Agenda
Monday May 18, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Potomac
The conventional debate over the pace and scale of an inevitable energy transition has been upended by stark and messy realities. Energy systems built for a more stable and predictable world are coming under strain from surging electricity demand, the weaponization of energy and supply-chain interdependence, intensifying great-power competition, and accelerating climate impacts that are no longer...
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Monday May 18, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Potomac
  Breakout Session, OPEN

2:00pm EDT

The Future of U.S. Commitments in the Indo-Pacific
Monday May 18, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
NoMa
Despite efforts across multiple decades to shift the United States’s strategic focus to Asia, the United States remains unable or unwilling to do so. And with the Trump administration focused on the Western Hemisphere and the Middle East, experts are asking: how far will Trump pull back from Asia? With the recent examples of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the United States using...
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Monday May 18, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
NoMa
  Breakout Session, OPEN

2:00pm EDT

Upending Foreign Aid: The Unprecedented Expansion of the Global Gag Rule
Monday May 18, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
L'Enfant D
In January 2026, the Trump administration announced an unprecedented expansion of the global gag rule, weaponizing foreign aid and jeopardizing decades-long diplomatic and humanitarian partnerships across the globe. The revised policy—which covers new issues, new entities, and new funding—threatens people’s freedoms, health, rights, and lives, by restricting access to a range of health and...
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Monday May 18, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
L'Enfant D
  Breakout Session, OPEN

3:15pm EDT

The Costs and Consequences of the Iran War
Monday May 18, 2026 3:15pm - 4:00pm EDT
L'Enfant ABC
The impacts from the unauthorized war with Iran go well beyond high oil prices. From fertilizer and food supplies to medical equipment and semiconductor chips, the ongoing conflict is creating shortages across critical industries and driving up costs for American families, farmers, and businesses. At the same time, the administration’s military operations have cost billions while failing to...
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Monday May 18, 2026 3:15pm - 4:00pm EDT
L'Enfant ABC
  Plenary

4:00pm EDT

Keynote Address, Sen. Chris Murphy
Monday May 18, 2026 4:00pm - 4:15pm EDT
L'Enfant ABC
Speaker: Sen. Chris Murphy

Monday May 18, 2026 4:00pm - 4:15pm EDT
L'Enfant ABC
  Plenary, OPEN

4:15pm EDT

Keynote Address, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
Monday May 18, 2026 4:15pm - 4:30pm EDT
L'Enfant ABC
Speaker: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen

Monday May 18, 2026 4:15pm - 4:30pm EDT
L'Enfant ABC
  Plenary, OPEN

4:30pm EDT

Keynote Address, Sen. Andy Kim
Monday May 18, 2026 4:30pm - 4:45pm EDT
L'Enfant ABC
Speaker: Sen. Andy Kim

Monday May 18, 2026 4:30pm - 4:45pm EDT
L'Enfant ABC
  Plenary, OPEN

6:30pm EDT

Awards Dinner (Separate Ticket Required)
Monday May 18, 2026 6:30pm - 9:00pm EDT
L’Enfant ABCD

Monday May 18, 2026 6:30pm - 9:00pm EDT
L’Enfant ABCD
  Awards, OPEN
 
Tuesday, May 19
 

9:00am EDT

Hill Day
Tuesday May 19, 2026 9:00am - 2:00pm EDT
TBA
Join FP4A members for a half-day of meetings with Members of Congress, pressing the Trump administration to end its illegal and costly war with Iran.

Tuesday May 19, 2026 9:00am - 2:00pm EDT
TBA
  Hill Day, OPEN
 

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