Monday in Washington, February 1, 2016

DEFENSE STRATEGY FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT. 2/1, 10:00-11:30am. Sponsor: Brookings Institution. Speakers: Michael E. O'Hanlon, Co-Director, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence; Robert Kagan, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Project on International Order and Strategy; Mackenzie, Eaglen, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; James Miller, President, Adaptive Strategies, LLC.

2016 INDEX OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM: PROMOTING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND EMPOWERMENT. 2/1, 1:00-2:00pm. Sponsor: Heritage Foundation. Speaker: Kevin Brady (R-TX), Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee. Report Link. 

FIFTEEN YEARS OF FIGHTING TERROR: LESSONS FOR THE 2016 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. 2/1, 1:00-2:30pm. Sponsor: Open Society Foundations. Speakers: Sarah Chayes, Senior Associate for the Democracy and Rule of Law Program, Carnegie Endowment; Richard Fontaine, President, Center for New American Security; Larry Attree, Head of Policy for Saferworld.

CAPITALISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY. 2/1, 3:00-7:00pm. Sponsor: K&L Gates LLP. Speakers: Denis Brosnan, President and CEO, Dimont; Bart Gordon, Partner, K&L Gates; Tom Quaadmann, Senior Vice President, U.S. Chamber Center for Capital Market Competitiveness; Damon Silvers, Director of Policy and Special Counsel, AFL-CIO; Jeff Brown, SVP, Charles Schwab Corporation; Dan Crowley, Partner, K&L Gates; Andres Gill, Director, U.S. Chamber Center for Capital Market Competitiveness; Dennis Kelleher, President and CEO, Better Markets. Moderators: Stephen Moore, Columnist, Economic Policy, Washington Times; Paul Atkins, CEO, Patomak Global Partners.

IOWA CAUCUS: EDELMAN TRUST BAROMETER 2016 CONFRONTING THE INEQUALITY OF TRUST. 2/1, 5:00-6:15pm. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: Richard Edelman, President and CEO, Edelman; Mark Warner, U.S. Senator, D-VA.