2025 Pacific Security Forum

Strengthening U.S. National Power in an Era of Geopolitical Uncertainty

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The Pacific Security Forum seeks to advance the interests of the United States and its allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific and demonstrate the importance of the Pacific Northwest in accomplishing U.S. national security interests. The Forum brings together top experts from government, academia, and the private sector to address issues of strategic and security importance to U.S. interests in Asia.

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NBR will convene the 2025 Pacific Security Forum in Seattle on October 27-28. Registration will open in summer 2025. Email [email protected] to join the mailing list for 2025 Pacific Security Forum updates.

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Under the theme Sustaining and Strengthening U.S. National Power in an Era of Geopolitical Uncertainty, the 2025 Pacific Security Forum will:

• Examine how changes in the global landscape are challenging the traditional foundations of U.S. national power.
• Convene world-class experts from NBR’s global network; current and former U.S., allied, and partner government officials; and industry leaders.
• Facilitate international, cross-sector dialogue on the evolving security landscape in the Indo-Pacific, the revitalization of the allied defense industrial base, and the role of frontier technologies amid an emerging defense industrial revolution.
• Showcase the essential role of alliances, partnerships, and public-private collaboration in strengthening U.S. national power in a rapidly changing global environment.
• Assess and formulate strategies to respond to newfound opportunities and complex challenges emerging in the Indo-Pacific.

Speakers and Distinguished Guests

The 2025 Pacific Security Forum is co-chaired by:
Admiral Jonathan Greenert (U.S. Navy, ret.), the 30th Chief of Naval Operations
Roy Kamphausen, Special Advisor to the President and Senior Fellow for Chinese Security at NBR.

Additional speakers and distinguished guests will be announced soon.

About the Pacific Security Forum

As the world’s geopolitical center shifts toward the Indo-Pacific, the United States faces several opportunities—and challenges—that require nuanced understanding and whole-of-society involvement. Evolving and intensifying competition with China will influence every sector and community—ranging from industry to nonprofits to academia to government. The Pacific Northwest is the country’s gateway to the Indo-Pacific and is home to several key industries, military bases, and Indo-Pacific leaders, making it a critical nexus in achieving security objectives related to U.S. interests in Asia.

Leveraging NBR’s Seattle home and unique ability to connect policy to practice, NBR hosted its inaugural Pacific Security Forum on October 31, 2023, in Seattle, Washington. The Forum featured discussions with senior scholars from NBR’s network and remarks from current and former U.S. government officials, members of Congress, and political and security leaders from allied and partner governments.

See video from the 2023 Pacific Security Forum.