Naval War College Foundation

Newport National Security Symposium

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August 21, 2026

 

2025 Speakers

Stephen A. Schwarzman

Chairman, Co-Founder, and CEO of Blackstone

Sir Niall Ferguson

Milbank Family Senior Fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University; Senior Faculty Fellow, The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University

VADM Robert S. Harward, USN (Ret.) SEAL

Executive Vice President for International Business and Strategy, Shield AI

Perry Boyle

Co-Founder & CEO, MITS Capital, LLC

Colonel Pavlo Khazan, Ph.D.

General Directorate of Electronic and Cyber Warfare, Armed Forces of Ukraine

Jennie Brooks

 

Executive Vice President, Booz Allen

Chris C. Demchak, Ph.D.

RDML Grace Hopper Chair of Cyber Security, Strategic & Operational Research Department, U.S. Naval War College

Fiona E. Murray

Associate Dean for Innovation, MIT Sloan School of Management; Vice Chair of the NATO Innovation Fund

Michael A. Brown

Partner, Shield Capital

Colin F. Jackson, Ph.D.

Chair, Strategic and Operational Research Department, U.S. Naval War College

RADM Victorina G. Mercado, USN (Ret.)

Leader, Navy & Marine Corps Strategic Growth, IBM Federal Services; Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans & Capabilities

Gillian Tett

Columnist and Editorial Board, Financial Times; Provost, King’s College, Cambridge

Michelle Michot Foss, Ph.D.

Fellow in Energy, Minerals & Materials, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, Center for Energy Studies

Nikolas K. Gvosdev, Ph.D.

Professor of National Security Affairs, U.S. Naval War College

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