NATIONAL SECURITY FORUM

Forum for discussing national security issues.

NATIONAL SECURITY FORUM

National Security Forum

The National Security Forum (NSF) is a non-partisan, educational, nonprofit organization that brings expert speakers from around the U.S. to talk about national and international security, domestic and foreign terrorism, economic and financial threats, the safety of our food and water supply, energy policy, electrical grid stability, and a variety of other topics that affect all Americans.
 
Thank you for your continued support for NSF so we can continue to deliver timely programs that stimulate your thinking about important national security issues.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

  • Partner EventApr 24, 2025, 3:30-5:30p PT (virtual event) – 2025 China Town Hall Presented by the National committee on US-China Relations, “President Trump’s China Policy” 
  • NSF April Forum: April 30, 2025 (hybrid event) – “Telling Truth from Lies Sneak Peek at the 2025 Youth Security Forum”
  • May 20, 2025, 9:00a-2:00p (in-person event) – Youth Security Forum “Telling Truth from Lies” at UNR, Joe Crowley Student Union (9a-2p)
  • NSF June Forum: Jun 18, 2025, 9:00-10:15a (hybrid event) – “Making Sense of Tariffs and Economic Security” with Stan Veuger (American Enterprise Institute) and Prof Stephen Miller (UNLV Lee Business School), plus an expert panel of discussants from business groups.
  • Future programs and tours are in the works. We welcome your ideas, input and requests. Email me anytime at: [email protected]

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April 30, 2025 – Hybrid Forum: Telling Truth from Lies

“Telling Truth from Lies – Misinformation, disinformation, and AI threats to national security,” the theme for the 2025 Youth Security Forum, is particularly timely in today’s climate. AI experts and authors, Rex and Caleb Briggs, will set the stage and lead exercises to stimulate YSF students to discuss threats to national security from disinformation and deepfakes.
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2025 Youth Security Forum – May 20, 2025

The Annual Youth Security Forum (YSF) event brings students together from Washoe County School District (WCSD) high schools to engage in spirited and civil discussions about timely and challenging national security issues.
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March 18, 2025 – Hybrid Forum: Nuclear Proliferation Risks Expanding in a New Era

As NSFers may remember we usually schedule a meeting early in the year featuring stalwart NSF expert contributors sharing their thoughts on the current Administration’s national security strategies, with special attention on nuclear security issues. In 2025, we find ourselves in a new era of rapidly expanding nuclear energy programs, after a long hiatus following the 2011 Fukashima disaster, with China leading the pack by a mile.
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February 20, 2025 – Breakfast Forum: China in Latin America: How Should the US Respond?

As we pivot our attention to issues of importance to the new Trump Administration, we have a myriad of topics to cover. A prevailing issue now and for the foreseeable future is how the US engages China and responds to actions that China is taking around the world.
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January 15, 2025 – Breakfast Forum: Tribute to our Founder and Friend, Dr. Ty Cobb

As many of you know, our dear friend and NSF Founder, Dr. Ty Cobb, passed away peacefully on December 7, 2024. Dr. Cobb was a long-time Reno resident and a fourth-generation Nevadan who had a profound impact on national security initiatives, locally, nationally, and globally.
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Mission Support and Test Services LLC

Mission Support and Test Services is a dynamic team of experts and leaders from Honeywell International Inc., Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., and Stoller Newport News Nuclear, Inc. – a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries selected by the National Nuclear Security Administration as the Management and Operating Contractor for the Nevada National Security Site.

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