There's some buzz around this event. I might have issues with the "National Conservatism" approach but I didn't think foreign policy would be one of the bigger ones. This looks like neocons co-opting the Trump/Buchanan line on foreign policy issues.
Despite Tucker's and Thiel's presence it has the feel of a MEK or CUFI get together for the foreign policy discussions. This will make it a hat trick for John Bolton and Cliff May (MEK, CUFI, National Conservatism).
I could be wrong but from a quick search most of the foreign policy panelists (highlighted below) are AEI/Hudson/Manhattan Institute drones. There are some solid names associated with The American Conservative (Daniel McCarthy, Scott McConnell, etc) but they are pigeon holed and sequestered into the non-foreign policy sessions.
Looks like just an extension of the neo-con strategy of co-opting and agitating domestic groups to support their insane foreign policy. Instead of Christian evangelists and Iranian exiles it's Trump/Buchanan "nationalist" types. I hope Tucker, McCarthy, etc get the chance to rebut their propaganda or better yet their audience is non-existent simply due to lack of interest.
Pretty annoying since this really looks like something Pat Buchanan would put together and the neocons purposely stacked (it seems) it with his lifelong ideological opponents with not even a Buchanan/Trump/Paul perspective on the foreign policy panel. Shameless co-opting as described by none other than Conference guest and TAC founding Editor Scott McConnell himself. Sigh
https://nationalconservatism.org/conference-schedule/
Conference Schedule
National Conservatism:
Founding Conference, Washington DC
July 14-16, 2019
Sunday, July 14
5:30 pm Registration
VIP Reception
6:30 pm Dinner (Ritz-Carlton Ballroom)
Keynote Address 1:
Introduction
Peter Thiel, “The Star Trek Computer Is Not Enough”
9:00 pm End of Day 1
Monday, July 15
9:00 am Plenary I (Ritz-Carlton Ballroom)
Speaker 1 Chris DeMuth, “The Nationalist Awakening”
Speaker 2 David Brog, “Roots of American Nationalism”
Speaker 3 Mary Eberstadt, “Social Conservatism and the National Interest”
Speaker 4 Rusty Reno, “Christian Universalism and American Nationalism”
Speaker 5 Yoram Hazony, “Why National Conservatism?”
11:00 am Coffee Break
11:30 am
Keynote Address 2: (Ritz-Carlton Ballroom)
Tucker Carlson, “Big Business Hates Your Family”
+ Q & A
Session Chairman: Rusty Reno
12:30 pm Lunch Break
2:00 pm Breakout I
B: International Institutions vs. National Independence (Ritz-Carlton Ballroom)
Ryszard Legutko, “Nationalism, Conservatism and the European Union”
John Fonte, “American Transnationalism, the EU, and the Davoisie”
Daniel Pipes, “How Immigration and Islamization Build Nationalism in Europe”
John O’Sullivan, “Euro-Nationalism or Euro-Imperialism?”
Session Chairman: John Lenczowski
A: The Nation and Conservative Tradition (Plaza Ballroom)
Yuval Levin, “Burke and the Nation”
Ofir Haivry, “Burke and the American Constitution”
Michael Barone, “The Conservative Tradition in America”
Session Chairman: Daniel McCarthy
3:30 pm Coffee Break
4:00 pm Breakout II A: American National Conservatism (Ritz-Carlton Ballroom)
Rich Lowry, “Why America Isn’t an Idea”
Daniel McCarthy, “National Conservatism in the Early American Republic”
Amity Shlaes, “Coolidge Nationalism and the Things of the Spirit”
Andre Archie, “Narrative and the Nation”
Session Chairman: Ron Docksai
B: Immigration (Plaza Ballroom)
Amy Wax, “American Greatness and Immigration: The Case for Low and Slow”
Scott McConnell, “Is a Nationalist Immigration Policy Even Possible in West?”
Mike Gonzalez, “Ending the Regime of Race”
Luma Simms, “Immigration and the Desire for Rootedness”
Session Chairman: Ryan Williams
5:30 pm
Dinner Break
Student Session (Plaza Ballroom)
7:00 pm
Public Debate (Ritz-Carlton Ballroom)
Resolution: “America Should Adopt an Industrial Policy”
Debaters: Oren Cass and Richard Reinsch
9:00 pm End of Day 2
Tuesday, July 16
9:00 am
Plenary II (Ritz-Carlton Ballroom)
Speaker 6 J.D. Vance, “Getting Beyond Libertarianism”
Speaker 7 Michael Anton, “Downsides of Hard and Soft Imperialism”
Speaker 8 Paulina Neuding, “Nationalism as an Antidote to Racism”
Speaker 9 David Webb, “National Cohesion and the Complexity of Identity Politics and Culture”
Speaker 10 Patrick Deneen, “Sustainable Conservatism”
11:00 am Coffee Break
11:30 am Keynote Address 3: (Ritz-Carlton Ballroom)
Amb. John Bolton, TBA+ Q & A
Session Chairman: Chris DeMuth
12:30 pm Lunch Break
2:00 pm Breakout III
A: National Conservatism and Foreign Affairs (Ritz-Carlton Ballroom)
Session Chairman: Colin Dueck
David Goldman, “Imperial China’s Challenge to Nationalism”
Rebeccah Heinrichs, “The Case for Strong Allies”
Michael Doran, “Nationalism and Foreign Policy: The Case of the Middle East”
Cliff May, “America as Sheriff, Not as Cop”
B: What is Economic Nationalism? (Plaza Ballroom)
Session Chairman: John Burtka
John Carney, “Economic Nationalism vs. Special Interests”
Salena Zito, “What’s This Revolt About?”
Julius Krein, “A Strategy for National Development”
3:30 pm Coffee Break
4:00 pm
Breakout IV
A: Identity Politics vs. National Conservatism (Ritz-Carlton Ballroom)
Session Chairman: Ken Masugi
Josh Mitchell, “Identity Politics and the Stain of Inheritance”
Charles Kesler, “Nationalism, Creed, and Culture”
David Azerrad, “What Comes after Identity Politics?”
Bob Woodson, “Conservative Values in Rebuilding Family and Community.”
B: Globalism and the Nation (Plaza Ballroom)
Session Chairman: David Brog
Chris Buskirk, “Globalism Dehumanizes Us and Threatens Ordered Liberty”
Frank Buckley, “The Logic and Limits of American Nationalism”
Jules Gomes, “Christianity, Globalism, and the Nation”
Arthur Milikh, “The Nation and Big Tech”
5:30 pm Break
6:30 pm Dinner (Ritz-Carlton Ballroom)
Keynote Address IV: Sen. Josh Hawley, TBA
9:00 pm End of Conference
Safe Travels!
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