Passing the Baton 2025 Panel I: Harnessing Economics and Trade

As America prepares to inaugurate Donald J. Trump as the 47th president, the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) was proud to host Passing the Baton 2025: Securing America’s Future in an Era of Strategic Competition on January 14. This flagship, bipartisan event brought together national security leaders from across the political spectrum to mark the peaceful transfer of power and the bipartisan character of American foreign policy.

Panel Discussion: Harnessing Economics and Trade

• Matthew P. Goodman
  Distinguished Fellow, Director of the Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, and Director of the CFR RealEcon Initiative
• Josh Lipsky
  Senior Director, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council
• Ambassador Carla Sands, moderator
  Vice Chair, Center for Energy and Environment, America First Policy Institute

For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/passing-baton-2025