On the 79th anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials, the ICC affirmed its decision to issue arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. This decision, which would obligate the 124 member nations of the ICC to arrest these officials upon entry into their territory, is demonstrative of the erosion of moral clarity and the repugnant antisemitism that has festered within international institutions undermining the noble principles upon which they were founded. The United States must take action to hold the ICC accountable for this egregious decision and maintain its unwavering commitment not only to Israel’s security and sovereignty but to our own.

The McCain Institute and The Vandenberg Coalition are honored to convene top conservative thought leaders to outline their view of a United States strategy for countering the Russia threat. Russia remains one of the U.S. and its democratic allies’ most destructive adversaries. No clearer example of the Russia threat exists
than its full-scale, unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in 2022, which has since
claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. Russia is simultaneously waging non-
kinetic warfare against the world’s democracies, including the U.S., through information manipulation, cyber-attacks, election interference, and malign finance…

In response to Iran’s unprecedented ballistic missile attack on Israel on October 1, the United States
temporarily deployed a single THAAD battery and 95 U.S. soldiers to Israel. This is a necessary and
welcome demonstration of the American commitment to Israel’s self-defense. Understanding that many
remain skeptical about this decision, it is critical to debunk some of the myths and concerns surrounding
the deployment of THAAD to Israel.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: “CULTURE AND NATIONAL SECURITY”
The Honorable Robert Wilkie, Distinguished National Security Fellow,
America First Policy Institute; Former US Secretary of Veterans Affairs