A New Mandate

The 1st Annual Columbia Business School Future of National Security Summit

In the postwar era, American technological advantage was a byproduct of a defense-industrial system the nation took for granted. That system no longer holds. For America and its allies, this advantage can no longer be procured into existence by government alone; it now depends on whether private capital, commercial technology, and national strategy can move in the same direction. The Future of National Security Summit convenes the people on the leading edge of this shift. Join us on Friday November 13, 2026 at the Columbia University Manhattanville campus. Full program and speaker lineup announced in October.