Where are the world’s fault lines – and where are they headed next?
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author David Sanger returns to the Global Security Forum for a special keynote on the State of the World, moderated by Arthur House.
From intensifying competition among global powers and wars reshaping the international order to rapidly evolving threats in technology, security, and defense, Sanger will examine the forces driving global instability — and what they mean for the United States and the world.
A five-time GSF favorite, Sanger is the author of New Cold Wars: China’s Rise, Russia’s Invasion, and America’s Struggle to Defend the West and has been a member of three Pulitzer Prize-winning teams.
Join us for one of the signature conversations of Global Security Forum 2026: Fault Lines.
The details:
Wednesday, November 11 | 12pm – 1pm
Mark Twain House, Hartford CT
Tickets: $40 General Admission | $30 Member Admission
Member-Exclusive Presale opens next week
This event is part of the 2026 Global Security Forum Series: Fault Lines.
The international system is under pressure. Alliances are fracturing and new rivalries emerging. Technology, energy, and critical minerals are the now lynchpins of national security. Fault lines are emerging where nations, interests, and competing visions collide.
Join us for GSF2026, where leaders, policymakers, strategists, and experts reveal the pressures reshaping global security – and the choices that will define what comes next.
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Featuring
David Sanger
Chief White House and National Security Correspondent, The New York Times
David E. Sanger is the White House and national security correspondent for The New York Times and the bestselling author of New Cold Wars, The Inheritance, Confront and Conceal, and The Perfect Weapon. He has been a member of three teams that won the Pulitzer Prize, including in 2017 for international reporting about Russia’s effort to manipulate the presidential election. A contributor to CNN, he also teaches national security policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
Moderated By
Arthur House
Adjunct Professor, University of Connecticut
Arthur House became Chief Cybersecurity Risk Officer for the State of Connecticut in October 2016 after four years as Chairman of Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. House has a background in national security, having served as Director of Strategic Communications and Congressional Affairs in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and as Chief of the Communications Group for the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency.
He worked in Asia and Africa as an economist and loan officer for the World Bank and was a Congressional Adviser to the United States Mission to the United Nations. In the private sector, House was Senior Vice President of Public Affairs at Webster Bank and also held senior executive positions at Cigna, Aetna, and Tenneco. House serves on the Board of the World Affairs Council of Connecticut.
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