SCUSA West Point US Foreign Policy Conference

I participated in a conference at West Point that focused on different aspects of US foreign policy. The purpose of the conference was to have both civilian and military perspectives on how the US should deal with future US foreign policy. I was selected to participate in the trade team where we were tasked with looking at the intersection of domestic and global policy as it pertains to trade, jobs, and globalization. As a group, we wrote a memo that argued for less confrontation with China economically and creating an institutional framework that allowed for global innovation with clean energy. 
Our group, along with every other group, gave keynotes to all of the attendees of the conference. Some of the attendees also included high-ranking members on the West Point campus. 
One of the best parts of this conference was interacting with the cadets. We all got to stay in the barracks with the cadets for the nights and I got to have great conversations with the roommates that I was staying with. We got to see all of the routines that the cadets go through each day. 
We got to listen to several panels that featured high-ranking members of the military and got to hear their perspectives on foreign policy and some of the implications of what the Trump administration is currently working on in regards to the Middle East. The current ambassador to NATO, Kay Bailey Hutchison, was one of the speakers at our conference.