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The Peterson Institute for International Economics presents a high-level analytical discussion of the realities of economic security, examining real-world trade-offs and vulnerabilities in today's geopolitically fractured world.
Anjali Bhatt, host of PIIE Insider Live, moderates a candid discussion with PIIE experts: Warwick McKibbin, who gives an overview of the meaning of economic security, what it depends on, and what threatens economic security particularly in the United States; Cullen Hendrix, who discusses vulnerabilities of the global economy to the disrupted supply of commodities including food, fuel, and industrial inputs; and Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, who explores Europe's strategic economic policy choices between resilience and autonomy.
A moderated discussion and Q&A session follows.
MODERATOR
Anjali V. Bhatt
Communications Manager and Research Fellow, PIIE
SPEAKERS
Cullen S. Hendrix
Senior Fellow, PIIE
Jacob Funk Kirkegaard
Nonresident Senior Fellow, PIIE
Warwick J. McKibbin
Nonresident Senior Fellow, PIIE
For more information, visit: piie.com/events/2026/realities-economic-security
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The Peterson Institute for International Economics presents a high-level analytical discussion of the realities of economic security, examining real-world trade-offs and vulnerabilities in today's geopolitically fractured world.
Anjali Bhatt, host of PIIE Insider Live, moderates a candid discussion with PIIE experts: Warwick McKibbin, who gives an overview of the meaning of economic security, what it depends on, and what threatens economic security particularly in the United States; Cullen Hendrix, who discusses vulnerabilities of the global economy to the disrupted supply of commodities including food, fuel, and industrial inputs; and Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, who explores Europe's strategic economic policy choices between resilience and autonomy.
A moderated discussion and Q&A session follows.
MODERATOR
Anjali V. Bhatt
Communications Manager and Research Fellow, PIIE
SPEAKERS
Cullen S. Hendrix
Senior Fellow, PIIE
Jacob Funk Kirkegaard
Nonresident Senior Fellow, PIIE
Warwick J. McKibbin
Nonresident Senior Fellow, PIIE
For more information, visit: piie.com/events/2026/realities-economic-security
Subscribe to receive notices of upcoming PIIE events:
piie.com/subscribe
Follow the Peterson Institute for International Economics on social media!
Twitter: twitter.com/piie
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/piie
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/piie.com
