# Event Details - **Event Name**: Alex Vindman on Values, Realism, and U.S. National Security - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 05 Dec, 2025 at 12:00 pm – Fri, 05 Dec, 2025 at 01:00 pm - **Event Description**: How can the United States advance its interests without abandoning its core values?About this EventHow can the United States advance its interests without abandoning its core values? Alexander Vindman, retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and former director for European Affairs on the White House’s National Security Council, presents a discussion on the critical interplay between morality, values and power in the practice of geopolitics and national security.After the collapse of the Soviet Union, six U.S. presidential administrations across both parties crafted policies for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia that unintentionally emboldened Russia and played into its imperialist, centuries-long mythos of regional hegemony, by pursuing short-term transactional policies. The result: military aggression and full-scale invasion. It was all too foreseeable.Vindman will discuss the shifting U.S. foreign policy landscape, what a just peace and lasting end to the war in Ukraine might look like, the administration's increasingly transactional approach to international relations, and Trump's heavy-handed approach to national security and domestic politics.About the SpeakerDr. Alexander Vindman, a retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel, was the director for European Affairs on the National Security Council. Before that, he served as the political-military affairs officer for Russia for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and as an attaché at the U.S. Embassies in Moscow and Kyiv. While on the Joint Staff, he authored the National Military Strategy for Russia. He earned a Master's from Harvard University, where he served as a Hauser Leader, and a Master's and Doctorate from Johns Hopkins, where he is a senior fellow. Dr. Vindman leads the national security think tank Institute for Informed American Leadership, is the president of the nonprofit Here Right Matters Foundation, an executive board member for the Renew Democracy Initiative, a senior fellow at the Kettering Foundation, and a senior advisor to VoteVets. Dr. Vindman is the author of the "Why It Matters" Substack and the New York Times bestselling books Here, Right Matters and The Folly of Realism.SPEAKERSDr. Alexander Vindman, Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel; President, Here Right Matters Foundation; Author, The Folly of Realism: How the West Deceived Itself About Russia and Betrayed UkraineModerator: Dr. Michael Baker, M.D., Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (ret)11:30 a.m. doors open & check-in12–12:45 p.m. program12:45 p.m. Q&A(all times Pacific Time) - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/san-francisco/alex-vindman-on-values-realism-and-us-national-security/100001839588401429 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Falex-vindman-on-values-realism-and-us-national-security-tickets-1839588401429 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 27.33, max: 27.33, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: San Francisco - **state**: CA - **country**: United States - **location**: The Commonwealth Club - **lat**: 37.7933452 - **long**: -122.3925028 - **full address**: The Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, United States ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Inforum at the Commonwealth Club (https://allevents.in/org/inforum-at-the-commonwealth-club/22552236) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/1eb13fa3b85515e3c015920e87515d32258f166b21f06f8813da19298439a25a-rimg-w1200-h675-dc01405c-gmir.jpg?v=1762079056 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/d166a2afa98835ea4c48a36f378b8c97b8671dddd9d153ddc13c4349cadce0e5-rimg-w400-h400-dc01405c-gmir.jpg?v=1762079056 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Fri, 05 Dec, 2025 at 12:00 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** The Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, United States - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 27.33 up to 27.33 USD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Inforum at the Commonwealth Club - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** art, literary-art - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Alex Vindman on Values, Realism, and U.S. National Security ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Alex Vindman on Values, Realism, and U.S. National Security", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/1eb13fa3b85515e3c015920e87515d32258f166b21f06f8813da19298439a25a-rimg-w1200-h675-dc01405c-gmir.jpg?v=1762079056", "startDate": "2025-12-05", "endDate": "2025-12-05", "url": "https://allevents.in/san-francisco/alex-vindman-on-values-realism-and-us-national-security/100001839588401429", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "The Commonwealth Club", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "110 The Embarcadero", "postalCode": "94105", "addressLocality": "San Francisco", "addressRegion": "CA", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "37.7933452", "longitude": "-122.3925028" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "How can the United States advance its interests without abandoning its core values?", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-04", "availabilityEnds": "2025-12-05", "validFrom": "2026-04-04", "lowPrice": "27.33", "highPrice": "27.33", "price": "27.33", "url": "https://allevents.in/san-francisco/alex-vindman-on-values-realism-and-us-national-security/100001839588401429" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-04", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-04", "url": "https://allevents.in/san-francisco/alex-vindman-on-values-realism-and-us-national-security/100001839588401429", "price": "27.33", "name": "General Admission, Nonmember" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Inforum at the Commonwealth Club", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/inforum-at-the-commonwealth-club/22552236", "description": "This program is presented by The Commonwealth Club's Inforum division." } ] } ] ```