The realities of economic security

Date
April 15, 2026, 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
PIIE Webcast, Washington, DC
Anjali V. Bhatt (PIIE), Cullen S. Hendrix (PIIE), Jacob Funk Kirkegaard (PIIE) and Warwick J. McKibbin (PIIE; Australian National University)
Event Summary

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 presents global macroeconomic scenarios of the impact of the Middle East conflict; 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

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