Each year, the George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management (GSPM) brings together expertise from across political aisles for the Fahrenkopf-Manatt Lecture in the spirit of bipartisanship. During this year’s event, held last Tuesday in Jack Morton Auditorium, partisans found common ground on pressing national and international issues.
The series is named after Frank Fahrenkopf and the late Charles Manatt, the former chairs, respectively, of the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee, who, despite disparate views, jointly supported and promoted the country’s political and electoral processes.
Katie Phang, independent journalist and legal analyst, moderated the conversation with Norman Eisen, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Rina Shah, a geopolitical adviser and strategist. Adam Schwarze, a Republican candidate for the United States Senate from Minnesota, joined them on the stage for the final session.