August 17, 2021 — Former National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster discusses the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and the broader strategic challenges confronting the United States in an executive roundtable program presented by Asia Society Northern California. In addition to the situation in Afghanistan, McMaster discussed core arguments for U.S. national security policy, the future of conservative national security policy, and American civil-military relations — themes he covers in his new book, Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World. Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at Asia Society Orville Schell moderated the discussion.  (1 hr., 6 min.)