Special Events & Speakers

Throughout the year the Helms Center hosts special events and lectures to provide an opportunity to promote the values and mission of the Jesse Helms Center in more intimate and varied formats.

Featured Speakers

Vice President Dick Cheney | Justice Antonin Scalia | Fred Barnes | Michael Reagan

Marc Thiessen | Michael Barone

Recent Events

American Crossroads: National Security and Foreign Policy in 2024 Election

On November 9, 2023, The Vandenberg Coalition, the nation’s premiere American foreign policy advocacy organization, and The Jesse Helms Center, the country’s leading advocate of free enterprise and U.S. Constitutional principles hosted a panel featuring the tenth Secretary of Veterans Affairs and current Newsmax commentator Robert Wilkie, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Elliott Abrams, national security expert Amy Mitchell, and Carrie Filipetti, Executive Director of The Vandenberg Coalition.

The panel discussion examined the current crises, America’s standing in the world, and what the 2024 presidential candidates should be talking about vis-à-vis national security and foreign policy

Foreign Policy and Trade Challenges in the Age of Trump

On Friday May 12, 2017 the Jesse Helms Center, along with the John William Pope Foundation, hosted “Foreign Policy and Trade Challenges in the Age of Trump.” The event was a great success and brought together various center-right policy interests with differing opinions on the important foreign policy and trade issues facing our nation.

Topics discussed were: Terrorism & Security | Trade and Tax Policy | Grand Strategy