Polis Distinguished Fellow Ambassador Miriam Sapiro hosted Eric Schmitt, a senior writer at The New York Times, for a fireside chat. At the New York Times, Mr. Schmitt covers terrorism and national security issues. Mr. Schmitt has won three Pulitzer Prizes for his coverage of China, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Russia. He is the co-author, with Thom Shanker, of “Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America’s Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda.”