National Security in the 21st Century –
Rethinking the Principles of War

Seminar Dates, Speakers, and Notes
Culminating Seminar | Series Seminars

CULMINATING FULL-DAY SEMINAR
APRIL 13, 2005

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Session 1: The Changing Nature of War

• Dr. James Carafano (USA, ret) Heritage Foundation
  • Summarized Speaker's Notes: PDF / Word
• Dr. James Schneider, SAMS, Ft Leavenworth
  • Summarized Speaker's Notes: PDF / Word

Session 2: Strategic Implications

• Ralph Peters, (USA, ret), Author
  • Summarized Speaker's Notes: PDF / Word
• Dr. Terry C. Pierce, (CAPT USN) US Naval Postgraduate School
  • Strategic Implications of Virtual Warfare: Explaining Virtual Warfare as a Strategic Disruptive Innovation (Ppt Presentation or On-line Version)
  • Summarized Speaker's Notes: PDF / Word

Luncheon Speaker:

• Dr. Angel Rabasa, RAND
  • The Muslim World After 9/11 & the Iraq War
    (Ppt Presentation with Notes -- 1MB) or on-line version
  • Full Project Description | Document Text | Abstract

Session 3: Military Implications

• Williamson (Wick) Murray, Institute for Defense Analyses
  •  Implications of the Future Military Environment Full text PDF
• Dr. John Alexander, (USA, ret)
  • Changes In Future Conflict & The Implications Of Non-lethal Weapons
    (Ppt Presentation -- 4.3MB) or on-line version
  • Summarized Speaker's Notes: PDF / Word

Agenda Overview and Framing Questions

SERIES SEMINARS

1. Initial Seminar

• Overview -- VADM (ret.) Arthur K. Cebrowski,
• Imperative for effort – VADM Tim Keating
• Lessons from 2 Iraq Wars – MGEN (ret) Robert Scales
• June 8 – Speakers' Notes

2. Military View of Future Conflict, potential changing nature of war and transformation and its effect on the Principles of War.

• ADM Sir Ian Forbes
• MGEN James Dubik
• June 30 Speakers' Transcript and Notes

3. Intel And Knowledge (Actionable Knowledge) Dr. George Friedman, Ph.D. founder and Chairman, Strategic Forecasting Inc., discussed the current Iraq situation and changes in the intelligence community: Speaker's Notes for 20 July

4. Technology and Future War Professor Martin van Creveld author of 15 books on military history, technology and strategy including Technology and War: From 2000 B.C. to the Present (1989) Speaker's Notes for 13 September

5. Threats, Dangers, and Uncertainties Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski of the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University and former National Security Advisor to the President Speaker's Notes for 12 October

6. Old & New Business: How Defeating Global Terror Can Be Done in the 21st Century Dr. Harlan Ullman, CNA Corporation and Center for Strategic and International Studies Speaker's Notes for 9 November

7. The Role Security, Stability and Reconstruction Play in the Larger Theme of the Principles of Warfare General James L. Jones Supreme Allied Commander, Europe and Commander, U.S. European Command Speaker's Notes for 22 November

8. Current & Potential Operational Art & the Principles of War General Jack Keane, USA (ret), former Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, Speaker's Notes for January 6th

9. Two Enemies: “Non-State Actors” and Change in the Muslim World  Dr. Mike Vlahos, Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, National Security Analysis Dept. Dr. Vlahos' new monograph on this topic is now available. Speaker's Notes for February 4th

10. What Do We Know About Future Warfare? Dr. Colin Gray Professor of International Politics & Strategic Studies, University of Reading, England, and a Senior Fellow at National Institute for Public Policy, Fairfax, VA. Speaker's Notes for March 15th