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A Professional Seminar Series
    
The Original Series
In 2004-05 the Department of Defense’s
Office of Force
Transformation and the
Office of the Secretary of the Navy sponsored
an effort to re-examine the Principles of War. The effort
included a very successful 11-session seminar series, a writing contest
and the creation of a volume of essays. Speakers' notes & other
materials from that series have been
archived.
The essay contest winners are now posted on
US Naval Institute website and
published in the October 2005 issue of Proceedings.
Information on the book of related essays
Rethinking
the Principles of War is also available on the USNI website.
The First Follow-on Series
In examining the principles of war, it became apparent
that the conduct of war and conflicts may likely be changing, but the
nature and causes of war may not. These considerations lead to the need for
a follow-on effort to Rethink the Future Nature of
Competitions and
Conflict and what these futures portend for the U.S. and her allies.
The video, audio, and other related files from each of these seminars
will remain available on this site as the
2005-2006
Archives.
A New Follow-On Series
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The Rethinking Archives
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Rethinking the Relationship between Economics, Resources, Technology
and National / International Security
will be the topic
of a new Seminar Series beginning in October 2006. Those on the
contact list for this Seminar Series will be notified about the new
series.
About the
2005-2006 Effort
To examine the future nature of competitions and conflict requires
looking at issues such as: What are the future security issues facing the U.S. and her allies?
- What and where are the potential threats?
- When does it make sense to pursue and
offensive or pre-emptive strategy versus a defensive strategy?
- What are the elements of National and
Coalition power, including non-military, and how should they evolve to meet
future demands?
- What are the current gaps in
National/Coalition power, and how would they be best addressed?
- How can the U.S. and her allies get out
in front of problems and prevent them from escalating?
- What constitutes victory or an acceptable
end state in future conflicts?
To further investigate these questions, a national-level seminar series
will be conducted over the next ten months. Seminar topics will address the changing character
of global competitions as described above. Potential topics for the seminar
series that address many of these issues are listed on the
About the Series page. See Reports from past events (notes, video and
audio downloads) including (as they become available) those from the most recent:
Max Boot on
War Made New: Technology, Warfare & the Course of History, 1500 to Today from
26 September.
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