Agenda

NDU National Security Symposium - Forging an American Grand Strategy: Securing a Path Through a Complex Future

8-9 November 2011

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8

0800-0900 Registration Lincoln Hall, Room 1105
0900-0905 Administrative Remarks Lincoln Hall Auditorium

0905-0915 Welcoming Remarks: Vice Admiral Ann Rondeau, USN, President, National Defense University

0915-0930 Conference Overview: Dr. Sheila Ronis, Conference Chair, Walsh College

0930-1015 Opening Keynote: Professor Leon Fuerth, Distinguished Research Fellow, Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University and Research Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University

1030-1200 Panel 1: What is Grand Strategy? (How) Can we develop it? What should it look like?
Moderator: Dr. Nicholas Rostow, Director, Center for Strategic Research and Distinguished Research Professor, National Defense University
Panelists:
• Ambassador Robin Raphel, former Coordinator for Economic and Development Assistance to Pakistan
• Dr. Steven Meyer, former Professor of National Security Studies and Political Science, Industrial College of the Armed Forces
• Colonel Mark "Puck" Mykleby, USMC (Ret), LRN
• Captain Wayne Porter, USN, Chair of Systemic Strategies and Complexity, Naval Postgraduate School

1200-1315 Keynote Address and luncheon
Speaker: Honorable Michèle Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

1315-1345 Featured Address
Speaker: Dr. Michael Mandelbaum, Director of the American Foreign Policy Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

1400-1530 Panel 2: Historical Grand Strategies & Lessons for Today
Moderator: Dr. Audrey Cronin, Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University
Panelists:
• Dr. Williamson Murray, Professor Emeritus of History, The Ohio State University
• Dr. Benjamin Franklin Cooling, Professor of National Security Studies, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, "Arsenal of Democracy: Viewed From A New Context"
• Professor Hew Strachan, Chichele Professor of the History of War, University of Oxford

1545-1700 Panel 3: What is the Role of Intelligence in supporting a successful grand strategy?
Moderator: Dr. Roger George, Associate Professor, National War College
Panelists:
• Rear Admiral L. Elizabeth Train, USN , Director for Intelligence, J2, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Mr. Paul Batchelor, Chief Mission Integration Officer, Defense Intelligence Agency
• Dr. Mathew J. Burrows, Counselor, National Intelligence Council

1700-1715 Closing Remarks: Dr. Sheila Ronis, Conference Chair, Walsh College

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 9, 2011

0830-0900 Strategy Overview:
• Dr. Hans Binnendijk, Vice President for Research and Applied Learning, National Defense University, Theodore Roosevelt Chair in National Security Policy, and Director, Institute for National Strategic Studies
• Mr. Frank Hoffman, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies and Director, NDU Press

0900-1030 Panel 4: Grand Strategy Needs Foresight and Vision
Moderator: Dr. Warren Fishbein, Independent Consultant and former Coordinator, Global Futures Forum, Department of State
Panelists:
• Mr. Jerome C. Glenn, Executive Director, The Millennium Project
• Ms. Patricia (Patti) Morrissey, Office of Outreach, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
• Dr. Allen S. Miller, Deputy Assistant Director, Office of Risk Management and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security
• Colonel Christopher Holshek, U.S. Army Civil Affairs (Ret), Senior Associate, Project on National Security Reform

1045-1130 Featured Speaker:
Dr. Thomas Fingar, Oksenberg-Rohlen Distinguished Fellow, Stanford University

1130-1245 Keynote Address & Luncheon "Different Lenses: The Role of the Presidency"
Ambassador David M. Abshire, President, Center for the Study of the Presidency, Vice Chairman of the Board, Center for Strategic and International Studies

1245-1315 Featured Speaker
Dr. Peter Feaver, Professor of Political Science, Duke University

1330-1500 Panel 5: Educating Strategists
Moderator: Colonel Greg Schultz, USA, Chairman, Department of Strategy and Policy, National War College
Panelists:
• Dr. Minh Luong, Associate Director, Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy, Yale University
• Dr. Cynthia Watson, Chairwoman and Professor of the Department of Security Studies, National War College
• Dr. Richard Immerman, Director, Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy, Temple University
• Dr. Matthew Connelly, Director, Hertog Global Strategy Initiative, Columbia University

1515-1630 Panel 6: Views on Grand Strategy from the Next Generation of Strategists
Moderator: Dr. Louise Diamond, Director, Global Systems Initiatives
Panelists:
• Dr. Kristin Lord, Vice President and Director of Studies, Center for A New American Security
• Mr. Robert Polk, Research Staff Member, Institute for Defense Analyses
• Mr. Patrick Doherty, Director, Smart Strategies Initiative, New America Foundation
• Mr. Evan Faber, Project on Forward Engagement

1700-1715 Closing Remarks: Dr. Sheila Ronis, Conference Chair, Walsh College