Lectures of Opportunity: "History of CIA Covert Action" Monday, March 21, 2022 12:00 p.m. Conolly Conference Room, C-138, U.S. Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, RI 02841 CIA began conducting covert action (CA) soon after its creation in 1947, and since then, every President has used CA as an important foreign policy instrument.
National Security Significance of a Changing Climate: Operationalizing Climate Security Friday, March 18, 2022 8:30 a.m. Virtual Event This conference explores the operationalization of climate security within the U.S. geographic combatant commands. In less than one year, the national security apparatus has rapidly mobilized to answer the myriad of ways climate change affects national security.
Lectures of Opportunity: "Admiral. E.R. Zumwalt, Jr—Insights from His Daughter" Thursday, March 17, 2022 12:00 p.m. Virtual event Admiral Elmo R. “Bud” Zumwalt, Jr., the US Navy’s 19th Chief of Naval Operations, was considered controversial during his tenure. History has proven he was quite the visionary.
45th Annual Conference on Oceans Law & Policy: UNCLOS at 40 Wednesday, March 16-18, 2022 6:00 a.m. Virtual Event The 45th Annual Conference on Oceans Law & Policy will be held virtually March 16-18 by the Stockton Center for International Law (SCIL) at the US Naval War College and the Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA).
Lectures of Opportunity: "Strategy and Ethics in Conversation" Monday, March 14, 2022 12:00 p.m. Conolly Hall Room C-138, U.S. Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, RI 02841 What ethical capacities are needed for strategic thought? What is the role of values (moral and non-moral) in strategy?
Lectures of Opportunity: "Bipolar General: What Happened and What Can We Learn?" Thursday, March 10, 2022 12:00 p.m. Virtual Event A highly successful student, athlete and Army officer, Gregg Martin unknowingly had a genetic predisposition for bipolar disorder that was triggered by the intense stress of leading thousands of troops in the Iraq War, in 2003 as a brigade commander.
Lectures of Opportunity: "A Defense Strategy of Denial" Tuesday, March 08, 2022 12:00 p.m. Spruance Auditorium, U.S. Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, RI 02841 How must American defense change to address China’s growing power and ambition?
Issues in National Security: "Arctic Affairs" Tuesday, March 08, 2022 4:30 p.m. Pringle Auditorium, U.S Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, Rhode Island 02841 The 'Issues in National Security' lectures represent current political, military, economic, and social issues that challenge strategists and concern citizens therefore the lectures are tailored to the spouses and significant others of U.S. Naval War College students, staff, and faculty.
Lectures of Opportunity: "Social Media and Military Leaders" Monday, March 07, 2022 12:00 p.m. Virtual Event Tammy Smith is a co-author of “Why We Tweet: General Officer Use of Social Media to Engage, Influence, and Lead” (Strategy Bridge, September 7, 2020). Her presentation is intended to educate military senior leaders about the potential benefits and risks to actively engaging on social media.
Lectures of Opportunity: "Building a Fleet in an Era of Fiscal Constraint" Wednesday, March 02, 2022 12:00 p.m. Conolly Conference Room, C-138, U.S. Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, RI 02841 The U.S. Navy believes that the challenge to U.S. allies and interests in the Pacific posed by a rapidly growing Chinese navy and an increasingly sophisticated battle network requires a larger, more distributed fleet.