Lectures of Opportunity: "Clausewitz and Alliances: The Defensive Ally Difference" Thursday, June 09, 2022 12:00 p.m. U.S. Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, RI 02841 In On War, Carl von Clausewitz devotes the most attention to understanding the nature of the defensive form of warfare.
Lectures of Opportunity: "Women on the Front Lines in Myanmar’s Fight for Democracy" Thursday, May 26, 2022 12:00 p.m. Virtual Event The military seized control of Myanmar (Burma) on February 1, 2021 after a general election. The coup was followed by a brutal military crackdown, particularly against women.
Lectures of Opportunity: "China and Taiwan: Cross-Strait Dangers and Opportunities" Monday, May 23, 2022 12:00 p.m. Conolly Conference Room, U.S. Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, RI 02841 This lecture will be a moderated discussion with two of the foremost cross-Strait experts in the United States, Dr. Shelley Rigger and Dr. Richard Bush.
Lectures of Opportunity: "Warfare's Evolving Nature: 2022" Monday, May 16, 2022 4:45 p.m. Virtual Event MG Donahue will speak on the evolving character of warfare with a special emphasis on combined arms maneuver, integration of emerging technologies, and how we have all seen it unfold in Ukraine since the conflict started.
Lectures of Opportunity: "The Islamic State in Africa" Thursday, May 12, 2022 12:00 p.m. Virtual Event This lecture will feature a conversation with Dr. Jason Warner and Mr. Ryan O’Farrell as they discuss their new book: The Islamic State in Africa: The Emergence, Evolution, and Future of the Next Jihadist Battlefront.
Lectures of Opportunity: "Financial Cold War" Tuesday, May 10, 2022 12:00 p.m. Virtual Event The most consequential Great Power relationship of the 21st century is that between China and the United States.
Lectures of Opportunity: "Economics and National Security Q&A" Monday, May 09, 2022 12:00 p.m. Hybrid Event This lecture is an opportunity for students to ask any questions they may have about the relationship between economics and national security.
Lectures of Opportunity: "Stoic Social Grit" Thursday, April 28, 2022 11:45 a.m. Virtual Event If you call someone a Stoic, you are probably thinking that they have buttoned up emotions, or can keep calm in the face of adversity, or cultivate resilience through tough inner strength and grit.
Lectures of Opportunity: "Ransomware: The New High Seas Piracy" Monday, April 11, 2022 12:00 p.m. U.S. Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, RI 02841 After the attack on Colonial Pipeline, the DarkSide ransomware gang posted an "apology" that bore striking resemblance to a similar mea culpa issued by arch-pirate Henry Every in the 17th century.
Lectures of Opportunity: "Making Decisions in US Foreign Policy: Intervening in Kosovo 1999 and Getting Bin Laden 2011" Thursday, March 24, 2022 12:00 p.m. Virtual Event This talk uses the somatic marker theory to explain the decisions of Madeleine Albright before the Kosovo intervention in 1999 and Robert Gates prior the 2011 decision to send in the Navy Seals to get Osama Bin Laden.