Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy
October 2006 - Present
Meetings
Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy: Operation Cast Lead in Gaza
Roundtable Meeting
February 25, 2009
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| Speaker: | Brigadier General Itai Brun, Israeli Defense Forces; Dado Center for Interdisciplinary Military Studies |
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| Presider: | Stephen Biddle, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy: The Future of Counterinsurgency and the Design of the American Military
Roundtable Meeting
January 26, 2009
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| Speaker: | Colonel Gian Gentile, USA, United States Military Academy West Point |
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| Presider: | Stephen Biddle, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy: Lebanon and the Future of Warfare
Roundtable Meeting
December 16, 2008
Related Project: Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy
| Speakers: | Stephen Biddle, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Jeffrey A. Friedman, Kennedy School of Government |
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| Presider: | Major General David A. Fastabend, USA, U.S. Department of Defense |
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Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy: Surge Dynamics and Stability in Iraq
Roundtable Meeting
December 3, 2008
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| Speakers: | J.B. Burton, Executive Officer, Deputy Undersecretary of the Army; Second Brigade Combat Team, First Infanty Division |
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| Brigadier General Falah Kanbar, Former Commander, First Brigade, Sixth Division, Iraqi Army |
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| Presider: | Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy: The El Salvador Model of Counterinsurgency
Roundtable Meeting
September 23, 2008
Related Project: Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy
| Speaker: | Todd Greentree, Visiting Scholar, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University |
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| Presider: | Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy - Iraq and Afghanistan: Meeting the Challenges of Modern COIN
Roundtable Meeting
July 31, 2008
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| Presider: | Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Sir Jock Stirrup, Chief of the Defense Staff, British Ministry of Defence |
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Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy: Assessing Iraq Reconstruction
Roundtable Meeting
June 23, 2008
Related Project: Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy
| Speaker: | Stuart W. Bowen, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction |
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| Presider: | Stephen Biddle, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy: Technology in Counterinsurgency-Defeating IEDs
Roundtable Meeting
April 30, 2008
Related Project: Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy
| Presider: | Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Lieutenant General Thomas F. Metz, Director, Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) |
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Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy: Difficult Transitions-Why Presidents Fail in Foreign Policy at the Outset
Roundtable Meeting
March 5, 2008
Related Project: Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy
| Presider: | Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Kurt M. Campbell, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Center for New American Security |
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Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy: New Faces of Battle - Private Contractors, Child Warriors, and Robot Soldiers
Roundtable Meeting
January 9, 2008
Related Project: Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy
| Presider: | Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Peter W. Singer, Director, 21st Century Initiative, The Brookings Institution |
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Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy: A New Phase in Iraq?
Roundtable Meeting
December 5, 2007
Related Project: Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy
| Presider: | Kay King, Vice President, Washington Program, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations |
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Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy: Do We Exaggerate the Threats of Terrorism and Proliferation?
Roundtable Meeting
November 16, 2007
Related Project: Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy
| Presider: | Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | John Mueller, Woody Hayes Chair of National Security Studies, Ohio State University |
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Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy: Air and Land Power After Iraq
Roundtable Meeting
October 1, 2007
Related Project: Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy
| Presider: | Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Charles J. Dunlap, Deputy Judge Advocate General, Headquarters U.S. Air Force |
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Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy: Finding the Target - The Transformation of American Military Policy
Roundtable Meeting
May 21, 2007
Related Project: Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy
| Speakers: | Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Frederick W. Kagan, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research |
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Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy: Civil-Military Relations in the Post-Rumsfeld Era
Roundtable Meeting
February 26, 2007
Related Project: Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy
| Presider: | Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Richard H. Kohn, Professor and Chair, Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill |
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Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy: The New Way Forward in Iraq
Roundtable Meeting
January 19, 2007
Related Project: Roundtable on U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy
| Presider: | Nancy E. Roman, Vice President and Director, Washington Program, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Stephen J. Hadley, The White House |
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