Roundtable on National Security: Military Strategy & Options
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Roundtable on National Security: Military Strategy & Options
Director: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor March 29, 2001 - Present
This project seeks to bring together civilian and military experts for frank and in-depth discussions of issues in the areas of current national security and military affairs. The goal is to identify and define key viewpoints and differences for a select community of policy planners and analysts and is geared to serve Council members belonging to the Washington political/military community. As such, it tries to bridge the gap between civilian and military expertise to arrive at a sophisticated examination of current military/national security issues.
Presider: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor Speakers: Michael E. O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution Hans Binnendijk, Director, Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University
March 28, 2005
Roundtable Meeting
A Cure for Insurgencies
Presider: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor Speakers: Daniel Byman, Assistant Professor, Security Studies Program, Georgetown University James Gavrilis, U.S. Army Special Forces and, International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foriegn Relations Brian Linn, Director, Military Studies Institute, Texas A&M University and, Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
February 28, 2005
Roundtable Meeting
Stovepipes or Distributed Energy?
Presider: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor Speakers: Anthony C. Zinni, U.S.Marine Corps and United States Central Command Anthony H. Cordesman, Center for Strategic and International Studies Joseph J. Collins, National War College
January 31, 2005
Panelist: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations Speakers: Michael Vickers, Director, Strategic Studies, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments John Collins, Senior Research Associate, U.S. Army (Ret.) Charles Cogan, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
December 15, 2004
Roundtable Meeting
Truth in Advertising - What Worked? What Didn't?
Presider: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor
November 30, 2004
Roundtable Meeting
Has McGuffy's Reader Had Its Day? - A Fresh Look at the Military School House
Panelist: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor Speakers: Patrick Lang, President and Chief Executive Officer, Global Resources Group, Inc. Thomas Hammes, USMC, Senior Military Fellow,,, National Defense University Paul K. Van Riper, Lt. General (Ret.), United States Marine Corps
October 26, 2004
Roundtable Meeting
What to Do with the National Guard?
Presider: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor Speakers: Lawrence J. Korb, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress Thomas Donnelly, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Cindy Williams, Principal Research Scientist, Security Studies Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
September 27, 2004
Roundtable Meeting
The Commander and Intelligence
Panelist: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor Speakers: Patrick Lang, Hudson Institute William E. Odom General John W. Vessey, USA (Ret.)
April 14, 2004
Roundtable Meeting
The Bush Doctrine - Yea or Nay?
Panelist: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor
March 24, 2004
Contact Jamie Fly at (202) 418-3404 or jfly@cfr.org
Roundtable Meeting
Fourth Generation Warfare
Panelist: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor
February 23, 2004
Roundtable Meeting
Iraq - Taking Off the Velvet Glove
Presider: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor Speakers: Max Boot, The Brookings Institution Michael E. O'Hanlon, United States Military Academy
January 22, 2004
Roundtable Meeting
Iraq - Declaring Victory and Going Home?
Panelist: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor
December 17, 2003
Roundtable Meeting
How Do You Deal with a Renegade?
Presider: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor Speaker: Victor D. Cha, Georgetown University
November 17, 2003
Contact Jamie Fly at 202-518-3404 or jfly@cfr.org
Roundtable Meeting
Where Do the Military and the Media Go from Here?
Presider: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor Speakers: Bill Kovach, Committee of Concerned Journalists C. Robert Zelnick, Boston University
October 7, 2003
Contact Jamie Fly at 202-518-3404 or jfly@cfr.org
Roundtable Meeting
Lawfare: The Latest in Asymmetries - Part Two
Presider: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor Speaker: Harvey M. Sapolsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
May 22, 2003
Contact Jamie Fly at 202-518-3404 or jfly@cfr.org
Roundtable Meeting
Lawfare: The Latest Asymmetries
Presider: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor, Council on Foreign Relations Speaker: David J. Scheffer, Col., United Nations Association of the U.S.A.
March 18, 2003
Contact Jamie Fly at 202-518-3404 or jfly@cfr.org
Roundtable Meeting
Military Transformation: A Great Leap Forward or Great Sloganeering?
Presider: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor, Council on Foreign Relations Speakers: Andrew F. Krepinevich, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments Harvey M. Sapolsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Loren Thompson, Lexington Institute
November 18, 2002
Contact Jamie Fly at 202-518-3404 or jfly@cfr.org
Roundtable Meeting
The Weinberger/Powell Doctrine: Still Relevant or Fit for the Dust Bin of History?
Presider: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor, Council on Foreign Relations Speakers: Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, American Enterprise Institute Robert B. Oakley, National Defense University William J. Crowe Jr., Global Options
October 28, 2002
Contact Jamie Fly at 202-518-3404 or jfly@cfr.org
Roundtable Meeting
War: Too Important for the Generals?
Presider: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor, Council on Foreign Relations Speaker: Eliot A. Cohen, Johns Hopkins University
September 26, 2002
Contact Jamie Fly at 202-518-3404 or jfly@cfr.org
Roundtable Meeting
Cutting the Middle Eastern Gordian Knot
Panelist: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor Speaker: Gregory Copley, International Strategic Studies Association
May 23, 2002
Contact: David Stevens at 202-518-3404 or dstevens@cfr.org
Roundtable Meeting
The Pentagon and the Media
Speakers: Richard Neal, Military Professional Resources Inc. Robert Zeinick, Boston University Peter Williams, NBC
April 23, 2002
Roundtable Meeting
Fanatical Islamic Terrorism - The Appropriate Military Response
Panelist: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor Speakers: Quintan Wiktorowicz, Rhodes College Ahmed Hashim, Naval War College
March 28, 2002
Contact: David Stevens 202-518-3404 or dstevens@cfr.org
Roundtable Meeting
America's Response to Terrorism: Liberating Iraq
Panelist: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor Speakers: Kenneth M. Pollack, Future Management Services Walter Lang
January 29, 2002
Roundtable Meeting
America's Response to Terrorism: Maintaining Public Support for the War on Terrorism
Panelist: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor, Council on Foreign Relations Speakers: Steven Kull, Center for the Study of Policy Attitudes Forrest Sawyer, NBC News R. James Woolsey, Shea & Gardner
December 10, 2001
Roundtable Meeting
America’s Response to Terrorism: Towards a More Proactive Approach to Counter-Terrorism
Speaker: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor
October 30, 2001
Roundtable Meeting
Missile Defense: Madder than MAD?
Panelist: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor, Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Speakers: Jacques S. Gansler, University of Maryland Theodore A. Postol, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
June 13, 2001
Roundtable Meeting
NATO and a European Security and Defense Policy: Marriage or Divorce?
Panelist: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor Speakers: Ronald D. Asmus, The Brookings Institution Philip Gordon, The Heritage Foundation Kim R. Holmes
May 1, 2001
Roundtable Meeting
The Great Leap Forward
Presider: Marine Lieut. Gen. (ret.) Bernard E. Trainor Speakers: Andrew F. Krepinevich, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments Dan Goure, Lexington Institute
March 29, 2001
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