Roundtable Series on National Security Affairs
Director: Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies
July 2007 - Present
This series focuses on issues, primarily military, that affect American national security. The series begins withan early focus on the war on Iraq, and later roundtables examine issues relating to the transformation of the American armed forces to cope with warfare in the information age.
Meetings
Roundtable Meeting
The United States Marine Corps and the Militarization of America: A Conversation with Aaron O'Connell
Speaker:
Aaron O'Connell, Assistant Professor of History, United States Naval AcademyPresider:
Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Leadership Lessons from the Ancient Masters
Speaker:
Barry Strauss, Cornell UniversityPresider:
Max Boot, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
The State of the Armed Forces in 2011
Speakers:
Captain Melissa Bert, USCG, Council on Foreign Relations, Colonel Willard Buhl, USMC, Council on Foreign Relations, Colonel Kathryn Burba, USA, Council on Foreign Relations, Colonel Chad T. Manske, USAF, Council on Foreign Relations, Captain Bradley S. Russell, USN, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Max Boot, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Roundtable Meeting
A Conversation with H.R. McMaster
Speaker:
Brig. Gen. H.R. McMaster, U.S. ArmyPresider:
Max Boot, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
A Conversation with General Martin Dempsey
Speaker:
General Martin E. Dempsey, USA, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)Presider:
Max Boot, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Report from Kabul: The Diplomatic Front
Speakers:
Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Afghanistan, Mark Sedwill, NATO Senior Civilian Representative in AfghanistanPresider:
Max Boot, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
The State of Armed Forces in 2010: A Conversation with the New Council on Foreign Relations Military Fellows
Speakers:
Colonel Randy George, USA, Council on Foreign Relations, Colonel Blaine Holt, USAF, Council on Foreign Relations, Captain Stacy A. Pedrozo, JAGC, USN, Council on Foreign Relations, Colonel Daniel D. Yoo, USMC, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Max Boot, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Miltary Planning in a Time of Austerity
Speaker:
James N. Mattis, U.S. Joint Forces CommandPresider:
Max Boot, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Afghanistan in 2010: A Situation Report
January 26, 2010
This meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Future of American Strategy
November 4, 2009
This meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
The Status of the U.S. Armed Forces in 2009
Speakers:
Colonel Bjarne M. Iverson, USA, Military Fellow, U.S. Army, CFR, Colonel John R. Parker, USMC, Miltary Fellow, U.S. Marine Corps, CFR, Captain Eustaquio Castro-Mendoza, USN, Military Fellow, U.S. Navy, CFRPresider:
Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security, CFRThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
The War in Afghanistan: A Report from the Front Lines
Speaker:
John Agoglia, Former Director, Peacekeeping and Stability Operations InstitutePresider:
Max Boot, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Transition 2008: Tasks at Hand for the Department of Defense
Speaker:
Eric S. Edelman, U.S. Department of DefensePresider:
Max Boot, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Speakers:
Francis "Bing" West, Correspondent, The Atlantic Monthly, Colonel Peter R. Mansoor, Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair of Military History, The Ohio State UniversityPresider:
Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
12:30-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
This meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Special Operations Forces and the Future of the War on Terror
Presider:
Max Boot, Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Michael Vickers, Assistant Secretary for Special Operations, Low-Intensity Conflict, and Interdependent Capabilities, U.S. Department of DefenseThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
The Plight of the Iraqi Translators
Speakers:
Kirk Johnson, The List: Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies, Owen O. West, U.S. Marine Corps (Reserve), "Alex", Iraqi Interpreter and AdviserPresider:
Max Boot, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
How to Reorient the Armed Forces for the 21st Century
Presider:
Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeakers:
Lt. Col. John Nagl, U.S. Army, Lt. Col. Paul Yingling, U.S. ArmyThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
General Petreaus Reports: An Insider's Perspective
Presider:
Max Boot, Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
Colonel Peter R. Mansoor, Executive Officer to Commanding General, Multinational Force Iraq, U.S. ArmyThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Iraq: A Front-Line Assessment
Presider:
Max Boot, Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsSpeaker:
David Kilcullen, Senior Counterinsurgency Adviser to General David Petraeus, U.S. Department of StateThis meeting is not for attribution.
CFR Experts Guide
The Council on Foreign Relations' David Rockefeller Studies Program—CFR's "think tank"—is home to more than seventy full-time, adjunct, and visiting scholars and practitioners (called "fellows"). Their expertise covers the world's major regions as well as the critical issues shaping today's global agenda.
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