Join the International Affairs Forum and Modern War Institute for a guest lecture with Mr. Nobukatsu Kanehara. Mr. Nobukatsu Kanehara entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in 1981, upon graduation from the University of Tokyo. Since 2012, Mr. Kanehara has served as Deputy Director of the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office, Director-General of […]
Dr. Steven Sloman of Brown University and Philip Fernbach discuss how the key to our intelligence and knowledge actually lies in our surroundings and the community we interact with. This is critical for military thinking and learning at the tactical level, given that young officers' knowledge and expertise are coming not from within us but […]
Capt. Shaye Lynne Haver was one of the two first women to graduate from the US Army's Ranger School in August 2015. Capt. Haver graduated from the United States Military Academy in May 2012 and commissioned as an aviation officer. In May 2016, she began the Maneuver Captain’s Career Course at Fort Benning, Georgia and […]
Alan Alda, perhaps best known for his portrayal of Hawkeye Pierce on the long-running television show M*A*S*H, discusses how military leaders can communicate in a way that people will actually understand. Military officers are often placed in situations where their ability to communicate can be a matter of life and death. Alan has dedicated himself […]
From 2009 to 2011, Dr. Rosa Brooks served as Counselor to Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy. During her time at the Defense Department, Brooks also founded the Office […]