The North Korea Problem – Dr. Victor Cha

Washington Hall 5006

In this MWI Speaker Series event, Dr. Victor Cha will discuss the security challenges the United States and its regional allies face on the Korean peninsula. Dr. Cha is director of Asian Studies and holds the D.S. Song Chair in the Department of Government and School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. In 2009, he […]

Is War with China Inevitable? – Dr. Graham Allison

Robinson Auditorium

Dr. Graham Allison is the author of Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap? and is the Douglas Dillon Professor of Government at the Harvard Kennedy School. In this MWI Speaker Series event he will address a critical question: As China's rise challenges the United States in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond, can […]

Who are the American Foreign Fighters Combating ISIS? – Dr. Joseph Young and Dr. Ben Connable

Washington Hall 5006

Why do some people go abroad to engage in other people’s wars? Some studies attempt to discern why individuals choose to fight in distant lands or seek to count how many do so. The term "foreign fighter" has been used nearly exclusively in recent research to describe transnational fighters who join with Islamist organizations, or […]

War Council — America’s Unknown Wars in Africa

Washington Hall 5006

Around 400 US special operations forces are training Somali troops in their fight against the militant group al-Shabaab. About 800 other US servicemembers are based in Niger, where four Green Berets were killed in October. Join MWI for an interdisciplinary panel discussion on the expanding US military role in Africa. Panel participants: Mr. John Melkon, […]

Leadership in the Current Operating Environment: Lt. Gen. Scott Miller

Washington Hall 5006

Lt. Gen. Scott Miller is currently the commander of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). He has commanded at every rank from captain to lieutenant general, to include combat tours in Somalia, Afghanistan, and Iraq, as well as support for contingency operations in Bosnia and Latin America. Prior to his arrival at JSOC, Lt. Gen. […]