0n 16 August 2024, the Modern War Institute was honored to host a fireside discussion with the commander general of US European Command, General Christopher Cavoli. This was a candid, off-the-record presentation of General Cavoli’s perspectives on European security, NATO, the Russo-Ukraine War, and how each of these intersect with US strategy formulation and defense planning.
The War Council Series is made possible by the gracious contributions of the Class of 1992 to the Modern War Institute at West Point. MWI’s mission is promoting informed debate and discussion among military and national security professionals, policymakers, and academics to prepare the Army, as part of the joint, combined, and interagency team, to win tomorrow, by shaping the Army today. MWI War Councils provide a valuable opportunity to broaden Cadet education by bringing in leading experts from around the country to discuss current national security problems as they relate to strategic studies theories. These valuable engagements also attract an audience from other faculty and students and are published later via the MWI website. MWI continuously generates new knowledge and adapts extant theories about the study of war, which it then integrates across the United States Military Academy, the Army, and the joint, combined, and interagency partners.