Event Highlight
Building Peaceful Partnerships in the 21st Century: The Importance of the Peace Corps
A lecture by Aaron Williams: Director of the Peace Corps
4:15 PM
Daughtery Palmer Commons
Thursday, November 17
Lectures and Events:
Student Spotlight
St. Mary's Votes!
Since its inception in 2004, the club has registered over 850 young people to vote in State and National elections. In 2008, the club expanded its role in civic engagement to include working as election and poll judges during primary and general elections.
The Privatization of National Defense
This conference examined the growing use of private contractors in national defense and its implications for different agencies of government. Experts from the military, state department and intelligence community discussed the growing use of private national security contracting and the difficult issues raised by contractors in government. Panelists discussed the cost effectiveness of different types of contractors, the accountability of private firms to both military and intelligence communities and the effectiveness of government regulation of contractors.
The program hosted 13 speakers on three main topics: Private Contractors in Current U.S. Military Operations, International Dimensions of Privatization and The Privatization of Intelligence. Speakers included Rear Admiral Steven Eastburg, Commander, NAWCAD, Peter W. Singer, director, 21st Century Defense Initiative of the Brookings Institution, Guy Seidman, senior lecturer at the Radzyner School of Law at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzilya, Israel, Dr. Ryan Kelty, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, United States Military Academy, West Point and Colonel Thomas Griffith of the National Defense University.
A complete set of papers from this conference is available and will be sent on request. Please contact Dr. Michael Cain, Director for the Center for the Study of Democracy, for more information at mjgcain@smcm.edu or 240-895-4215.
Panel: Private Contractors in U.S. Military Operations
Moderator: Mark Zenthoefer, program analyst, NAWCAD
Paul Camacho, director of special projects, William Joiner Center, University of Massachusetts, Boston [PAPER]
Ryan Kelty, assistant professor of sociology, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, United States Military Academy, West Point [PRESENTATION]
Colonel Thomas Griffith, professor, National Defense University
Captain Ken Ryan, USN, assistant professor, Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF) [PAPER] [PRESENTATION]
Panel: International Dimensions of Privatization
Moderator: Michael Cain, director, Center for the Study of Democracy, and chairman of political science department, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Guy Seidman, senior lecturer, The Radzyner School of Law at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzilya, Israel [PAPER] [PRESENTATION]
James Terry, chairman, Board of Veterans’ Appeals, Department of Veteran Affairs [PAPER]
Katherine McCoy, department of sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison [PAPER] [PRESENTATION]
Remarks: “Collaboration”
Rear Admiral Steven Eastburg, Commander, NAWCAD
Keynote Speaker
Peter W. Singer, director, 21st Century Defense Initiative, Brookings Institution [PAPER]
Panel: The Privatization of Intelligence
Moderator: Anne Daugherty Miles, professor of political science, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Andrew Richardson, human capital policy advisor, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
James Sutton, director, Highway Information Sharing and Analysis Center, Transportation Security Administration [PRESENTATION]
Bowman Miller, National Defense Intelligence Center, Washington, D.C. [PAPER]
Stephen Holder, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Support for Public Diplomacy
