Upcoming Events
Tuesday, March 26"Global Economic Integration After the Great Recession,
and the Importance of Free Trade"with Simon Lester of the CATO Institute
5:30 PM
Cole Cinema
Monday, March 25
Maryland Day
Friday, April 5
Margaret Brent Lecture
Ms. Elsa Walsh
5:30 pm St. Mary's Hall
Co - sponsored with the
Women, Gender and Sexuality Minor
Tuesday - WednesdayApril 23 - 24
Patuxent Defense Forum 2013:
"Rivalries and Conflicts
in the South China Sea:
How Can the U.S. Promote
Greater Stability?8 am Cole Cinema
Recent Events:
Monday, February 25The Future of Fracking
in the Chesapeake
5:30 PM | St. Mary's Hall
Co - sponsored with the
St. Mary's River
Watershed Association
League of Women Voters
of St. Mary's County
and the
Natural Science and
Mathematics Colloquium
A discussion of gas extraction on
the East Coast and the new gas
revolution associated with fracking
Thursday, February 7
5:30 PM | St. Mary's Hall
Avoiding Armageddon:
America, India and Pakistan
to the Brink and Back
A Lecture by Bruce Reidel
of the Brookings Institution
Wednesday, November 28
5:00 PM | Cole Cinema
The Libertarian Vision
of a Limited Government
Lectures on Liberty
Dr. Daniel Mitchell
CATO Institute
Co - Sponsored with the
Economics, Lecture and Fine Arts Departments
What Just Happened? A Discussion of Tuesday's Election
Washington, D.C.
Co-Sponsored with the
Office of Alumni Affairs and the
Political Science Department
Program Highlight
William Donald Schaefer Internship for Government Service
A tribute to Governor Schaefer's many contributions to St. Mary's College and the State of Maryland, the Schaefer Internship for Government Service aims to allow undergraduates hands on experience in public policy with the hope that they will be inspired to choose public service as a calling.
Application - Due March 25Student 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
