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.
Roles of the U.S. Military in Fragile and Failed States
Panel: Understanding State Failure and Dysfunction in U.S. Foreign Policy
Moderator: Mike Hess, former assistant administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance
Mark J. Crow, instructor of Economics, Department of Social Sciences, United States Military Academy at West Point, New York
Bridging the Cultural Divide: NGO-Military Relations in Complex Environments
Virginia Foran-Cain, senior analyst, Center for Strategic Studies, CNA Analysis and Solutions
U.S. Maritime Strategy and Failed States [PRESENTATION]
William Young, cultural anthropologist, SAIC/EMA
State Failure, Fission, and Fusion: Anticipating Change in the African System of States [PRESENTATION]
Panel: Measuring, Assessing and Forecasting Success and Failure in Defense Policy
Moderator: Michael J.G. Cain, director, Center for the Study of Democracy
Mark Clark, deputy program manager, SAIC
Marcus Jordan, applied technology researcher, SAIC
Anne Russell, director of social systems analysis, SAIC
Using Technology to Track Political Instability in Fragile and Failed States: The State Stability Pilot Project [PRESENTATION]
David Hauser, teaching assistant professor, Department of Political Science, West Virginia University
Jason Reifer, student, West Virginia University
Why Won’t You Let Us Win: Conceptions of Victory and the U.S. Military in Failed States [PRESENTATION]
Matthew Schmidt, research analyst, Institute for Strategic Studies, National Defense University
Metrics, Information Theory, and the Creation of Counterinsurgency Doctrine in the American Military, 1898-2008 [PRESENTATION]
Keynote Speaker
Kevin Cosgriff, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Vice Admiral, former commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. Fifth Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces
Panel: Mixing Economic and Social Goals with Defense Policy
Moderator: James Sutton, adviser to the Secretariat of Public Security in Mexico
Wayne Bley, U.S. Navy (Ret.), associate, Booz Allen Hamilton
Nathalie Frensley, associate research scientist, Institute of Advanced Technology, University of Texas at Austin
Becoming Our Own Best Ally: Planning Socio-Cultural Dynamics Activities in Africa [PRESENTATION]
Paul Camacho, director of special projects, William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequenes, University of Massachusetts-Boston
AFRICOM in Africa: Somalia as the Litmus Test: What Mix of Hard and Soft Power? [PRESENTATION]
James Terry, chairman, Board of Veterans Appeals, Department of Veterans Affairs
Lawlessness in a Failed State: the Case for Eradicating Piracy in Somalia
Marcus Hirschberg, lieutenant, U.S. Coast Guard, National Defense Intelligence College
Looking South: Intelligence Sharing to Empower Mexico’s Military and Stabilize North America
