CNA National Security Seminar Series
The CNA National Security Seminar Series continues CNA's long history of providing a venue where active-duty officers serving in the Washington, DC-area and government officials can interact with experts and distinguished guests. Each by-invitation-only session is designed to be intellectually exciting, unique, and relevant to decision makers involved in setting our nation's security, economic, and foreign policies. All seminar presentations take place in the multi-purpose room of the Shaknov Conference Center at CNA headquarters in Alexandria, VA (click here for map and directions).
Note: If you have any thoughts or suggestions on potential topics and guests for the CNA National Security Seminar Series, or any questions about, or want to RSVP for an upcoming seminar, please e-mail Brenda Caldwell.
CNA National Security Seminar Series Staff
RADM Michael A. McDevitt (Ret.), Chairman
703.824.2614
Rebecca Martin, Executive Assistant to the Chairman
703.824.2604
Brenda Caldwell, Sr. Coordinator & Executive Programs Specialist
703.824.2185 (O) 703.400.2612 (Cell) 703.824.2563 (Fax)
Mary Ellen Connell, Research Analyst
703.824.2281
CNA NSS Events
CNA senior fellow Dov S. Zakheim, Ph.D., will discuss his recent conversations with civilian and military leaders in Israel and the UAE on January 10 (attendance by invitation only)
Journalist and historian Evan Thomas will discuss his new book Ike’s Bluff: President Eisenhower’s Secret Struggle to Save the World on December 17 (attendance by invitation only)
Dr. Edward C. O’Dowd (COL, USA Ret.), the Director of East Asian Studies at the Marine Corps University, will discuss lessons learned from the Sino-Vietnamese War of 1979 on December 3 from 12:00 - 1:30 PM (attendance by invitation only)
- Ms. Theresa Whelan, the National Intelligence Officer for Africa, will discuss “Security Challenges in Africa – Present and Future” on Thursday, November 15, from 6:00 - 7:30 PM (attendance by invitation only)
- Lieutenant General George J. Flynn, USMC, the J-7 Joint Staff Director for Joint Force Development, will discuss the new Capstone Concept for Joint Operations on October 22 (attendance by invitation only)
General (retired) Ehsan ul-Haq will discuss “The Transition in Afghanistan and U.S.-Pakistan Relations" on September 18 (attendance by invitation only)
The Honorable Christine H. Fox, the Pentagon’s Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation will discuss “The New Defense Strategy, Our Programs that Support It, and our Current Challenges" (attendance by invitation only)
Dr. Joshua Landis, Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma and Director of OU’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies, will discuss what lies ahead for Syria (attendance by invitation only)
Dr. Charles Kupchan, Shepardson Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, will be the speaker at CNA's National Security Seminar on June 7 (attendance by invitation only)
Stephen J. Hadley, National Security Advisor in the George W. Bush administration, will discuss the findings of the Council on Foreign Relations Task Force on U.S./Turkish Relations
David Ensor, Director of the Voice of America, will discuss “Communicating with Difficult to Reach Audiences”
Daniel Yergin, Ph.D., Pulitzer Prize winner and authority on energy policy and international politics and economics, will discuss the current state of the world’s petroleum industry
March 22, 2012
Former senior U.S. Government counterterrorism analyst, Philip Mudd, will discuss the future of al-Qaeda, the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamic fundamentalist movements in the Middle East
Paul Heer, Ph.D. National Intelligence Officer for East Asia, will discuss Chinese perceptions of and policies toward the United States.
Ali Soufan, author of The Black Banners, will discuss international terrorism
CNA Military Advisory Board leaders Gen. Jim Conway, USMC (Ret.), Adm. John Nathman, USN (Ret.), and Vice Admiral Lee Gunn, USN (Ret.), will discuss the Board's most recent report “Ensuring America's Freedom of Movement: A National Security Imperative to Reduce U.S. Oil Dependence”
Michael Ancram, Marquess of Lothian will discuss European perceptions of the U.S. “pivot toward Asia,” and offer his views on EU politics and current efforts to deal with the Euro crisis
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