Mapping the Alternatives to the Neocon-Neoliberal Diarchy in US Security Policy

Mapping the Alternatives to the Neocon-Neoliberal Diarchy in US Security Policy

Thursday, 14 December 2006
11:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
1779 Massachusetts Ave NW, Choate Room
Washington, DC 20036

AGENDA

11:00 AM – 11:10 AM Welcome

11:10 AM – 1:00 PM Session I

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Lunch

2:00 PM – 3:40 PM Session II

3:40 PM – 4:00 PM Break

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Session III

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Reception

6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Dinner

The meeting will undertake three broad queries with the aim of assessing the main features of post-Cold War policy and posing alternatives. In all three queries, participants will seek to identify and weigh the basic assessments, assumptions, and goals associated with official policy and with proposed alternatives. The three queries concern:

Contrasting views of the global security environment, its dynamics and evolution;

US security goals and US role in the world (especially regarding the use of the armed forces); and

The post-Cold War evolution of America's military posture and the modernization or "transformation" of its armed forces.

Note: the queries will not correspond exactly with the numbered sessions. Discussions will bridge the sessions so that the three queries are alloted approximately equal amounts of time.

Chatham House Rule will apply during all sessions: "Participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed." For the news media, this entails that participant statements made during the meeting are "not for attribution", although journalist are free, of course, to schedule follow-on interviews with participants.

MAP & DIRECTIONS

The Carnegie Endowment building is located at 1779 Massachusetts Ave. On the map, this is the red oval just below and to the right of the Circle.

For overnight guests: the Hilton Embassy Row is located at 2015 Massachusetts Ave. On the map, this is the blue oval just above and to the left of the Circle.

Note the two exits for the Dupont Circle Metro. The northern or "Q St." exit is convenient to the hotel; the southern exit, which is on 19th St. is convenient to the Carnegie Endowment building.

Directions from Union Station: Take the Red Line in the direction of Shady Grove. Dupont Circle is the fifth stop beyond Union Station.

Directions from Reagan National Airport:

Metro Blue Line: Take the Blue in the direction of Addison Road/Largo Town Center. Change to Red at Metro Center. Take Red in the direction of Shady Grove. Two stops on Red to Dupont Center.

Metro Yellow Line: Take Yellow in direction of Mt. Vernon Sq. UDC. Change to Red at Gallery Pl./Chinatown. Take Red in the direction of Shady Grove. Three stops on Red to Dupont Center.

CONTACTS

In Cambridge, MA: Bipasha Ray at bray@comw.org or 617-547-4474.

In Washington, DC: Carl Conetta at cconetta@comw.org or 301-493-8769.

PARTICIPANTS

Gordon Adams, director, Security Policy Studies, Elliot School, G. Washington University

Andrew Bacevich, Department of International Relations, Boston University

James Carroll, fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; columnist, Boston Globe

Thomas Christie, board member, Straus Military Reform Project; former Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, US DOD, 2001-2005

Steven Clemons, director, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation

Carl Conetta, co-director, Project on Defense Alternatives; SPWG

Anita Dancs, research director, National Priorities Project; SPWG

Robert Dreyfuss, contributing ed., Nation; contributor: TomPaine, Rolling Stone, American Prospect

Meg Gage, president, Proteus Fund

William Hartung, director, Arms Trade Resource Center; World Policy Institute; SPWG

Thea Harvey, executive director, Economists for Peace and Security; SPWG

Victoria Holt, senior associate, Stimson Center

Brandon L. Hunt, rapporteur

Richard F. Kaufman, director, Bethesda Research Institute

Lorelei Kelly, policy director, Real Security Initiative

Michael Klare, director, Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies

Charles Knight, co-director, Project on Defense Alternatives; SPWG

Lawrence Korb, fellow, Center for American Progress

Steven Kosiak, Director of Budget Studies, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments; SPWG

William Lind, Free Congress Foundation; regular contributor, Defense and the National Interest

Douglas Macgregor, analyst; board, Straus Military Reform Project

Dini Merz, program director, Colombe Foundation; peace & security program director, Proteus Fund

Janne Nolan, deputy director, Ridgeway Center, University of Pittsburgh

Miriam Pemberton, Peace and Security Editor, Foreign Policy in Focus

Charles Peña, senior fellow, Independent Institute; Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy

Barry Posen, director, Security Studies Program, MIT

Daryl Press, professor, Dartmouth College

Chet Richards, director, Defense and the National Interest

Franklin "Chuck" Spinney, Defense and the National Interest; formerly, Program Analysis & Evaluation, DOD

Monica Duffy Toft, professor, JFK School, Harvard; asst. director, Olin Institute for Strategic Studies

Jason Vest, fellow, Project on Government Oversight; correspondent, American Prospect

Stephen Walt, professor, JFK School of Government, Harvard University

Winslow Wheeler, director, Straus Military Reform Project, CDI; SPWG

Cindy Williams, principal research scientist, Security Studies Program, MIT; SPWG

Matthew Yglesias, staff writer, American Prospect