Ten Years After the Wall:
Trends in post-Cold War U.S. Security Policy
was held on
NOVEMBER 11-12, 1999
at the
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
200 Beacon Street
SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS
Sponsored by:
Project on Defense Alternatives
Commonwealth Institute
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Ten years have passed since the inaugurating act of the post-Cold War era--the demolition of the Berlin Wall. The "Ten Years After the Wall" symposium held at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge in November of 1999 examined the questions of how and under what influences U.S. military and security policy has changed during the past decade. More than a simple retrospective, however, speakers looked to the future, assessing the direction of current policy, and then reflected on "the paths not taken."
For each of the topic areas, the questions animating the proceedings were: Where has security policy been in the recent past, where is it going, and why? How well is the U.S. adapting to the challenges and opportunities of the new era? The symposium sought to engage both past choices and present options, paying attention to how the security policy debate has reflected differences over policy goals and priorities, different assumptions about the security environment, and different evaluations of the policy instruments and resources available.
One hundred and forty people attended the symposium, with a majority of the participants students or teachers of security studies and international affairs, leaders of advocacy groups, and other specialists, including military officers and members of the press.
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Panel Titles
Program
- Amb. Jonathan Dean, adviser on international security issues, Union of Concerned Scientists; former U.S. Ambassador to the East-West talks on Mutual (and Balanced) Force Reductions;
- Janne Nolan, director, International Programs, The Century Foundation; former member of the U.S. National Defense Panel;
- Stephen Walt, professor of international affairs, JFK School of Government, Harvard University.
Moderator: Steven Burg, director, International Studies Program, Department of Politics, Brandeis University.
Interrogator: Clayton Jones, chief editorial writer, Christian Science Monitor.
Panel II. 4:00-6:30 p.m.
Post-Cold War US Policy on the Role, Use and Utility of Armed Force
- Robert Art, director of graduate studies, Department of Politics, Brandeis University;
- Carl Kaysen, chair, Committee on International Security Studies, American Academy of Arts & Sciences; Security Studies Program, MIT;
- Steve Van Evera, professor of political science, Security Studies Program, MIT.
Moderator: Steven Miller, director, International Security Program, JFK School of Government, Harvard University.
Interrogator: James Carroll, columnist, Boston Globe.
Friday, November 12, 1999
Panel III. 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Affording Peace: The New Defense Budget Paradox
Cindy Williams
Panelists:
- Randall Forsberg, director, Institute for Defense & Disarmament Studies;
- Cindy Williams, senior fellow, Security Studies Program, MIT; former Assistant Director, Congressional Budget Office.
Moderator: Charles Knight, co-director, Project on Defense Alternatives, Commonwealth Institute.
Interrogator: Paul Tooher, editor, Global Beat Syndicate; assistant managing editor, Providence Journal.
Panel IV. 1:00-3:30 p.m.
The Recent Evolution of US Military Posture: Strategy, Missions, Structure
- Carl Conetta, co-director, Project on Defense Alternatives, Commonwealth Institute;
- Stuart Johnson, senior scientist, Rand Corporation;
- Barry Posen, professor of political science, Security Studies Program, MIT.
Moderator: Charles Knight, co-director, Project on Defense Alternatives, Commonwealth Institute.
Interrogator: Alan Berger, editorial writer, Boston Globe.
Panel V. 4:00-6:45 p.m.
The United States and China: Toward a New Cold War?
- Robert Ross, professor of political science, Boston College;
- Paul Heer, visiting fellow, Council on Foreign Relations;
- James Nolt, senior fellow, World Policy Institute;
- Thomas J. Christensen, professor of political science, MIT.
Moderator: Sarah Sewall, associate director, Committee on International Security Studies, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Interrogator: Lee Sigal, consultant, Social Science Research Council
Special thanks to the members and staff of the Committee on International Security Studies, American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Security Studies Program at the Center for International Studies, MIT.
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