• Restraint and National Security

    University of Texas at Austin

    The conference explored the intent, the causes, and the consequences of restraint in foreign engagement in the course of American history.  Supported by both political parties, worldwide engagement has characterized American foreign policy for many decades. Debate has most often revolved around the nature and details of engagement strategies. But the presidency of Donald Trump […]

  • Reflections on Civil-Military Relations: Crises, Comparisons, and Paradoxes

    JHU SAIS

    Watch the 2020 conference here.  Listen to the  featured podcast here.  The conference facilitated an organic and respectful dialogue on military service, the military experience, and the civil-military divide. The conference objectives: Educate the audience on the history of civil-military relations, particularly the legacies of leadership, cultural change, and policy shifts during wartime;  Present various […]

  • 2020 Policy Conference Overview

    In June 2020, the Consortium convened a group of some of the best “thinkers” from academia and policy for its first event, a policy workshop that tackled issues of American […]

  • 2021 Conference on Civil-Military Relations

    Zoom

    Merrill Center for Strategic Studies & Duke University’s Program in American Grand Strategy’s 2021 Conference on Civil-Military Relations will take place in February 2021. This conference will be held virtually (potentially over multiple days). 

    Free
  • 2021 Military Frontiers Graduate Student Symposium

    Military Frontiers Graduate Student Symposium An Interdisciplinary Conversation on National Security  Ohio State University Virtual Conference Friday, April 16, 2021 REGISTER HERE For the past three decades, this biannual conference […]