Selected Presentations & Appearances
Obama Grand Strategy and Soft Power
· February 25, 2014
Lecture
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Military Endorsements and Public Opinion
· February 7, 2014
Lecture
University of Pittsburg
Grand Strategy in Theory and Practice
· February 7, 2014
Lecture
Carnegie Mellon
Christian Policymaking in Theory and Practice
· February 7, 2014
Lecture
Pittsburgh
Civil-Military Challenges in Current Era
· January 28, 2014
Lecture
Army Senior Leader Seminar
Asia Pivot
· January 16, 2014
Lecture
Duke Program in Asian Security Fellows
Security Sector and Development Assistance in Post-Conflict Settings
· December 16, 2013
Lecture
World Bank, Washington, DC
Civil-military Relations for Practitioners --XVIII Airborne Corps Staff
· November 21, 2013
Lecture
Ft. Bragg, NC
American Grand Strategy: Restraint or Renewal
· October 31, 2013
Lecture
Keynote Address, Tower Center Conference on Grand Strategy, SMU, Dallas, TX
military Endorsements, Public Opinion, and Civil-Military Relations
· October 25, 2013
Lecture
IUS Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, Chicago, IL
Military Endorsements, Public Opinion, and Civil-Military Relations
· October 24, 2013
Lecture
PIPES, University of Chicago
Civil-military Relations for Practitioners --Capstone
· September 28, 2013
Lecture
suffolk, VA
New Faces Conference
· September 20, 2013
Lecture
TISS UNC-Chapel Hill
Civil-military Relations for Practitioners --Pinnacle
· September 16, 2013
Lecture
Suffolk, VA
Just and Unjust Wars
· September 3, 2013
Lecture
Tikvah Seminar, New York City
Panel Discussing Peter Trubowitz Book on Grand Strategy
· August 30, 2013
Lecture
APSA, Chicago, IL
Plenary Panel on Iraq War at 10 Year Mark
· August 30, 2013
Lecture
APSA, Chicago, IL
Duke New Student Orientation
· August 20, 2013
Lecture
Duke University
Aspen Strategy Group
· August 7, 2013
Lecture
Aspen, CO
Regional Strategy Scenarios
· July 19, 2013
Lecture
Institute for Defense Analyses
Civil-Military Relations and War Time Strategy Decisions
· July 16, 2013
Lecture
Institute for Defense and Business Army Captains Seminar
Civil-military Relations for Practitioners --Capstone
· July 13, 2013
Lecture
Suffolk, VA
Grand Strategy
· June 27, 2013
Lecture
Institute for Defense and Business Army Captains Seminar
Civil-military Relations for Practitioners --Army War College
· June 26, 2013
Lecture
Army War College Strategy Summer Course
American Public Opinion and the New Isolationism
· June 20, 2013
Lecture
American Enterprise Institute
Challenges and Responsibilities of the Single Superpower
· June 18, 2013
Lecture
Global View -- UNC-Chapel Hill
Teaching Undergraduate Courses in Security Studies
· June 4, 2013
Lecture
Basin Harbor Workshop on Teaching, Basin Harbor, VT
Global Strategy, Oil, and Geopolitics
· May 23, 2013
Lecture
StaatOil Leadership Seminar -- Duke University
History and Public Policy
· May 16, 2013
Lecture
Duke University
Cyber Analogies Workshop
· May 3, 2013
Lecture
Pentagon
Military Endorsements, Public Opinion, and Civil-Military Relations
· April 26, 2013
Lecture
George Washington University
Civil-military Relations for Practitioners --Pinnacle
· April 8, 2013
Lecture
Suffolk, VA
Panel on Civil-Military Relations at International Studies Association
· April 6, 2013
Lecture
San Francisco, CA
Panel Honoring Lifetime Achievement of Scott Sagan at International Studies Association
· April 5, 2013
Lecture
San Francisco
RAND-Foreign Policy Workshop on Iraq
· March 13, 2013
Other
Washington, DC
Cult of Irrelevance
· February 28, 2013
Lecture
UT-Austin
American Grand Strategy: Restraint or Renewal
· February 27, 2013
Lecture
Alexander Hamilton Society, UT-Austin
American Grand Strategy
· February 18, 2013
Lecture
Duke Marine Lab
Civil-military Relations for Practitioners --Capstone
· February 2, 2013
Lecture
Suffolk, VA
Grand Strategy -- Retrenchment or Renewal
· January 25, 2013
Lecture
National Defense University Course -- Fort Bragg, NC
Civil-military Relations Under Obama
· January 16, 2013
Lecture
Shepherdstown, WV
Strategic Challenges for New Four Years
· December 13, 2012
Lecture
Carolina Meadows
American Grand Strategy in Time of Fiscal Constraint
· December 6, 2012
Lecture
George Washington University
Arab Revolutions and American Policy -- Aspen Strategy Group
· November 30, 2012
Lecture
Aspen, CO
Hosted ISSS/ISAC Section Conference
· November 30, 2012
Lecture
Conceived and directed Workshop: "Retrenchment or Renewal: Grand Strategy in Time of Fiscal Constraint"
· November 30, 2012
Lecture
Chapel Hill, NC
Civil-military Relatios for Practitioners
· November 28, 2012
Lecture
Pinnacle Senior Mentors Review Conference, National Defense University
Foreign Policy After the 2012 Election
· November 15, 2012
Lecture
Fuqua School of Business Global Education Team
Election PostMortem
· November 7, 2012
Lecture
Lilly Library
Military Endorsements and Presidential Campaigns
· October 31, 2012
Lecture
University of Michigan
Foreign policy and the 2012 Campaign
· October 26, 2012
Lecture
Duke Family Weekend
Cyber Analogies Workshop
· October 15, 2012
Lecture
CyberCommand, Ft. Meade, MD
Conceived and directed Workshop: "Young Turks: New Research in Civil-Military Relations"
· October 7, 2012
Lecture
Roundtable on Sanctions, Statecraft, and Nuclear Proliferation
· October 5, 2012
Lecture
ISSS/ISAC Section Conference, Chapel Hill, NC
What is Grand Strategy
· October 3, 2012
Lecture
Fuqua School of Business Strategy Department
Civil-military Relatios for Practitioners
· September 27, 2012
Lecture
Joint Pinnacle Course for rising 3-stars, Suffolk, VA
Civil-Military Relations and War Time Strategy Decisions
· September 26, 2012
Lecture
Army Senior Leader Seminar, Army War College
RAND Grand Strategy Advisory Board
· September 21, 2012
Lecture
Washington, DC
Foreign policy and the 2012 Campaign
· September 18, 2012
Lecture
Chautauqua Speaker Series -- Duke
Hosted Conference "New Faces in International Security"
· September 14, 2012
Lecture
Foreign Policy and the 2012 Campaign
· September 12, 2012
Lecture
NC School of Science and Math
Agreeing to Disagree on the 2012 Election
· August 27, 2012
Lecture
Trinity School of Durham and Chapel Hill
Orientation on 2012 Election for Foreign Press
· August 24, 2012
Lecture
Duke in DC offices
New Student Orientation -- Class of 2016
· August 21, 2012
Lecture
Duke
Has the Obama Response to the Arab Revolutions Been Effective? Yes, Not Really, and Probably Too Soon to Tell
· August 4, 2012
Lecture
Aspen Strategy Group
American Grand Strategy from Bush to Obama
· June 26, 2012
Lecture
BILGESAM, Istanbul, Turkey
What Can the Study of American Civil-Military Relations Contribute
· June 25, 2012
Lecture
Security Sector Reform in the TransCaucusus, Istanbul, Turkey
Civil-Military Relations
· June 21, 2012
Lecture
Army Fellows Course, Institute for Defense and Business, Chapel Hilll
Civil-Military Relations and the Surge
· June 19, 2012
Lecture
Army War College Summer Course
American Grand Strategy at the Crossroads
· June 13, 2012
Lecture
Center for New American Security
Global Trends 2030 Review Panel
· June 12, 2012
Lecture
Atlantic Council, Washington, DC
The Gap between Policy and the Academy
· June 12, 2012
Lecture
International Policy Summer Institute, Washington, DC
Strategic Cultural Roots of American Grand Strategy
· June 11, 2012
Lecture
AEI Advisory Board, Poplar Springs, VA
American Grand Strategy Options
· June 6, 2012
Lecture
RAND Grand Strategy Advisory Board, Washington, DC
Duke Program in American Grand Strategy
· June 5, 2012
Lecture
Duke Heritage Society meeting, Durham
Theory and Practice of Christian Policymaking
· May 31, 2012
Lecture
Keynote Address, Christian Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Gordon College
Assessing Grand Strategy Choices in the War on Terror
· April 24, 2012
Lecture
LBJ School, University of Texas, Austin
The Role of Civilian Agencies in the InterAgency
· April 12, 2012
Lecture
Army War College Strategy Conference
Assessing Grand Strategy Choices in the War on Terror
· April 2, 2012
Lecture
International Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Diego
Duke Program in American Grand Strategy
· March 29, 2012
Lecture
Duke Alumni Club -- Charleston, SC
Civil-Military Relations and War Time Strategy Decisions
· March 27, 2012
Lecture
Army Command and General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth, KS
American Grand Strategy Change and Continuity
· March 13, 2012
Lecture
UNC-Greensborough
Nuclear Command and Control in Crisis
· February 28, 2012
Lecture
NonProliferation Education Center, Washington DC
American Grand Strategy From Bush to Obama
· February 21, 2012
Lecture
Wheaton College
The Strategic Cultural Roots of American Grand Strategy
· February 1, 2012
Lecture
AEI Research Project Advisory Board Meeting
Future of Security Studies -- Meeting convened by MacArthur Foundation to Plot funding strategy
· January 26, 2012
Lecture
Washington, TC
Faith and Politics in Foreign Policy
· January 21, 2012
Lecture
Trinity Forum Annual Conference -- Osprey Point, Maryland
How do Policymakers Use History
· January 7, 2012
Lecture
Strauss Center, University of Texas
8 Myths of American Grand Strategy
· November 9, 2011
Lecture
NDU Conference on Grand Strategy
Reassessing American Grand Strategy Post-9/11
· October 21, 2011
Lecture
Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society, Chicago, IL
American Grand Strategy
· October 19, 2011
Lecture
Worldview Conference, UNC-Chapel Hill
Ambition
· September 23, 2011
Lecture
Duke Graduate Student Christian Fellowship
9/11 Ten Years Later
· September 9, 2011
Lecture
Duke University
First Night Convocation -- 1st Year Orientation
· August 23, 2011
Lecture
Duke University Class of 2015
Aspen Strategy Group -- Cybersecurity -- I commented on a paper
· August 6, 2011
Lecture
Aspen, CO
Writing the National Security Strategy
· August 1, 2011
Lecture
RSIS, Singapore
Foreign Policy and the 2012 Campaign
· July 28, 2011
Lecture
RSIS, Singapore
Civil-Military Relations and the Surge
· July 27, 2011
Lecture
RSIS, Singapore
Grand Strategy from Bush to Obama
· July 26, 2011
Lecture
RSIS, Singapore
The Theory-Policy Divide in Security Studies
· July 22, 2011
Lecture
RSIS, Singapore
Opportunities in National Security Philanthropy
· June 23, 2011
Lecture
Philanthropy Round Table Conference, New York City
How to teach Strategic Studies
· June 14, 2011
Lecture
Merrill Center Teachers' Workshop, Basin Harbor, VT
Commencement Address
· May 27, 2011
Lecture
Grace Christian Academy, Raleigh, NC
Foreign Policy and the Republican Primary
· May 25, 2011
Lecture
Foreign Policy Magazine Roundtable, Washington, DC
Civil-Military Relations and Obama Grand Strategy
· May 21, 2011
Lecture
Army War College, Carlisle, PA
Festschrift for Joseph Nye
· May 16, 2011
Lecture
Harvard University
2010 Elections and Foreign Policy
· May 11, 2011
Lecture
Osher Life Long Learning Institute, Duke
National Security After Bin Laden
· May 4, 2011
Lecture
Duke University
Iraq Surge and Civil-Military Relations
· May 2, 2011
Lecture
University of Virginia
The Use of Alternatives in Intelligence Analysis
· April 27, 2011
Lecture
Office of the Director of National Intelligence, McLean, VA
Gap Between the Military and American Society
· April 15, 2011
Lecture
Law Ethics and National Security Conference, Duke University
Gap Between the Military and American Society
· April 6, 2011
Lecture
Army War College Strategy Conference, Carlisle Barracks
Iraq Surge and Civil-Military Relations
· March 30, 2011
Lecture
George Mason
Policymakers and Casualty Avoidance
· March 22, 2011
Lecture
Changing Character of War Programme Conference on Post-Heroic Warfare, Oxford University
Career and Vocation
· March 7, 2011
Lecture
Trinity Fellows Academy, Osprey Point, Maryland
START Project on Nuclear Command and Control in Terrorist Organizations
· March 4, 2011
Lecture
University of Maryland
Assessing Obama's Grand Strategy
· February 25, 2011
Lecture
Shared Learning in the Triangle
Iraq Surge and Civil-Military Relations
· February 16, 2011
Lecture
Harvard University, National Security Studies Program
Assessing Obama's National Security Policies
· January 28, 2011
Lecture
Council on Foreign Relations, New York City
US-Japan Relations
· December 18, 2010
Lecture
Shibusawa Foundation
Civil Military Relations and the Iraq Surge
· November 15, 2010
Lecture
Southern Methodist University
Politics and Foreign Relations Law
· November 6, 2010
Lecture
Trinity School Fundraising Banquet
· October 15, 2010
Lecture
Trinity School, Durham, NC
New Faces Conference
· October 1, 2010
Lecture
TISS
Obama's Grand Strategy
· September 21, 2010
Lecture
Chautauqua Lecture Series -- Duke University
Nuclear Energy Proliferation
· September 13, 2010
Lecture
North Carolina State
Welcome to Duke University
· August 24, 2010
Lecture
Duke Class of 2014 Orientation
Drafting the National Security Strategy
· August 23, 2010
Lecture
Air Force Academy
US Nuclear Doctrine
· August 23, 2010
Lecture
Air Force Academy
Aspen Strategy Group
· August 6, 2010
Lecture
Aspen, CO
The NSC in Theory and Practice
· July 20, 2010
Lecture
Hertog Summer Institute
Obama's National Security Strategy
· July 1, 2010
Lecture
Stimson Center
Intelligence for the Long Term
· July 1, 2010
Lecture
RAND/National Intelligence Council Workshop, Washington
Civil-Military Relations Under BUsh and Obama
· June 23, 2010
Lecture
Army War College
Domestic Politics and COIN
· June 10, 2010
Lecture
Merrill Center Workshop on COIN, Basin Harbor, VT
Civil-Military Relations and the Iraq Surge
· May 20, 2010
Lecture
Legatum Institute, London
The US-UK Special Relationship
· May 18, 2010
Lecture
Legatum/RUSI Conference, London
Grand Strategy from Bush to Obama
· April 22, 2010
Lecture
Augustana College
Obama's Civil-Military Relations
· April 9, 2010
Lecture
TISS-King's Conference on Civil-Military Relations, UNC
Civil-Military Relations in War: US-UK
· April 8, 2010
Lecture
TISS
Nuclear Proliferation Policy, Theory, and Practice
· April 6, 2010
Lecture
North Carolina State
Faith and Politics
· March 7, 2010
Lecture
Trinity Forum Academy -- Osprey Point, MD
Faith and Politics
· March 4, 2010
Lecture
Duke Christian Legal Society
Politics and Faith
· March 4, 2010
Lecture
Christian Legal Society, Duke
Civil-Military Relations and the Iraq Surge
· February 20, 2010
Lecture
International Studies Association, New Orleans
Panel on the Scholarship of Joseph Nye
· February 19, 2010
Lecture
International Studies Association, New Orleans
The Gap Between the Academy and Policy
· February 17, 2010
Lecture
International Studies Association, New Orleans
Civil-Military Relations and the Iraq Surge
· February 4, 2010
Lecture
Princeton University
Obama's Grand Strategy
· January 29, 2010
Lecture
Shared Learning in the Triangle
Emerging Technology and Homeland Security Public Outreach
· January 21, 2010
Lecture
Duke - Center for Homeland Security and Terrorism
The Strategic Implications of Persistent Surveillance
· January 7, 2010
Lecture
American Grand Strategy
· November 13, 2009
Lecture
European University Institute, Florence
Academics in Politics
· November 6, 2009
Lecture
U Wisconsin Grand Strategy Program
American Grand Strategy
· November 6, 2009
Lecture
U Wisconsin Grand Strategy Program
Civil Military Relations and the Iraq Surge
· November 5, 2009
Lecture
U Wisconsin Grand Strategy Program
Civil Military Relations and the Iraq Surge
· October 23, 2009
Lecture
Inter University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society Conference, Chicago, IL
The National Security Strategy and the Interagency
· October 22, 2009
Lecture
Army War College, Carlisle, PA
American Grand Strategy
· October 22, 2009
Lecture
Duke Alumni Chicago
Obama Foreign Policy Assessment
· October 3, 2009
Lecture
Sanford School Inaugural Event
War and Society
· September 25, 2009
Lecture
Duke Alumni Weekend
Obama Foreign Policy Assessment
· September 4, 2009
Lecture
APSA 2009, Toronto, Ontario
Welcome to Duke
· August 18, 2009
Lecture
Freshman Orientation, Class of 2013
The Global Economic Crisis
· August 5, 2009
Lecture
Aspen Strategy Group Annual Conference
Civil Military Relations and the Iraq Surge
· July 16, 2009
Lecture
SwAMOS Conference, Cornell University
Why Huntington Works in Theory but Not In Practice
· July 15, 2009
Lecture
SWAMOS Conference, Cornell University
American Grand Strategy
· July 9, 2009
Lecture
Upstate New York History Teacher's Conference
American Grand Strategy
· June 29, 2009
Lecture
Duke Alumni London, England
The Academy-Policy Disconnect
· June 9, 2009
Lecture
Basin Harbor, Vermont
Teaching Security Studies to Undergraduates
· June 8, 2009
Lecture
Basin Harbor, Vermnont
AMerican Grand Strategy
· June 2, 2009
Lecture
National Institute for Defense
civil Military Relations and the Iraq Surge
· June 2, 2009
Lecture
National Defense Studies Institute, Tokyo Japan
Civil Military Relations and the Iraq Surge
· June 1, 2009
Lecture
National Defense Academy, Tokyo, Japan
American Grand Strategy
· June 1, 2009
Lecture
Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
Democratic Governance of Nuclear Weapons in the U.S.
· May 21, 2009
Lecture
Democratic Control of the Armed Forces Center, Geneva, Switzerland
American Grand Strategy
· May 14, 2009
Lecture
Fearington VIllage Great Decisions Course
American Grand Strategy
· May 12, 2009
Lecture
Cary Rotary Club
American Grand Strategy
· May 7, 2009
Lecture
Duke Alumni San Francisco
civil Military Relations and the Iraq Surge
· April 16, 2009
Lecture
Swarthmore College
Civil Military Relations and the Iraq Surge
· April 16, 2009
Lecture
University of Pennsylvania
American Grand Strategy
· April 4, 2009
Lecture
AB Duke Fellows Recruitment Weekend
The Darfur Crisis and Bush Foreign Policy
· March 27, 2009
Lecture
Duke Law School
leadership and the White House
· March 26, 2009
Lecture
Duke Student Affairs Leadership Forum
Getting the Best Out of College
· March 19, 2009
Lecture
Hope Valley Country Club
Leadership and the White House
· March 9, 2009
Lecture
Trinity Forum, Osprey Point, Maryland
Christians and Political Difference
· February 20, 2009
Lecture
Duke Graduate Christian Fellowship
American Grand Strategy
· February 19, 2009
Lecture
Duke Model United Nations
American Grand Strategy
· February 18, 2009
Lecture
Duke LINK
Whither and Whence the Surge
· February 9, 2009
Lecture
Lehigh University
Political and Military Implications of State Capacity Building
· January 29, 2009
Lecture
Ft. Bragg
Obama's Promise to Close Guantanamo Bay
· January 22, 2009
Lecture
Duke Terrorism and HOmeland Security Center
Evaluating the QDR
· January 13, 2009
Lecture
ANSER
American Grand Strategy
· December 2, 2008
Lecture
Provost's Lecture Series Panel
Ethical Investing
· November 20, 2008
Lecture
Kenan Ethics Center Advisory Committee
Drafting the National Security Strategy
· November 18, 2008
Lecture
Army War College, Carlisle, PA
American Grand Strategy
· November 13, 2008
Lecture
Trinity College Board of Advisors (Duke University)
Foreign Policy Challenges of the Next Administration
· November 12, 2008
Lecture
Durham Lions Club
Why and Whence the Surge
· October 30, 2008
Lecture
University of Cincinnati
Foreign Policy and the 2008 Campaign
· October 24, 2008
Lecture
Duke Parents Weekend
Getting the Best Out of College
· October 24, 2008
Lecture
Duke Parents Weekend
Why and Whence the Surge
· October 21, 2008
Lecture
Duke Chatauqua Lecture Series,
Bridging Academia and the Policy World
· October 16, 2008
Lecture
University of Notre Dame
Politics and Faith
· October 15, 2008
Lecture
Trinity School, Durham, NC
Politics and Faith
· October 13, 2008
Lecture
Trinity Fellows Academy, Osprey Point, Maryland
Politics and Faith
· October 1, 2008
Lecture
Duke Divinity School
Campaigns and American Foreign Policy
· September 6, 2008
Lecture
CNAS Workshop on U.S-Taiwan Relations, Tokyo, Japan
Casualties and the Iraq War
· August 29, 2008
Lecture
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston
Campaigns and American Foreign Policy
· August 29, 2008
Lecture
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston
Getting the Best Out of College
· August 25, 2008
Lecture
Durham Rotary Club
Organizing the White House for National Security
· August 6, 2008
Lecture
Aspen Strategy Group Annual Conference
The Future Security Environment
· June 27, 2008
Lecture
Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellows Workshop
Security and Prosperity
· June 21, 2008
Lecture
Legatum Institute Prosperity Conference, London
Drafting the National Security Strategy
· June 19, 2008
Lecture
ETH Security Policy and Crisis Management Program, Pentagon
Foreign Policy Challenges of the Next Administration
· June 18, 2008
Lecture
Global Education World View Conference, UNC-Chapel Hill
Quantitative Social Science and Policy Advice at the White House
· May 21, 2008
Lecture
QMDNS Annual Meeting, Durham, NC
Getting the Best Out of College
· May 7, 2008
Lecture
Hope Valley Country Club
Civil Military Relations in the Bush Administration
· April 29, 2008
Lecture
Command and General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas
Foreign Policy Challenges of the Next Administration
· April 10, 2008
Lecture
Law, Ethics, and National Security Conference, Duke Law School
Why and Whence the Surge
· April 3, 2008
Lecture
University of Toronto
Academics in Politics
· March 27, 2008
Lecture
International Studies Association Annual Meeting
The Interagency Perspective on the War on Terror -- 10 Lessons
· March 10, 2008
Lecture
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Why and Whence the Surge
· February 22, 2008
Lecture
Stanford University
Why and Whence the Surge
· January 24, 2008
Lecture
Michigan State University
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