Stanley Foundation
Conference on
National and
Global Security

Leveraging
US Strength in an
Uncertain World

"Leveraging US Strength in an Uncertain World" is the topic of the Stanley Foundation's first conference on national and global security on December 7, 2006, in Washington, DC.

Today, US national security increasingly relies on regional and international security. This interconnectedness demands multilateral efforts to address critical issues. It also requires the United States to examine how it can best leverage its strength to develop a compelling vision for 21st-century leadership.

The overarching objective of the Stanley Foundation's Conference on National and Global Security is to advance US debate on issues and policy considerations that must be addressed if the United States is to meet the real security challenges of the post-9/11 world while also maintaining its legitimacy in the global arena.

Keynote Address

Bush Foreign Policy: The Next Stage (video, audio, summary, and transcript)
  • Strobe Talbott
    President, The Brookings Institution

Plenary

Post-Election Temperature Check: Citizen Views on Foreign Policy (video, audio, summary, and transcript)
Presenter
  • Steven Kull
    Director, Program on International Policy Attitudes

Sessions

Effective Counterterrorism in a Globalized World: Reclaiming the Edge of Legitimacy (audio, summary, and transcript)
Chair and Discussant
  • Giandomenico Picco
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, GDP Associates, Inc.
Presenters
  • Graham E. Fuller
    Adjunct Professor of History, Simon Fraser University
  • Alistair Millar
    Director, Center on Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation
  • Robert Trager
    Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Dessislava P. Zagorcheva
    Ph.D. Candidate, Columbia University

Enforcement of International Norms: Bringing and Keeping Dissenters in the Fold (audio, summary, and transcript)
Chair
  • Nancy Soderberg
    Author and Public Commentator; Visiting Distinguished Scholar, University of North Florida
Presenters
  • Bruce W. Jentleson
    Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University
  • Steven E. Miller
    Director, International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Discussant
  • David Shorr
    Program Officer, The Stanley Foundation

Rethinking the US Military Revolution (audio, summary, and transcript)
Chair
  • Lawrence J. Korb
    Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; Senior Adviser, Center for Defense Information
Presenters
  • Stephen Biddle
    Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
  • John D. Steinbruner
    Professor of Public Policy, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland; Director, Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland
  • R. Mike Worden
    Commander, US Air Force
Discussant
  • Sean I. Kay
    Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Government, Ohio Wesleyan University

A World Remade: The United States and Rising Powers in the 21st Century (audio, summary, and transcript)
Chair
  • Nina Hachigian
    Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; Visiting Fellow, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University
Presenters
  • Coit D. Blacker
    Director and Senior Fellow of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Olivier Nomellini Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education, Professor of Political Science (by courtesy), Stanford University
  • Harry Harding
    Director of Research and Analysis, Eurasia Group; University Professor of International Affairs, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, The George Washington University
Discussant
  • Michael Schiffer
    Program Officer, The Stanley Foundation

Strengthening Nuclear Nonproliferation and Expanding Nuclear Energy: Incompatible or Complementary Goals? (audio, summary, and transcript)
Chair
  • George Perkovich
    Vice President for Studies, Global Security and Economic Development, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Presenters
  • Steven E. Miller
    Director, International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  • Lawrence Scheinman
    Distinguished Professor, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies
Discussant
  • Dafna Linzer
    National Security Correspondent, The Washington Post

Why Are We Failing Failing States? (audio, summary, and transcript)
Chair
  • Julia V. Taft
    International Authority on Humanitarian and Post-Conflict Policy and Practice
Presenters
  • Sarah Cliffe
    Head, Fragile States Group, The World Bank
  • Richard A. Lacquement Jr.
    US Army
Discussant
  • Anatol Lieven
    Senior Research Fellow, New America Foundation