In November, the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security hosted its 33rd Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law Conference, featuring a special keynote address from former CIA director and former Commander of U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, General David Petraeus. Together with ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security Chair, Stephen Preston, General Petraeus discusses his recent book, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine, and how it's themes and lessons connect to the modern day conflicts in Ukraine, Middle East, and beyond.

General David Petraeus is Partner at KKR and Chairman of the KKR Global Institute. General Petraeus is also former CIA Director and former Commander of U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan:

https://www.kkr.com/about/our-people/david-h-petraeus

Moderated by Stephen Preston, Chair of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law and National Security, and Partner at WilmerHale:

https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/people/stephen-preston

References:

Petraeus, David Howell, and Andrew Roberts. Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine. Harper, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2023:

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/conflict-david-petraeusandrew-roberts?variant=41006278508578

The Geneva Conventions:

https://www.icrc.org/en/doc/assets/files/publications/icrc-002-0173.pdf

The Law of Armed Conflict, Basic Knowledge. International Committee of the Red Cross:

https://www.icrc.org/en/doc/assets/files/other/law1_final.pdf

Roberts, Andrew. Churchill: Walking with Destiny. Viking, 2018:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/churchill-andrew-roberts/1127949760