The Institute of World Politics

Dr. Joseph J. Collins, the Director of the Center for Complex Operations at National Defense University spoke on the new NDU book, "Lessons Encountered: Learning from the Long War" at The Institute of World Politics on November 9, 2015.

The book began as two questions from then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Martin Dempsey: what have been the costs and benefits of our operations in Iraq and Afghanistan; and what are the strategic lessons that one can draw from these two campaigns in the Long War.

The speaker summarized the 500-page book with an emphasis on the strategic lessons that were identified, and hopefully one day, learned.

This event took place at The Institute of World Politics on November 9, 2015.

Dr. Joseph J. Collins was appointed Director of the Center for Complex Operations, INSS, National Defense University in July 2014, after a decade on the National War College faculty as Professor of National Security Strategy. Prior to that teaching assignment, Dr. Collins served for three years as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Stability Operations, the Pentagon's senior civilian official for peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance, and stabilization and reconstruction operations. His team led the stability operations effort in Afghanistan and created the Global Peace Operations Initiative, which President Bush took to the 2004 G8 Sea Island Summit. From 1998-2001, he was a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, where he did research on economic sanctions, military culture, and national security policy. In 1998, Dr. Collins retired from the U. S. Army as a Colonel after nearly 28 years of military service. His Army years were equally divided among infantry and armor assignments in the United States, South Korea, and Germany; teaching at West Point in the Department of Social Sciences; and a series of assignments in the Pentagon on the Army staff, in OSD Policy, and the Office of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Dr. Collins has also taught as adjunct faculty in the graduate divisions of Columbia University and Georgetown University Strategic Studies Program. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and holds a doctorate in Political Science from Columbia University. A former contributing editor of the Armed Forces Journal, he wrote Understanding War in Afghanistan, published by National Defense University Press (NDU Press) in 2011. He is an author in and the editor of Lessons Encountered: Learning from the Long War, a book on the strategic lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan. It has been published in October 2015 by NDU Press, and can be downloaded in various formats at http://ndupress.ndu.edu/Books/LessonsEncountered.aspx.

Dr. Joseph J. Collins, the Director of the Center for Complex Operations at National Defense University spoke on the new NDU book, "Lessons Encountered: Learning from the Long War" at The Institute of World Politics on November 9, 2015.

The book began as two questions from then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Martin Dempsey: what have been the costs and benefits of our operations in Iraq and Afghanistan; and what are the strategic lessons that one can draw from these two campaigns in the Long War.

The speaker summarized the 500-page book with an emphasis on the strategic lessons that were identified, and hopefully one day, learned.

This event took place at The Institute of World Politics on November 9, 2015.

Dr. Joseph J. Collins was appointed Director of the Center for Complex Operations, INSS, National Defense University in July 2014, after a decade on the National War College faculty as Professor of National Security Strategy. Prior to that teaching assignment, Dr. Collins served for three years as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Stability Operations, the Pentagon's senior civilian official for peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance, and stabilization and reconstruction operations. His team led the stability operations effort in Afghanistan and created the Global Peace Operations Initiative, which President Bush took to the 2004 G8 Sea Island Summit. From 1998-2001, he was a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, where he did research on economic sanctions, military culture, and national security policy. In 1998, Dr. Collins retired from the U. S. Army as a Colonel after nearly 28 years of military service. His Army years were equally divided among infantry and armor assignments in the United States, South Korea, and Germany; teaching at West Point in the Department of Social Sciences; and a series of assignments in the Pentagon on the Army staff, in OSD Policy, and the Office of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Dr. Collins has also taught as adjunct faculty in the graduate divisions of Columbia University and Georgetown University Strategic Studies Program. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and holds a doctorate in Political Science from Columbia University. A former contributing editor of the Armed Forces Journal, he wrote Understanding War in Afghanistan, published by National Defense University Press (NDU Press) in 2011. He is an author in and the editor of Lessons Encountered: Learning from the Long War, a book on the strategic lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan. It has been published in October 2015 by NDU Press, and can be downloaded in various formats at http://ndupress.ndu.edu/Books/LessonsEncountered.aspx.

Grand Strategy:

National Security Doctrines and National Security Strategy, past, present and future

with

Dr. Lamont Colucci

Professor of Politics and Government, Chair of Politics and Government Department,

Ripon College

October 23, 2015

The Institute of World Politics

Dr. Lamont Colucci has experience as a diplomat with the U.S. Dept. of State and is today an Associate Professor and Chairman of Politics and Government at Ripon College. His primary area of expertise is U.S. national security and U.S. foreign policy. At Ripon, he is the coordinator for the National Security Studies program and teaches courses on national security, foreign policy, intelligence, terrorism, and international relations. He has published a book entitled Crusading Realism: The Bush Doctrine and American Core Values After 9/11, and was contributing author of another book entitled The Day That Changed Everything: Looking at the Impact of 9/11 at the End of the Decade. In 2012, he finished a two volume series entitled The National Security Doctrines of the American Presidency: How they Shape our Present and Future. In 2012, he became the Fulbright Scholar in Residence at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna, Austria. He has undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a doctorate in politics from the University of London, England. In 2007 he was the recipient of Ripon's Severy Excellence in Teaching award and in 2010 the Underkofler Outstanding Teaching Award. In 2015 he received the national Significant Sig award of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. Dr. Colucci is also an occasional columnist for the Washington Times, National Review, Weekly Standard, and Defense News. He is a weekly columnist for U.S. News and World Report. He is also Senior Fellow in National Security Affairs for the American Foreign Policy Council and is Advisor in National Security and Foreign Affairs, to the NATO-based Conference of Defence Associations Institute. He served as founding interim Director for the Center for Politics at Ripon College. You can find out more at lamontcolucci.com.

Grand Strategy:

National Security Doctrines and National Security Strategy, past, present and future

with

Dr. Lamont Colucci

Professor of Politics and Government, Chair of Politics and Government Department,

Ripon College

October 23, 2015

The Institute of World Politics

Dr. Lamont Colucci has experience as a diplomat with the U.S. Dept. of State and is today an Associate Professor and Chairman of Politics and Government at Ripon College. His primary area of expertise is U.S. national security and U.S. foreign policy. At Ripon, he is the coordinator for the National Security Studies program and teaches courses on national security, foreign policy, intelligence, terrorism, and international relations. He has published a book entitled Crusading Realism: The Bush Doctrine and American Core Values After 9/11, and was contributing author of another book entitled The Day That Changed Everything: Looking at the Impact of 9/11 at the End of the Decade. In 2012, he finished a two volume series entitled The National Security Doctrines of the American Presidency: How they Shape our Present and Future. In 2012, he became the Fulbright Scholar in Residence at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna, Austria. He has undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a doctorate in politics from the University of London, England. In 2007 he was the recipient of Ripon's Severy Excellence in Teaching award and in 2010 the Underkofler Outstanding Teaching Award. In 2015 he received the national Significant Sig award of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. Dr. Colucci is also an occasional columnist for the Washington Times, National Review, Weekly Standard, and Defense News. He is a weekly columnist for U.S. News and World Report. He is also Senior Fellow in National Security Affairs for the American Foreign Policy Council and is Advisor in National Security and Foreign Affairs, to the NATO-based Conference of Defence Associations Institute. He served as founding interim Director for the Center for Politics at Ripon College. You can find out more at lamontcolucci.com.

Grand Strategy:

National Security Doctrines and National Security Strategy, past, present and future

with

Dr. Lamont Colucci

Professor of Politics and Government, Chair of Politics and Government Department,

Ripon College

October 23, 2015

The Institute of World Politics

Dr. Lamont Colucci has experience as a diplomat with the U.S. Dept. of State and is today an Associate Professor and Chairman of Politics and Government at Ripon College. His primary area of expertise is U.S. national security and U.S. foreign policy. At Ripon, he is the coordinator for the National Security Studies program and teaches courses on national security, foreign policy, intelligence, terrorism, and international relations. He has published a book entitled Crusading Realism: The Bush Doctrine and American Core Values After 9/11, and was contributing author of another book entitled The Day That Changed Everything: Looking at the Impact of 9/11 at the End of the Decade. In 2012, he finished a two volume series entitled The National Security Doctrines of the American Presidency: How they Shape our Present and Future. In 2012, he became the Fulbright Scholar in Residence at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna, Austria. He has undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a doctorate in politics from the University of London, England. In 2007 he was the recipient of Ripon's Severy Excellence in Teaching award and in 2010 the Underkofler Outstanding Teaching Award. In 2015 he received the national Significant Sig award of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. Dr. Colucci is also an occasional columnist for the Washington Times, National Review, Weekly Standard, and Defense News. He is a weekly columnist for U.S. News and World Report. He is also Senior Fellow in National Security Affairs for the American Foreign Policy Council and is Advisor in National Security and Foreign Affairs, to the NATO-based Conference of Defence Associations Institute. He served as founding interim Director for the Center for Politics at Ripon College. You can find out more at lamontcolucci.com.

Europe's Hypocrisy and the Migrant Crisis

with

Benjamin Fricke

IWP Class of 2013

October 22, 2015

The Institute of World Politics

This event is part of a series on the Intermarium sponsored by the Kosciuszko Chair of Polish Studies.

This presentation will focus on EU internal economic, financial and ideological difficulties and their impact on security and cooperation. It will address what role the EU assumes in this current crisis and what the causes are for the unregulated and unchecked streams of refugees coming to Europe and Germany in particular.

Mr. Fricke will focus on political developments in Germany and contextualize attitudes towards immigration in a historic context. He will take a look at the PEGIDA movement in Germany. A divide between post-communist and post-1968 socialization is becoming increasingly apparent in Germany and the European continent as a whole. Mr. Fricke will argue that it is a failed geopolitical, economic and security strategy internally and towards the Middle East and Africa which triggered this mass influx of migrants and the paralyzed inaction of European countries and the EU institutions.

The EU as an ideological post-nation state construct was not designed to cope with a crisis as it is currently occurring, and therefore the presentation will examine short- and medium-term solutions, effects on Europe, and political alternatives.

Benjamin Fricke received his M.A. in Statecraft and International Affairs from The Institute of World Politics in 2013, and he was one of the first participants in IWP's Oxford study abroad program in 2012. Ben was awarded his B.A. in Political Science from Wittenberg University in Springfield, OH with two years of study at the University of Leipzig, Germany. He has done several high profile internships, such as at the U.S. Consulate General in Leipzig, Germany, the U.S. Senate, the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation in Washington, D.C., and the German diplomatic mission in New York. After graduation from IWP, Mr. Fricke returned to Europe in October 2013, where he spent a few months studying in France and started working for a private sector energy management and software company close to his hometown, Lutherstadt Wittenberg. His long term goal is to work in consulting and academia in North America.

Europe's Hypocrisy and the Migrant Crisis

with

Benjamin Fricke

IWP Class of 2013

October 22, 2015

The Institute of World Politics

This event is part of a series on the Intermarium sponsored by the Kosciuszko Chair of Polish Studies.

This presentation will focus on EU internal economic, financial and ideological difficulties and their impact on security and cooperation. It will address what role the EU assumes in this current crisis and what the causes are for the unregulated and unchecked streams of refugees coming to Europe and Germany in particular.

Mr. Fricke will focus on political developments in Germany and contextualize attitudes towards immigration in a historic context. He will take a look at the PEGIDA movement in Germany. A divide between post-communist and post-1968 socialization is becoming increasingly apparent in Germany and the European continent as a whole. Mr. Fricke will argue that it is a failed geopolitical, economic and security strategy internally and towards the Middle East and Africa which triggered this mass influx of migrants and the paralyzed inaction of European countries and the EU institutions.

The EU as an ideological post-nation state construct was not designed to cope with a crisis as it is currently occurring, and therefore the presentation will examine short- and medium-term solutions, effects on Europe, and political alternatives.

Benjamin Fricke received his M.A. in Statecraft and International Affairs from The Institute of World Politics in 2013, and he was one of the first participants in IWP's Oxford study abroad program in 2012. Ben was awarded his B.A. in Political Science from Wittenberg University in Springfield, OH with two years of study at the University of Leipzig, Germany. He has done several high profile internships, such as at the U.S. Consulate General in Leipzig, Germany, the U.S. Senate, the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation in Washington, D.C., and the German diplomatic mission in New York. After graduation from IWP, Mr. Fricke returned to Europe in October 2013, where he spent a few months studying in France and started working for a private sector energy management and software company close to his hometown, Lutherstadt Wittenberg. His long term goal is to work in consulting and academia in North America.

Europe's Hypocrisy and the Migrant Crisis

with

Benjamin Fricke

IWP Class of 2013

October 22, 2015

The Institute of World Politics

This event is part of a series on the Intermarium sponsored by the Kosciuszko Chair of Polish Studies.

This presentation will focus on EU internal economic, financial and ideological difficulties and their impact on security and cooperation. It will address what role the EU assumes in this current crisis and what the causes are for the unregulated and unchecked streams of refugees coming to Europe and Germany in particular.

Mr. Fricke will focus on political developments in Germany and contextualize attitudes towards immigration in a historic context. He will take a look at the PEGIDA movement in Germany. A divide between post-communist and post-1968 socialization is becoming increasingly apparent in Germany and the European continent as a whole. Mr. Fricke will argue that it is a failed geopolitical, economic and security strategy internally and towards the Middle East and Africa which triggered this mass influx of migrants and the paralyzed inaction of European countries and the EU institutions.

The EU as an ideological post-nation state construct was not designed to cope with a crisis as it is currently occurring, and therefore the presentation will examine short- and medium-term solutions, effects on Europe, and political alternatives.

Benjamin Fricke received his M.A. in Statecraft and International Affairs from The Institute of World Politics in 2013, and he was one of the first participants in IWP's Oxford study abroad program in 2012. Ben was awarded his B.A. in Political Science from Wittenberg University in Springfield, OH with two years of study at the University of Leipzig, Germany. He has done several high profile internships, such as at the U.S. Consulate General in Leipzig, Germany, the U.S. Senate, the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation in Washington, D.C., and the German diplomatic mission in New York. After graduation from IWP, Mr. Fricke returned to Europe in October 2013, where he spent a few months studying in France and started working for a private sector energy management and software company close to his hometown, Lutherstadt Wittenberg. His long term goal is to work in consulting and academia in North America.

Cyber Intelligence and Security after the OPM breach

with

Charles Allen - Chair, INSA Security Policy Reform Council; Principal, The Chertoff Group (invited)

Michelle Van Cleave - Former U.S. National Counterintelligence Executive

Steve Weis - Vice President, ZeroFOX Social Media Cyber Security

and moderator

Michelle Watson, Vice President for Corporate Relations, IWP

Thursday, October 22

The Institute of World Politics

This event is part of The Cyber Intelligence Discussion Series co-hosted by The Institute of World Politics and the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA).

Cyber Intelligence and Security after the OPM breach

with

Charles Allen - Chair, INSA Security Policy Reform Council; Principal, The Chertoff Group (invited)

Michelle Van Cleave - Former U.S. National Counterintelligence Executive

Steve Weis - Vice President, ZeroFOX Social Media Cyber Security

and moderator

Michelle Watson, Vice President for Corporate Relations, IWP

Thursday, October 22

The Institute of World Politics

This event is part of The Cyber Intelligence Discussion Series co-hosted by The Institute of World Politics and the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA).