U.S. Naval War College Graduation: March 2020 Mar. 03, 2020 12:00 p.m. U.S. Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, RI 02841 Established in 1884, U.S. Naval War College is the oldest institution of its kind in the world. More than 50,000 students have graduated since its first class of nine students in 1885 and about 300 of today’s active duty admirals, generals and senior executive service leaders are alumni.
Jan 28 2020 Issues in National Security Lecture 2: "Teaching Leadership to Senior Navy Leaders" 4:30 p.m. Pringle Auditorium, U.S. Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, RI 02841 The 'Issues in National Security' lectures represent current political, military, economic, and social issues that challenge strategists and concern citizens therefore the lectures are tailored to the spouses and significant others of U.S. Naval War College students, staff, and faculty.
Jan 30 2020 Lectures of Opportunity: "A Nuclear Education" 12:00 p.m. Conolly Hall, U.S. Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, RI 02841 In his Enduring Alliance: A History of NATO and the Postwar Global Order (Cornell University Press, 2019), Tim Sayle argued that NATO survived the Cold War because it offered solutions to foreign policy challenges posed by the democratic age.
Feb 04 2020 Lectures of Opportunity: "The Sources of Chinese Conduct" 12:00 p.m. Conolly Hall, U.S. Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, RI 02841 Are the United States and the People's Republic of China at the start of a new Cold War or something different?
Feb 06 2020 The Naval War in Vietnam: Vietnamese and American Perspectives 8:00 a.m. Mahan Hall, U.S. Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, RI 02841 The Vietnam War was one of the longest wars in American history and involved all branches of the US Armed Forces up to the cessation of combat operations in 1973.
Feb 06 2020 Lectures of Opportunity: "Security from the Greenlandic Perspective" 12:00 p.m. Conolly Hall, U.S. Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, RI 02841 Professor Ackrén will lecture on the distribution of political power between the Danish and Greenlandic governments, and explain how this relationship has been evolving in recent years.
Feb 10 2020 Lectures of Opportunity: "Enduring Defeat of ISIS" 12:00 p.m. Conolly Hall, U.S. Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, RI 02841 The Operation Inherent Resolve “Enduring Defeat of ISIS” campaign in Northeast Syria has been an excellent example of successful, mutually-supporting joint and combined Coalition civilian-military cooperation and collaboration.
Feb 11 2020 Issues in National Security Lecture 3: "Robots That Swim, Fly and Crawl" 4:30 p.m. Pringle Auditorium, U.S. Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, RI 02841 The 'Issues in National Security' lectures represent current political, military, economic, and social issues that challenge strategists and concern citizens therefore the lectures are tailored to the spouses and significant others of U.S. Naval War College students, staff, and faculty.
Feb 14 2020 Eight Bells Lecture Series: "African Americans in the Union Navy" 12:00 p.m. Sail Newport 11th Hour Great Room, 72 Fort Adams Drive, Newport, RI 02840 For those familiar with the story of the African American regiments in the Army during the Civil War, the history of black sailors in the Union Navy offers a surprising and refreshing contrast.
Feb 25 2020 Issues in National Security Lecture 4: "Lincoln and His Admirals" 4:30 p.m. Pringle Auditorium, U.S. Naval War College, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, RI 02841 The 'Issues in National Security' lectures represent current political, military, economic, and social issues that challenge strategists and concern citizens therefore the lectures are tailored to the spouses and significant others of U.S. Naval War College students, staff, and faculty.
Mar 13 2020 Eight Bells Lecture Series: "The British Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1941" 12:00 p.m. Sail Newport 11th Hour Great Room, 72 Fort Adams Drive, Newport, RI 02840 Famously, Churchill claimed, “The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril.” From 1939 until the United States entered the war, Britain's isolation left it vulnerable to the German U-boat campaign.