The commander of the U.S. Joint Forces Command and two military experts will discuss the civil-military implications of war and military operations in the 21st century on April 8 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The commander of the U.S. Joint Forces Command and two military experts will discuss the civil-military implications of war and military operations in the 21st century on April 8 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The free public panel will be from 3 to 5 p.m. in the auditorium of the Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building on Pittsboro Street. It is part of a two-day conference sponsored by the curriculum in peace, war and defense in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences and the war studies department at King’s College London, in partnership with the Triangle Institute for Security Studies.
The rest of the conference is at capacity; to get on the wait list, e-mail pumphrey@duke.edu.
Speakers for the panel will include:
- Gen. James Mattis, U.S. Marine Corps, commander of the U.S. Joint Forces Command. His command focuses on supporting current operations while shaping U.S. forces for the future. From 2007-2009, he also was the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation for NATO. As a major general, he commanded the 1st Marine Division during the initial attack and subsequent stability operations in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
- James Gow, professor of international peace and security and director of the International Peace and Security Programme at King’s College. He has researched the Bosnian war and been an expert adviser to the U.K. Secretary of State for Defence.
- Hew Strachan, Chicele Professor of the History of War at All Souls, Oxford University. His research interests are in military history and strategy.
In 2005, UNC signed a multi-level agreement that expanded the undergraduate exchange program with King’s College to include graduate students and faculty. For information about the conference, visit www.tiss-nc.org.
Triangle Institute for Security Studies contact: Carolyn Pumphrey, (919) 613-9280, pumphrey@duke.edu
College of Arts and Sciences contact: Kim Spurr, (919) 962-4093, spurrk@email.unc.edu