The Conference Directorate conducts major outreach symposia each year. There are two periodic regional symposia: Asia-Pacific and Europe; an annual symposium on Joint Force issues; and topical symposia. The Directorate organizes and supports other major events hosted by the INSS Research Directorate and National Strategic Gaming Center which focus on issues of interest to national security policy makers. The NDU Symposia program is open to the public.
Details of upcoming and past symposia can be found below.
Papers are made available online at the discretion of the authors, in keeping with the non-attribution policy of the National Defense University. In the drop-down menus below, some paper titles have been abbreviated to fit this page.
Opinions, conclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied by the authors' papers are solely those of the author and do not represent the views of the National Defense University, the Department of Defense, or any other government agency or nongovernment organization.
INSS hosted a special book seminar on Thursday September 20, 2007--"Increasing SOF's Strategic Value." The seminar included
two panels, the first featuring authors Dr. Chris Lamb, INSS Senior Fellow and Dr. David Tucker, Associate Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School.
The second panel included commentary on the book and questions from the audience to the panel featuring the Honorable Jim Locher of the Project on
National Security Reform; Retired Special Operations Forces officers Major General Geoffrey Lambert and Colonel David McCracken; and Colonel Kevin
McDonnell, Director of the USSOCOM Washington Office. Click on one of the titles below to view the slide presentations given by
panelists:
Directions to Fort McNair from Maryland and Virginia are available
on the NDU Visitors' site, http://www.ndu.edu/info/visitingNDU.cfm.
For directions to a specific building on post, and for parking
instructions, please contact the Conference Directorate.
When entering Fort McNair, please be sure to have valid identification
for yourself and all vehicle passengers available to show the
guards at the gate and at the building entrances. All people
and vehicles entering Fort McNair are subject to search.
