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SUMMARY:Department of Defense Action on Climate Change
DESCRIPTION:Insights from the Pentagon \nand a Two Year National Tour\n\n\n\nDate\nDecember 11th\, 2015\n\n\nTime\n12:00pm – 1:30pm\n\n\nLocation\nAmerican Security Project – 1100 New York Ave.\, 7th Floor\, West Tower\, Washington DC 20005\n\n\n\n  \nOne year ago\, the Department of Defense released its landmark Climate Adaptation Roadmap\, which outlined the steps that all areas of the DoD must take to prepare for a changing climate. On Friday\, December 11\, ASP will host Maureen Sullivan\, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment\, Safety & Occupational Health\, responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Department’s climate change adaptation efforts. She will give an update on DoD efforts around Climate Change. \nTwo members of ASP’s Board of Directors\, Vice Admiral Lee Gunn\, USN (Ret.) and BGen Stephen Cheney\, USMC (Ret.) will also report on what they have learned as a part of ASP’s national climate security tour\, and how important the DoD’s efforts on climate change are for national climate preparedness. \n  \nSpecial Remarks: \n\nMs. Maureen Sullivan\n\nPanel Includes:\nModerator: \n\nMr. Andrew Holland\n\nPanelists: \n\nVice Admiral Lee Gunn\, USN (Ret.)\nBGen Stephen Cheney\, USMC (Ret.)\nDr. Leo Goff\n\n  \nSpeaker Biographies:\nMs. Maureen Sullivan is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment\, Safety & Occupational Health in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Energy\, Installations & Environment). She is responsible for DoD’s policies and programs related to compliance with environmental laws; management of natural and cultural resources; cleanup of contaminated sites; safety & occupational health; fire and emergency services; green/sustainable buildings; installation emergency management; international environmental compliance and cleanup efforts; climate change adaptation planning; strategic sustainability planning; planning to address emerging contaminants; and international defense environmental cooperation. Ms. Sullivan is also responsible for the DoD Native American program. She oversees the Armed Forces Pest Management Board and the Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board. Ms. Sullivan is the Department of Defense Federal Preservation Officer and represents the Secretary of Defense on the President’s Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Ms. Sullivan is a member of the General Services Administration’s Green Building Advisory Committee. \nShe also represents the Department of Defense on the White House Climate and Natural Resources Working Group and the White House Pollinator Task Force. \nFor the past 23 years\, Ms. Sullivan has served in various leadership positions as a member of the Office of the Secretary of Defense environmental staff\, and possesses wide ranging experience in numerous DoD environmental programs to include Pollution Prevention\, Environmental Compliance\, Historic Preservation\, and the Clean Air Act. \nFrom 2013 thru 2014\, Ms. Sullivan served as the DoD member of the Federal Interagency Floodplain Management Task Force. From 2009 to 2012\, Ms. Sullivan served as the Department of Defense member of the White House Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force. She served as the DoD representative to the Office of Management and Budget Interagency Panel which negotiated the final Ozone and Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards in 1997. She also served as the DoD Liaison to the President Clinton’s Council on Sustainable Development. \nMs. Sullivan was a member of the team that authored Executive Order 13148\, “Greening the Government Through Leadership in Environmental Management\,” which President Clinton signed on April 22\, 2000. She also helped draft Executive Order 12856\, “Federal Compliance with Right-to-Know Laws and Pollution Prevention Requirements.” After President Clinton signed Executive Order 12856\, she was detailed to the Office of the Administrator\, Environmental Protection Agency\, to guide initial implementation. \nHer total DoD career spans 35 years. Prior to joining the Office of the Secretary of Defense\, she held positions with the Defense Logistics Agency in Virginia\, Michigan\, Ohio and Germany where she worked in hazardous waste management\, international environmental activities and pollution prevention. Ms. Sullivan has been a member of the Senior Executive Service since 2008. \nVice Admiral Lee Gunn served in the U.S. Navy for thirty-five years prior to his retirement in 2000. His last active duty assignment was Inspector General of the Department of the Navy where\, together with his Marine Deputy\, he was responsible for the Department’s overall inspection program and its assessments of readiness\, training\, and quality of service. \nServing in the Surface Navy in a variety of theaters\, Admiral Gunn rose through the cruiser/destroyer force to command the Frigate USS Barbey\, then command of the Navy’s antisubmarine warfare tactical and technical evaluation Destroyer squadron\, DESRON 31. He later commanded Amphibious Group Three\, comprising 19 ships\, 12 other\, separate commands\, and 16\,000 Sailors and Marines. As Commander of PHIBGRU THREE he served (in addition to many other duties) as the Combined Naval Forces Commander\, and Deputy Task Force Commander of Combined Task Force United Shield. Task Force United Shield conducted the final withdrawal of United Nations peacekeeping forces from Somalia in February and March of 1995. United Shield was\, and still is\, the only amphibious withdrawal operation under fire conducted since the Korean War. \nAdmiral Gunn’s awards include the Distinguished Service Medal\, the Defense Superior Service Medal\, six Legions of Merit\, two Meritorious Service Medals\, the Navy Commendation Medal (with Combat Distinguishing Device)\, the Navy Achievement Medal\, the Combat Action Ribbon\, and numerous theater and service awards. \nImmediately after concluding his active duty career\, Admiral Gunn was asked by the Chief of Naval Operations to lead the Executive Review of Navy Training. The nine-month Review was conducted by a senior team of experts in a variety of disciplines from the uniformed Navy\, the corps of Department of the Navy Civilians\, and the business and education communities. The recommendations of the Review continue to be implemented by the Navy\, bringing about a revolution in training and learning for Navy men and women. \nAdmiral Gunn has extensive experience with and substantial accomplishments in the areas of manpower\, personnel and training. He served in eight assignments in those areas during his career. During his last manpower assignment (as Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel\, and Commander\, Navy Personnel Command) he played a key role in redesigning the Navy’s manpower and personnel establishment and orchestrated the transfer of the Navy’s Personnel Command from Arlington\, Virginia to Millington\, Tennessee. Relations he developed with the Congressional delegations and the business and academic communities were key to the success of this BRAC–directed move. \nGunn serves as: President of the Institute for Public Research at CNA in Alexandria\, VA. (he joined CNA in 2001); Chair of the Board of Advisors of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey\, CA; an Advisor to the Global Perspectives Initiative at the University of Central Florida; and a member and Executive Board member of the Surface Navy Association\, the professional association of more than 7000 surface warriors and supporters. He served as President of the Surface Navy Association from 2001-2006. \n \nBGen Stephen Cheney USMC(Ret) is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Security Project (ASP) and a member of the Department of State’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board. \nHe is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and has over 30 years experience as a Marine.  His career included a wide variety of command and staff positions with the operating forces and the supporting establishment.  Gen. Cheney’s primary specialty was artillery\, but he focused extensively on entry-level training\, commanding at every echelon at both Marine Corps Recruit Depots\, to include being the Commanding General at Parris Island.  He served several years in Japan and has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East and Asia. \nOther selected highlights of Gen. Cheney’s military career include tours as Deputy Executive Secretary to Defense Secretaries Cheney and Aspin; ground plans officer for Drug Enforcement Policy in the Pentagon; liaison to the Congressional Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces; and Inspector General of the Marine Corps. \nFollowing retirement from the Marines\, Gen. Cheney became the Chief Operating Officer for Business Executives for National Security (BENS)\, in Washington\, D.C.\, and most recently was President/CEO of the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen\, Texas. \nGen. Cheney is a graduate of the Marine Corps Command and Staff College\, the National War College\, and the University of Southern California. He was a military fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City\, where he is a member. Additionally\, he is also a member of the Secretary of State’s International Security Advisory Board. \nDr. Leo Goff is the program manager for CNA’s Military Advisory Board\, a group of retired three- and four-star flag and general officers from the Army\, Navy\, Air Force and Marine Corps who study pressing issues of the day to assess their impact on America’s national security. Their focus for the last several years has been on climate\, energy\, and national security. Additionally\, he is a retired Navy Captain\, having served for 30 years in submarines or working at the strategic leadership level in the Pentagon. He was the commanding officer of a nuclear submarine and a submarine tender. Since retirement in early 2011 he has held the position of president and owner of ACARYIS; a consulting company providing executive solutions\, focused on the ways in which energy and the environment impact organizational alignment and strategic direction. \nDoctor Goff holds a PhD in organizational behavior with a concentration in leadership; a Master’s degree in Public Administration; and a Master’s Degree in Executive Business Administration. He was a distinguished fellow at Maxwell School for Strategic Studies at Syracuse. He earned his commission at the United States Naval Academy\, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering. \nMr. Andrew Holland is the American Security Project’s Director of Studies and Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate. As an expert on energy\, climate change\, and infrastructure policy\, he has worked at the center of debates about how to achieve sustainable energy security and how to effectively address climate change for the last decade. \nHe served as Legislative Assistant on Energy\, Environment\, and Infrastructure for United States Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska for three years from 2006 through 2008.  He worked in the US House of Representatives for the House Ways and Means Committee and the Office of Congresswoman Roukema. \nHe holds a Master’s Degree in International Strategy and Economics from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and a  Bachelor’s Degree in History and Economics from Wake Forest University in North Carolina. \nResources:\nNational Security and Climate Change – Perspectives from the Military \nSecurity Impacts of Climate Change \nPay Now\, Pay Later: A State-by-State Assessment of the Costs of Climate Change \n  \nABOUT THE AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT  \nThe American Security Project is a non-profit\, non-partisan public policy and research organization dedicated to fostering knowledge and understanding of a range of national security issues\, promoting debate about the appropriate use of American power\, and cultivating strategic responses to 21st century challenges. For more information\, visit www.americansecurityproject.org.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/department-of-defense-action-on-climate-change/
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,Energy Security,Featured Event,National Security & Climate Change,National Security Strategy
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SUMMARY:Hill Briefing: Opportunities in International Climate Cooperation
DESCRIPTION:Date\nNovember 10\, 2015\n\n\nTime\n3:00pm – 4:00pm\n\n\nLocations\n121 Canon House Office Building\, Washington DC 20515\n\n\n\n  \nPlease join us in 121 Canon HOB for a discussion of the latest updates and developments in international climate policy as nations prepare for international negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)\, set to take place in Paris\, France from November 30 – December 11\, 2015. \nPanelists will discuss key issues for the negotiations\, including national commitments to cut emissions and expand clean energy\, fairness and equity considerations\, and initiatives to build resilience in highly vulnerable countries. We’ll also explore subnational\, national\, and intergovernmental opportunities to work with private sector and civil society initiatives\, and the growing call from communities of faith for action on climate change. \nLunch refreshments will be served. \nPlease arrive by 3:00pm for registration. \nThe event will be begin promptly at 3:00pm. \nModerated by: Keya Chatterjee\, Executive Director\, U.S. Climate Action Network \nPanelists: \n\nJose Aguto\, Friends Committee on National Legislation\nHeather Coleman\, Oxfam American\nKathy Egland\, NAACP\nJake Schmidt\, Natural Resources Defense Council\n\n  \nPlease RSVP here\nSponsored By:\nAction Aid USA • American Security Project • Church World Service • Citizens for Global Solutions • Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life • Friends Committee on National Legislation • Moms Clean Air Force • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People • Natural Resources Defense Council • Oxfam America • Sierra Club • Sisters of Mercy • Sojourners • The Nature Conservancy • Union of Concerned Scientists • US Climate Action Network
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/hill-briefing-opportunities-in-international-climate-cooperation/
LOCATION:U.S. House of Representatives\, 2325 Rayburn House Office Building\, Washington\, DC\, 20515\, US
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,Energy Security,National Security & Climate Change,National Security Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151109T160000
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SUMMARY:College of Charleston Event - Climate Change: Risks for National Security
DESCRIPTION:Climate Change: Risks for National Security\n\n\n\nDate\nNovember 9th\, 2015\n\n\nTime\n4:00pm – 5:30pm\n\n\nLocation\nCollege of Charleston\, Stern Center Ballroom\, Charleston\, South Carolina 29424\n\n\n\nToday\, the U.S. Navy is preparing for an open Arctic\, the Marines are deploying in response to historic typhoons\, and the Army is preparing its bases to use less energy than they produce. \nClimate change is already a major consideration for US military planners. Meanwhile\, American politicians continue to ignore the issue. \nJoin us for a discussion with senior flag officers as they discuss the steps the US military has taken and future implications for our national security. \nSpeakers\nBGen Stephen Cheney\, USMC (Ret\,) \n \nStephen Cheney is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Security Project (ASP) and a member of the Department of State’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board. \nHe is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and has over 30 years experience as a Marine.  His career included a wide variety of command and staff positions with the operating forces and the supporting establishment.  His primary specialty was artillery\, but he focused extensively on entry-level training\, commanding at every echelon at both Marine Corps Recruit Depots\, to include being the Commanding General at Parris Island.  He served several years in Japan and has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East and Asia. \nOther selected highlights of his military career include tours as Deputy Executive Secretary to Defense Secretaries Cheney and Aspin; ground plans officer for Drug Enforcement Policy in the Pentagon; liaison to the Congressional Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces; and Inspector General of the Marine Corps. \nFollowing retirement from the Marines\, he became the Chief Operating Officer for Business Executives for National Security (BENS)\, in Washington\, D.C.\, and most recently was President/CEO of the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen\, Texas. \nHe is a graduate of the Marine Corps Command and Staff College\, the National War College\, and the University of Southern California.  He was a military fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City\, where he is a member. He is also a member of the Secretary of State’s International Security Advisory Board \nHe has been on the Board of Directors for ASP since 2006. \nLieutenant General Norm Seip\, USAF (Ret.)\n \nLieutenant General (ret) Norman R. Seip is a member of The American Security Project (ASP)\, a nonpartisan organization created to educate the American public and the world about the changing nature of national security in the 21st Century. \nLieutenant General Seip served in the Air Force for 35 years. His last assignment was Commander of 12th Air Force\, comprised of seven active-duty wings and two direct-reporting units in the Western and Midwestern United States. The fighter and bomber wings under his command possessed over 400 aircraft and had more than 33\,000 active-duty military and civilian assigned personnel. He was a command pilot with more than 4\,500 flying hours\, primarily in fighter aircraft and has flown in support of numerous military operations and contingencies around the world. \nHe is an independent consultant focused on defense and national security related matters. He is a Senior Mentor for the Air Force and also serves\, pro bono\, as the Chairman of the Board\, Council for a Strong America; Military Advisory Board\, Truman National Security Project; National Security Advisory Council\, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition; and International Advisory Board\, 911 Fund. \nAndrew Holland \n \nAndrew Holland is the American Security Project’s Director of Studies and Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate. He is a Washington-based expert on energy\, climate change\, and infrastructure policy. He has over seven years of experience working at the center of debates about how to achieve sustainable energy security and how to effectively address climate change. \nPrior to moving into the Think Tank world\, he was a Legislative Assistant on Energy\, Environment\, and Infrastructure for United States Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska from 2006 through 2008.  He also has experience working in the US House of Representatives for the House Ways and Means Committee and the Office of Congresswoman Roukema. \nHe holds a Master’s Degree in International Strategy and Economics from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and a  Bachelor’s Degree in History and Economics from Wake Forest University in North Carolina. \nResources:\nNational Security and Climate Change – Perspectives from the Military \nSecurity Impacts of Climate Change \nPay Now\, Pay Later: A State-by-State Assessment of the Costs of Climate Change \n  \n \nEvent Sponsored by the Department of Political\, Office of Sustainability\, the Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences\, and Masters and Minor Environmental Studies \n  \nABOUT THE AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT  \nThe American Security Project is a non-profit\, non-partisan public policy and research organization dedicated to fostering knowledge and understanding of a range of national security issues\, promoting debate about the appropriate use of American power\, and cultivating strategic responses to 21st century challenges. For more information\, visit www.americansecurityproject.org.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/college-of-charleston-event-climate-change-risks-for-national-security/
LOCATION:College of Charleston\, 66 George St\, Charleston\, SC\, 29424\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,National Security & Climate Change,National Security Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151028T110000
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SUMMARY:Climate Change\, Diplomacy\, and National Security - A Conversation with Foreign Minister Tony de Brum\, Marshall Islands
DESCRIPTION:Date\nOctober 28\, 2015 \nTime\n12:30pm – 1:30pm \nLocations\nAmerican Security Project1100 New York Ave. NW – 7th Floor\, West Tower\, Washington\, DC 20005 \n \nIn December\, negotiators from around the world will convene in Paris to negotiate and agree to a deal to address the challenge of climate change. While most attention has been on the position of major economies like China\, Europe\, and the United States\, one group that has played a role in the negotiations far beyond the size of their populations are the Alliance of Small Island States. Their clear moral authority\, as “front-line” states of climate change\, shows how soft power can accelerate diplomacy.\nJoin ASP as we host Tony de Brum\, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. He will discuss the importance of the upcoming COP in Paris and how effective climate diplomacy can still prevent the worst impacts of climate change.\nAt this event\, ASP will formally launch a new Perspective Paper – “Climate Diplomacy and American Leadership.” Copies will be available.\nLunch refreshments will be served from 12:00pm – 12:30pm.\nPlease arrive by 12:00pm for registration.\nThe event will be begin promptly at 12:30pm.\nAbout the Speaker: \nMinister Tony de Brum is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.  In February 2013\, he addressed the UN Security Council on the threats posed by climate change to global security. Later that year Minister de Brum coordinated the Marshall Islands’ hosting of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting\, which produced the Majuro Declaration for Climate Leadership. You can follow him on twitter at: @MinisterTdB\nAdditional Resources:\nThe Global Security Defense Index on Climate Change\nClimate Security Report\nClimate Change and National Security\nThe Implications of Climate Change on the Islands of the Asia Pacific\nABOUT THE AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT \nThe American Security Project is a non-profit\, non-partisan public policy and research organization dedicated to fostering knowledge and understanding of a range of national security issues\, promoting debate about the appropriate use of American power\, and cultivating strategic responses to 21st century challenges. For more information\, visit http://www.americansecurityproject.org.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/national-security-implications-of-climate-change-a-conversation-with-minister-tony-de-brum/
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,Energy Security,National Security & Climate Change,National Security Strategy
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SUMMARY:Challenging Climate Change: Practical Solutions from Business\, National Security and Faith Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:Luncheon Briefing\, 12 Noon – 1:30 PM \nTuesday\, October 27\, 2015 \nRayburn House Office Building\, Room B340 \nThe Friends Committee on National Legislation\, The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands\, RepublicEN and the American Security Project invite you to a briefing that highlights solutions to mitigate climate change and adapt to its consequences (such as sea level rise and drought) which are already being implemented by members of the business\, national security and faith communities. \nSpeakers include: \n\nCongressman Chris Gibson (R\, NY-19)\nBrigadier General Stephen A. Cheney USMC (Ret.)\, CEO of the American Security Project: the impacts of climate change on national security\nBrad Figel\, Vice President of Public Affairs\, North America\, Mars Inc.: why food companies want broad action\nHugh Welsh\, President & General Counsel of DSM North America: from coalmine to a sustainable global company\nHenne Schuwer\, Ambassador of the Netherlands\, Washington D.C.: proactive steps a national government is taking to address sea level rise and other uncertainties\nDiane Randall\, Executive Secretary\, Friends Committee on National Legislation: the faith community’s role in fostering bipartisan dialogue and action\nAlex Bozmoski (moderator)\, Director\, Strategy & Operations at RepublicEN\n\nQ & A to follow \nThis briefing will create awareness of the risks and opportunities that climate change offers to business\, national security\, and faith communities\, and hopes to inspire bipartisan cooperation in Congress to catalyze solutions. \nMany people find it hard to grasp the potential consequences of climate change\, or are concerned that the proposed Congressional solutions will curb economic growth. This briefing seeks to inspire action by showcasing the successful strategies and practical solutions which many sectors of society are already implementing. \nPlease RSVP to Emily Wirzba at emily@fcnl.org
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/challenging-climate-change-practical-solutions-from-business-national-security-and-faith-perspectives/
LOCATION:U.S. House of Representatives\, 2325 Rayburn House Office Building\, Washington\, DC\, 20515\, US
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,Energy Security,Featured Event,National Security & Climate Change,National Security Strategy
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SUMMARY:COLORADO SPRINGS EVENT - Climate Change: Risks for National Security
DESCRIPTION:Climate Change: Risks for National Security\n\n\n\nDate\nSeptember 10th\, 2015\n\n\nTime\n12:00pm – 1:00pm\n\n\nLocation\nGill Center\, E Costilla St\, Colorado Springs\, CO 80903\n\n\n\nToday\, the U.S. Navy is preparing for an open Arctic\, the Marines are deploying in response to historic typhoons\, and the Army is preparing its bases to use less energy than they produce. \nClimate change is already a major consideration for US military planners. Meanwhile\, American politicians continue to ignore the issue. \nJoin us for a discussion with senior flag officers as they discuss the steps the US military has taken and future implications for our national security. \nTo request an invitation\, please follow the button below. \n\n\nSpeakers\nLt. General Dirk Jameson\, USAF (Ret.) \nLt. General Dirk Jameson\, USAF (Ret.)\, served as Deputy Commander in Chief and Chief of Staff of U.S. Strategic Command before retiring from the U.S. Air Force in 1996 after more than three decades of active service. Gen. Jameson was responsible for directing the headquarters staff of 4\,000 men and women and participating in numerous nuclear forums with the leaders of the Russian Federation Strategic Rocket Forces. Prior to his StratCom assignment\, Gen. Jameson commanded the 14\,500 men and women of the U.S. 20th Air Force\, and was responsible for all U.S. Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles\, seven major subordinate units\, operational training\, testing\, security and readiness. Gen. Jameson also served as the Chief of Staff\, Strategic Air Command and commanded the USAF Strategic Missile Center at Vandenberg AFB\, California. There\, he directed the activities of the Air Force’s third largest base\, staffed with 10\,000 military\, civilian and contractor employees. General Jameson had numerous other nuclear related assignments including Director of Command Control\, Strategic Air Command\, 4th Air Division Commander and Commander of the 90th Strategic Missile Wing. \nSince retiring from the Air Force\, General Jameson has continued to serve in a number of private sector leadership positions. General Jameson received his undergraduate degree in Business Management from the University of Puget Sound\, an MBA in Business Management from Ohio State University\, and completed the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business Program for Senior Executives. General Jameson graduated from the National War College and attended the Harvard University Kennedy School National Security Program for Senior Executives. \nLieutenant General John Castellaw\, USMC (Ret.) \nJohn “Glad” Castellaw is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Farmspace Systems a provider of precision agriculture services and equipment in the Mid-South. \nCastellaw graduated from the University of Tennessee\, Martin (UTM) in 1972 with a commission in the Marines and a degree in Agriculture. For 36 years he led Marines around the world while flying more than two dozen different types of aircraft. Castellaw served with the UN during the Siege of Sarajevo\, commanded the American force in the multi-national security and stability operation in East Timor\, and as the chief of staff for the U.S. Central Command at the height of the war in Iraq. His last tours were in the Pentagon where he oversaw Marine Aviation and then the Marine Corps budget. \nIn 2008\, he returned to Tennessee where he operates the family farm\, is a teaching fellow at UTM\, and on the board of the Bank of Crockett. Castellaw is the president of the non-profit Crockett Policy Institute and is a senior associate with the Washington based Corvus Group. Other national security affiliations include membership on the Nuclear Security Working Group\, the Climate Security Working Group\, and the board of the American Security Project. \nAs a retired service member\, Castellaw maintains a deep interest in National Security issues and in veterans’ affairs. He participates actively with various groups working to ensure this nation’s defense needs are met and serves on the Department of the Navy’s Naval Research Advisory Committee. As a veteran\, he is a member of the Marine Corps League\, The Marine Corps Association\, and The Naval Institute and is beginning his first term as the National Commander of the Marine Corps Aviation Association. \nLt Colonel Hal Bidlack\, Ph.D. (USAF\, Ret.) \nDr. Hal Bidlack has pursued a career-long goal of exploring the relationship between national security\, environmental and energy policies.\nHe served as an Associate Professor at the United States Air Force Academy [USAFA] in Colorado Springs\, where he taught for more than 17 years. He earned his Doctorate in Political Science at the University of Michigan in 1996 with a focus on American National Government and Environmental Security Issues. His dissertation titled “Swords as Plowshares: The Military’s Environmental Role” studied the relationship between military mission requirements and environmental constraints. \nDr. Bidlack received his commission as an Air Force officer in 1980 and retired from active service in 2006 as a Lieutenant Colonel. He twice served as a Director on the National Security Council at the White House\, where he helped draft briefing materials\, position papers and speeches for the President and Vice President. He served as Deputy Director of US Air Force Institute for National Security Studies\, and was an Action Officer for the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks during duty at the Pentagon. His experience also includes a term as Deputy Director of Security Programs and Military Advisor for the Office of the Coordinator of US Assistance to the Former Soviet States at the US State Department\, as well as service as a Military Policeman. \nDr. Bidlack’s career since retiring from active service with the Air Force includes a run for the U.S. Congress (Democratic Party nominee)\, service as Chair of his County’s Democratic Party and an appointment by the Governor of Colorado to the Judicial Performance Review Committee\, and continuing to teach political science at USAFA as an Adjunct Professor. He also served as Program Chair for the Environmental Policy Panel at the Air Force Institute for National Security Studies. \nResources:\nNational Security and Climate Change – Perspectives from the Military \nSecurity Impacts of Climate Change \nPay Now\, Pay Later: A State-by-State Assessment of the Costs of Climate Change \nABOUT THE AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT  \nThe American Security Project is a non-profit\, non-partisan public policy and research organization dedicated to fostering knowledge and understanding of a range of national security issues\, promoting debate about the appropriate use of American power\, and cultivating strategic responses to 21st century challenges. For more information\, visit www.americansecurityproject.org.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/colorado-springs-event-climate-change-risks-for-national-security/
LOCATION:Gill Center\, E Costilla St\, Colorado Springs\, CO\, 80903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,National Security & Climate Change,National Security Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150909T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150909T090000
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SUMMARY:DENVER EVENT - Climate Change: Risks for National Security
DESCRIPTION:Climate Change: Risks for National Security\n\n\n\nDate\nSeptember 9th\, 2015\n\n\nTime\n7:30am – 9:00am\n\n\nLocation\nIreland Stapleton Law Firm\, 717 17th St.\, 28th Floor\, Denver CO 80202\n\n\n\nToday\, the U.S. Navy is preparing for an open Arctic\, the Marines are deploying in response to historic typhoons\, and the Army is preparing its bases to use less energy than they produce. \nClimate change is already a major consideration for US military planners. Meanwhile\, American politicians continue to ignore the issue. \nJoin us for a discussion with senior flag officers as they discuss the steps the US military has taken and future implications for our national security. \nTo request an invitation\, please follow the button below. \n\n\nSpeakers\nLt. General Dirk Jameson\, USAF (Ret.) \n  \n  \nLt. General Dirk Jameson\, USAF (Ret.)\, served as Deputy Commander in Chief and Chief of Staff of U.S. Strategic Command before retiring from the U.S. Air Force in 1996 after more than three decades of active service. Gen. Jameson was responsible for directing the headquarters staff of 4\,000 men and women and participating in numerous nuclear forums with the leaders of the Russian Federation Strategic Rocket Forces. Prior to his StratCom assignment\, Gen. Jameson commanded the 14\,500 men and women of the U.S. 20th Air Force\, and was responsible for all U.S. Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles\, seven major subordinate units\, operational training\, testing\, security and readiness. Gen. Jameson also served as the Chief of Staff\, Strategic Air Command and commanded the USAF Strategic Missile Center at Vandenberg AFB\, California. There\, he directed the activities of the Air Force’s third largest base\, staffed with 10\,000 military\, civilian and contractor employees. General Jameson had numerous other nuclear related assignments including Director of Command Control\, Strategic Air Command\, 4th Air Division Commander and Commander of the 90th Strategic Missile Wing. \nSince retiring from the Air Force\, General Jameson has continued to serve in a number of private sector leadership positions. General Jameson received his undergraduate degree in Business Management from the University of Puget Sound\, an MBA in Business Management from Ohio State University\, and completed the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business Program for Senior Executives. General Jameson graduated from the National War College and attended the Harvard University Kennedy School National Security Program for Senior Executives. \nLieutenant General John Castellaw\, USMC (Ret.) \nJohn “Glad” Castellaw is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Farmspace Systems a provider of precision agriculture services and equipment in the Mid-South. \nCastellaw graduated from the University of Tennessee\, Martin (UTM) in 1972 with a commission in the Marines and a degree in Agriculture. For 36 years he led Marines around the world while flying more than two dozen different types of aircraft. Castellaw served with the UN during the Siege of Sarajevo\, commanded the American force in the multi-national security and stability operation in East Timor\, and as the chief of staff for the U.S. Central Command at the height of the war in Iraq. His last tours were in the Pentagon where he oversaw Marine Aviation and then the Marine Corps budget. \nIn 2008\, he returned to Tennessee where he operates the family farm\, is a teaching fellow at UTM\, and on the board of the Bank of Crockett. Castellaw is the president of the non-profit Crockett Policy Institute and is a senior associate with the Washington based Corvus Group. Other national security affiliations include membership on the Nuclear Security Working Group\, the Climate Security Working Group\, and the board of the American Security Project. \nAs a retired service member\, Castellaw maintains a deep interest in National Security issues and in veterans’ affairs. He participates actively with various groups working to ensure this nation’s defense needs are met and serves on the Department of the Navy’s Naval Research Advisory Committee. As a veteran\, he is a member of the Marine Corps League\, The Marine Corps Association\, and The Naval Institute and is beginning his first term as the National Commander of the Marine Corps Aviation Association. \nLt Colonel Hal Bidlack\, Ph.D. (USAF\, Ret.) \nDr. Hal Bidlack has pursued a career-long goal of exploring the relationship between national security\, environmental and energy policies.\nHe served as an Associate Professor at the United States Air Force Academy [USAFA] in Colorado Springs\, where he taught for more than 17 years. He earned his Doctorate in Political Science at the University of Michigan in 1996 with a focus on American National Government and Environmental Security Issues. His dissertation titled “Swords as Plowshares: The Military’s Environmental Role” studied the relationship between military mission requirements and environmental constraints. \nDr. Bidlack received his commission as an Air Force officer in 1980 and retired from active service in 2006 as a Lieutenant Colonel. He twice served as a Director on the National Security Council at the White House\, where he helped draft briefing materials\, position papers and speeches for the President and Vice President. He served as Deputy Director of US Air Force Institute for National Security Studies\, and was an Action Officer for the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks during duty at the Pentagon. His experience also includes a term as Deputy Director of Security Programs and Military Advisor for the Office of the Coordinator of US Assistance to the Former Soviet States at the US State Department\, as well as service as a Military Policeman. \nDr. Bidlack’s career since retiring from active service with the Air Force includes a run for the U.S. Congress (Democratic Party nominee)\, service as Chair of his County’s Democratic Party and an appointment by the Governor of Colorado to the Judicial Performance Review Committee\, and continuing to teach political science at USAFA as an Adjunct Professor. He also served as Program Chair for the Environmental Policy Panel at the Air Force Institute for National Security Studies. \nResources:\nNational Security and Climate Change – Perspectives from the Military \nSecurity Impacts of Climate Change \nPay Now\, Pay Later: A State-by-State Assessment of the Costs of Climate Change \nABOUT THE AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT  \nThe American Security Project is a non-profit\, non-partisan public policy and research organization dedicated to fostering knowledge and understanding of a range of national security issues\, promoting debate about the appropriate use of American power\, and cultivating strategic responses to 21st century challenges. For more information\, visit www.americansecurityproject.org.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/denver-event-climate-change-risks-for-national-security/
LOCATION:Ireland Stapleton Law Firm\, 717 17th St.\, Denver\, CO\, 80202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,National Security & Climate Change
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150709T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150709T120000
DTSTAMP:20150707T151628Z
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SUMMARY:Climate Change and National Security: Press Conference - Chicago
DESCRIPTION:Senior retired Military officers from the American Security Project visit Chicago to discuss the far-reaching effects of climate change. \n  \nOn Thursday\, July 9\, two senior retired U.S. military officers Vice Admiral Lee Gunn\, USN (Ret). and Brigadier General Stephen Cheney\, USMC (Ret.) will speak about the national security importance of climate change. As members of the American Security Project (ASP)\, a non-partisan national security think tank\, they will talk about the importance of action on climate change at an event held at Chicago’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial. They will be accompanied by a group of younger veterans from all services. ASP’s Senior Fellow\, Andrew Holland\, who worked for then-Senator Chuck Hagel on this issue\, will also attend as a part of ASP’s nationwide tour highlighting the impacts of climate change on national security. \n  \nClimate Change affects our national security three ways: \n\nit creates global instability\, that the United States will need to respond to\nit threatens our homeland security\, through extreme weather\nit will cost our military\, and so every taxpayer\, vast amounts of money to rebuild military bases due to extreme weather\, rise in sea levels\, and global instability\n\n  \nBGen Stephen Cheney\, USMC (Ret.) stated: \n“Climate change is real and a clear threat to global stability and security around the world. We know that our military is preparing for it.” \n  \nVice Admiral Lee Gunn stated: \n“Climate Change poses a clear and present danger to the United States of America. National security\, linked to energy security and economic growth\, which undergird all of our nation’s power\, can be achieved by taking action now to avert the worst consequences of climate change. The imperative\, then\, is for leadership and action on a global scale. The United States must act. The United States must lead.” \n  \nClimate change alone will not cause wars\, but it serves as an “Accelerant of Instability” or a “Threat Multiplier” that makes already existing threats worse. Resource scarcity\, extreme weather\, food scarcity\, water insecurity\, and sea level rise will all threaten societies around the world. Too many governments are not prepared for these threats\, either because they do not have the resources or because they have not planned ahead. How those societies respond to the increase in instability will determine whether climate change will lead to war. \n  \nAmerican Security Project’s Climate Security Report  discusses the strategic security imperative of climate change to the United States and the necessity to prepare for the changes that lie ahead. \n  \nAdditional Resources and Publication \nThe Global Security Defense Index on Climate Change \nClimate Change and U.S. Military Basing \nClimate Change and Global Security \nClimate Change and the Homeland \nClimate Change and National Security \nPay Now\, Pay Later \nClimate Security Homepage
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/climate-change-and-national-security-press-conference-chicago/
LOCATION:Vietnam Veterans Memorial – Chicago\, Wacker Dr & Wabash Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60601\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,Featured Event,National Security & Climate Change,National Security Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150428T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150428T140000
DTSTAMP:20180919T141908Z
CREATED:20150416T150254Z
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SUMMARY:ASU EVENT - Climate Change: Risks for National Security
DESCRIPTION:Climate Change: Risks for National Security \nDate\nApril 28th\, 2015 \nTime\n1:30pm – 3:00pm \nLocation\nArizona State University\, Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building 4\, Room 240 \nToday\, the U.S. Navy is preparing for an open Arctic\, the Marines are deploying in response to historic typhoons\, and the Army is preparing its bases to use less energy than they produce.\nClimate change is already a major consideration for US military planners. Meanwhile\, American politicians continue to ignore the issue.\nJoin us for a discussion with senior flag officers as they discuss the steps the US military has taken and future implications for our national security.\nSpeakers\nBGen Stephen Cheney\, USMC (Ret\,) \nStephen Cheney is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Security Project (ASP) and a member of the Department of State’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board.\nHe is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and has over 30 years experience as a Marine.  His career included a wide variety of command and staff positions with the operating forces and the supporting establishment.  His primary specialty was artillery\, but he focused extensively on entry-level training\, commanding at every echelon at both Marine Corps Recruit Depots\, to include being the Commanding General at Parris Island.  He served several years in Japan and has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East and Asia.\nOther selected highlights of his military career include tours as Deputy Executive Secretary to Defense Secretaries Cheney and Aspin; ground plans officer for Drug Enforcement Policy in the Pentagon; liaison to the Congressional Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces; and Inspector General of the Marine Corps.\nFollowing retirement from the Marines\, he became the Chief Operating Officer for Business Executives for National Security (BENS)\, in Washington\, D.C.\, and most recently was President/CEO of the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen\, Texas.\nHe is a graduate of the Marine Corps Command and Staff College\, the National War College\, and the University of Southern California.  He was a military fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City\, where he is a member. He is also a member of the Secretary of State’s International Security Advisory Board\nHe has been on the Board of Directors for ASP since 2006.\n \nLieutenant General John Castellaw\, USMC (Ret.)\nJohn “Glad” Castellaw is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Farmspace Systems a provider of precision agriculture services and equipment in the Mid-South.\nCastellaw graduated from the University of Tennessee\, Martin (UTM) in 1972 with a commission in the Marines and a degree in Agriculture. For 36 years he led Marines around the world while flying more than two dozen different types of aircraft. Castellaw served with the UN during the Siege of Sarajevo\, commanded the American force in the multi-national security and stability operation in East Timor\, and as the chief of staff for the U.S. Central Command at the height of the war in Iraq. His last tours were in the Pentagon where he oversaw Marine Aviation and then the Marine Corps budget.\nIn 2008\, he returned to Tennessee where he operates the family farm\, is a teaching fellow at UTM\, and on the board of the Bank of Crockett. Castellaw is the president of the non-profit Crockett Policy Institute and is a senior associate with the Washington based Corvus Group. Other national security affiliations include membership on the Nuclear Security Working Group\, the Climate Security Working Group\, and the board of the American Security Project.\nAs a retired service member\, Castellaw maintains a deep interest in National Security issues and in veterans’ affairs. He participates actively with various groups working to ensure this nation’s defense needs are met and serves on the Department of the Navy’s Naval Research Advisory Committee. As a veteran\, he is a member of the Marine Corps League\, The Marine Corps Association\, and The Naval Institute and is beginning his first term as the National Commander of the Marine Corps Aviation Association.\n \nAndrew Holland \nAndrew Holland is the American Security Project’s Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate. He is a Washington-based expert on energy\, climate change\, and infrastructure policy. He\nhas over seven years of experience working at the center of debates about how to achieve sustainable energy security and how to effectively address climate change.\nPrior to moving into the Think Tank world\, he was a Legislative Assistant on Energy\, Environment\, and Infrastructure for United States Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska from 2006 through 2008.  He also has experience working in the US House of Representatives for the House Ways and Means Committee and the Office of Congresswoman Roukema.\nHe holds a Master’s Degree in International Strategy and Economics from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and a  Bachelor’s Degree in History and Economics from Wake Forest University in North Carolina.\n \nResources:\nNational Security and Climate Change – Perspectives from the Military\nSecurity Impacts of Climate Change\nPay Now\, Pay Later: A State-by-State Assessment of the Costs of Climate Change\n \nABOUT THE AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT \nThe American Security Project is a non-profit\, non-partisan public policy and research organization dedicated to fostering knowledge and understanding of a range of national security issues\, promoting debate about the appropriate use of American power\, and cultivating strategic responses to 21st century challenges. For more information\, visit http://www.americansecurityproject.org.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/asu-event-climate-change-risks-for-national-security/
LOCATION:ASU\, 781 E. Terrace Mall\, Tempe\, AZ\, 85218\, US
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,Energy Security,National Security & Climate Change,National Security Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150410T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150410T110000
DTSTAMP:20150129T210127Z
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SUMMARY:Discussion with Gov. Christine Todd Whitman: Climate Change Calls for Clean and Safe Energy
DESCRIPTION:Governor Whitman at the World Affairs Council of Hilton Head Island as she discusses the important issue of climate change and its impact on clean\, safe energy. She will recount her experience as governor as well as the Administrator of the EPA. Come join this exciting event. \n  \nChristine Todd Whitman is the Chairwoman of American Security Project\, non-profit non-partisan DC based think tank that focuses on national security issues\, and the President of The Whitman Strategy Group (WSG)\, a consulting firm that specializes in helping leading companies find innovative solutions to environmental challenges. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nGovernor Whitman served in the cabinet of President George W. Bush as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from January of 2001 until June of 2003. She was the 50th Governor of the State of New Jersey\, serving as its first woman governor from 1994 until 2001. \nAs Governor\, Christie Whitman earned praise from both Republicans and Democrats for her commitment to preserve a record amount of New Jersey land as permanent green space. She was also recognized by the Natural Resources Defense Council as having instituted the most comprehensive beach monitoring system in the nation. As EPA Administrator\, she promoted common-sense environmental improvements such as watershed-based water protection policies.  She championed regulations requiring non-road diesel engines to reduce sulfur emissions by more than 95 percent.  Under her tenure\, the Agency established the first federal program to promote redevelopment and reuse of “brownfields”\, that is\, previously contaminated industrial sites. \nGovernor Whitman serves on the Board of Directors of S.C. Johnson and Son\, Inc.\, Texas Instruments Inc.\, and United Technologies Corporation. \nGovernor Whitman serves a number of non-profit organizations including heading the Trustees’ Executive Committee of the Eisenhower Fellowships. She co-chairs Clean and Safe Energy (CASE) with Ambassador Ron Kirk and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations\, the American Security Project and the Center for Sustainable Shale Development. \nGovernor Whitman holds a BA from Wheaton College in Norton\, MA\, and is married to John R. Whitman. They have two children and six grandsons.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/discussion-with-gov-christine-todd-whitman-climate-change-calls-for-clean-and-safe-energy/
LOCATION:First Presbyterian Church\, 540 William Hilton Pkwy\, Hilton Head Island\, SC\, 29928\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,National Security & Climate Change
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150326T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150326T163000
DTSTAMP:20180919T142017Z
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SUMMARY:TULANE UNIVERSITY EVENT - Climate Change: Risks for National Security
DESCRIPTION:Climate Change: Risks for National Security \nDate\nMarch 26th\, 2014 \nTime\n3:30pm – 5:30pm \nLocation\nKendall Cram Hall\, LBC – Tulane University: 201 Briggs Center\, New Orleans\, LA 70118 \nToday\, the U.S. Navy is preparing for an open Arctic\, the Marines are deploying in response to historic typhoons\, and the Army is preparing its bases to use less energy than they produce.\nClimate change is already a major consideration for US military planners. Meanwhile\, American politicians continue to ignore the issue.\nJoin us for a discussion with senior flag officers as they discuss the steps the US military has taken and future implications for our national security.\nSpeakers\n BGen Stephen Cheney\, USMC (Ret\,)\, is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Security Project (ASP) and a member of the Department of State’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board.\nHe is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and has over 30 years experience as a Marine.  His career included a wide variety of command and staff positions with the operating forces and the supporting establishment.  His primary specialty was artillery\, but he focused extensively on entry-level training\, commanding at every echelon at both Marine Corps Recruit Depots\, to include being the Commanding General at Parris Island.  He served several years in Japan and has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East and Asia.\nOther selected highlights of his military career include tours as Deputy Executive Secretary to Defense Secretaries Cheney and Aspin; ground plans officer for Drug Enforcement Policy in the Pentagon; liaison to the Congressional Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces; and Inspector General of the Marine Corps.\nFollowing retirement from the Marines\, he became the Chief Operating Officer for Business Executives for National Security (BENS)\, in Washington\, D.C.\, and most recently was President/CEO of the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen\, Texas.\nHe is a graduate of the Marine Corps Command and Staff College\, the National War College\, and the University of Southern California.  He was a military fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City\, where he is a member. He is also a member of the Secretary of State’s International Security Advisory Board\nHe has been on the Board of Directors for ASP since 2006.\n \nLt. General Dirk Jameson\, USAF (Ret.)\, served as Deputy Commander in Chief and Chief of Staff of U.S. Strategic Command before retiring from the U.S. Air Force in 1996 after more than three decades of active service. Gen. Jameson was responsible for directing the headquarters staff of 4\,000 men and women and participating in numerous nuclear forums with the leaders of the Russian Federation Strategic Rocket Forces. Prior to his StratCom assignment\, Gen. Jameson commanded the 14\,500 men and women of the U.S. 20th Air Force\, and was responsible for all U.S. Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles\, seven major subordinate units\, operational training\, testing\, security and readiness. Gen. Jameson also served as the Chief of Staff\, Strategic Air Command and commanded the USAF Strategic Missile Center at Vandenberg AFB\, California. There\, he directed the activities of the Air Force’s third largest base\, staffed with 10\,000 military\, civilian and contractor employees. General Jameson had numerous other nuclear related assignments including Director of Command Control\, Strategic Air Command\, 4th Air Division Commander and Commander of the 90th Strategic Missile Wing.\nSince retiring from the Air Force\, General Jameson has continued to serve in a number of private sector leadership positions. General Jameson received his undergraduate degree in Business Management from the University of Puget Sound\, an MBA in Business Management from Ohio State University\, and completed the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business Program for Senior Executives. General Jameson graduated from the National War College and attended the Harvard University Kennedy School National Security Program for Senior Executives.\n \nResources:\nNational Security and Climate Change – Perspectives from the Military\nSecurity Impacts of Climate Change\nPay Now\, Pay Later: A State-by-State Assessment of the Costs of Climate Change\n \nThis event sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program at Tulane University\nABOUT THE AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT \nThe American Security Project is a non-profit\, non-partisan public policy and research organization dedicated to fostering knowledge and understanding of a range of national security issues\, promoting debate about the appropriate use of American power\, and cultivating strategic responses to 21st century challenges. For more information\, visit http://www.americansecurityproject.org.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/tulane-university-event-climate-change-risks-for-national-security/
LOCATION:Tulane University\, 201 Briggs Center\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70118\, US
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,National Security & Climate Change,National Security Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150325T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150325T190000
DTSTAMP:20180919T140346Z
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SUMMARY:LSU EVENT - Climate Change: Risks for National Security
DESCRIPTION:Climate Change: Risks for National Security \nDate\nMarch 25th\, 2014 \nTime\n6:00pm – 8:00pm \nLocation\nDalton J. Wood Auditorium – Louisiana State University: Energy\, Coast and Environment Building\, Nicholson Drive\, Baton Rouge\, LA 70803 \nToday\, the U.S. Navy is preparing for an open Arctic\, the Marines are deploying in response to historic typhoons\, and the Army is preparing its bases to use less energy than they produce.\nClimate change is already a major consideration for US military planners. Meanwhile\, American politicians continue to ignore the issue.\nJoin us for a discussion with senior flag officers as they discuss the steps the US military has taken and future implications for our national security.\nSpeakers\n BGen Stephen Cheney\, USMC (Ret\,)\, is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Security Project (ASP) and a member of the Department of State’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board.\nHe is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and has over 30 years experience as a Marine.  His career included a wide variety of command and staff positions with the operating forces and the supporting establishment.  His primary specialty was artillery\, but he focused extensively on entry-level training\, commanding at every echelon at both Marine Corps Recruit Depots\, to include being the Commanding General at Parris Island.  He served several years in Japan and has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East and Asia.\nOther selected highlights of his military career include tours as Deputy Executive Secretary to Defense Secretaries Cheney and Aspin; ground plans officer for Drug Enforcement Policy in the Pentagon; liaison to the Congressional Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces; and Inspector General of the Marine Corps.\nFollowing retirement from the Marines\, he became the Chief Operating Officer for Business Executives for National Security (BENS)\, in Washington\, D.C.\, and most recently was President/CEO of the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen\, Texas.\nHe is a graduate of the Marine Corps Command and Staff College\, the National War College\, and the University of Southern California.  He was a military fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City\, where he is a member. He is also a member of the Secretary of State’s International Security Advisory Board\nHe has been on the Board of Directors for ASP since 2006.\n \nLt. General Dirk Jameson\, USAF (Ret.)\, served as Deputy Commander in Chief and Chief of Staff of U.S. Strategic Command before retiring from the U.S. Air Force in 1996 after more than three decades of active service. Gen. Jameson was responsible for directing the headquarters staff of 4\,000 men and women and participating in numerous nuclear forums with the leaders of the Russian Federation Strategic Rocket Forces. Prior to his StratCom assignment\, Gen. Jameson commanded the 14\,500 men and women of the U.S. 20th Air Force\, and was responsible for all U.S. Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles\, seven major subordinate units\, operational training\, testing\, security and readiness. Gen. Jameson also served as the Chief of Staff\, Strategic Air Command and commanded the USAF Strategic Missile Center at Vandenberg AFB\, California. There\, he directed the activities of the Air Force’s third largest base\, staffed with 10\,000 military\, civilian and contractor employees. General Jameson had numerous other nuclear related assignments including Director of Command Control\, Strategic Air Command\, 4th Air Division Commander and Commander of the 90th Strategic Missile Wing.\nSince retiring from the Air Force\, General Jameson has continued to serve in a number of private sector leadership positions. General Jameson received his undergraduate degree in Business Management from the University of Puget Sound\, an MBA in Business Management from Ohio State University\, and completed the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business Program for Senior Executives. General Jameson graduated from the National War College and attended the Harvard University Kennedy School National Security Program for Senior Executives.\n \nResources:\nNational Security and Climate Change – Perspectives from the Military\nSecurity Impacts of Climate Change\nPay Now\, Pay Later: A State-by-State Assessment of the Costs of Climate Change\n \nThis event sponsored by the School of the Coast and Environment or Louisiana State University\nABOUT THE AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT \nThe American Security Project is a non-profit\, non-partisan public policy and research organization dedicated to fostering knowledge and understanding of a range of national security issues\, promoting debate about the appropriate use of American power\, and cultivating strategic responses to 21st century challenges. For more information\, visit http://www.americansecurityproject.org.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/lsu-event-climate-change-risks-for-national-security/
LOCATION:Louisiana State University\, Nicholson Drive Extension\, Baton Rouge\, LA\, 70803\, US
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,National Security & Climate Change,National Security Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150212T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150212T100000
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SUMMARY:Building Effective Measures to Combat Climate Change – Does Divestment Work?
DESCRIPTION:Date\nThursday\, February 12\, 2015\n\n\nTime\n9:00am – 10:00am\n\n\nLocation\nNational Press Club – 529 14th Street NW\, Washington\, DC\n\n\n\n  \nOn Thursday\, February 12th\, the American Security Project\, a nonpartisan think-tank\, will publish a report on effective measures to tackle climate change. It will highlight the ineffectiveness of divestment as a way to fight climate change and call for a campaign that instead focuses on effective measures to reduce emissions.  The report will explore effective solutions that would actually reverse the effects of accelerating changes in our climate. \nClimate change is real and it is a direct challenge to our national security. As citizens\, we owe it to our family\, community\, and country to educate ourselves on the facts about climate change and how human activity is the primary cause. \nThe report will call for our country to focus on effectiveness as the measure of success. We need to durably reduce emissions now\, and we cannot waste our effort on campaigns like divestment that will not reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by a single molecule. \nJoin the American Security Project at the National Press Club as our speakers discuss the release of this paper.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/building-effective-measures-to-combat-climate-change-does-divestment-work-2/
LOCATION:National Press Club\, 529 14th Street\, NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20005\, US
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,Energy Security,Featured Event,National Security & Climate Change
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141119T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141119T110000
DTSTAMP:20180919T140044Z
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SUMMARY:FSC EVENT - Climate Change: Risks for National Security
DESCRIPTION:Climate Change: Risks for National Security \nDate\nNovember 19th\, 2014 \nTime\n10:30am – 12:00pm \nLocations\nLocation: Buckner Building\, Florida Southern College – 111 Lake Hollingsworth Dr\, Lakeland\, FL 33801 \nToday\, the U.S. Navy is preparing for an open Arctic\, the Marines are deploying in response to historic typhoons\, and the Army is preparing its bases to use less energy than they produce.\nClimate change is already a major consideration for US military planners. Meanwhile\, American politicians continue to ignore the issue.\nJoin us for a discussion with senior flag officers as they discuss the steps the US military has taken and future implications for our national security.\nSpeakers\nLieutenant General Claudia Kennedy\, USA (Ret.)\nLieutenant General Kennedy was the first woman to achieve the rank of three-star general in the United States Army. She served as the senior intelligence officer for U.S. Forces Command\, Deputy Commanding General for the Army Intelligence Center and School and completed her Army career as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence. She serves on the board of directors of the non-profit Population Action International and the advisory board of Opportunity International\, one of the world’s largest micro-finance organizations.\n \n \nLieutenant General Donald Kerrick\, USA (Ret.)\nLieutenant General Don Kerrick served in the United States Army for 30 years and retired as a three-star General. At retirement\, he was serving in the White House as the Deputy National Security Advisor to the President of the United States. He managed the nation’s deputies committee and was responsible for developing\, implementing\, and managing United States foreign and national security policies.\nFor five years after leaving the military\, Don Kerrick served as Vice President\, General Dynamics Advanced Information systems. Subsequently\, he is the Managing Director of Kerrick Consulting providing consulting services for select defense and intelligence clients. He serves on the Defense Intelligence Agency Advisory Board and is a Florida Southern College Trustee.\nDon Kerrick served\, by Presidential Appointment\, as a principal negotiator on the United States Balkans Peace Delegation that negotiated an agreement ending the Bosnian War. Later\, he was appointed by the President to serve on the Steering Committee for the Protection of the United States Critical Infrastructure and developed the blueprint for the structure and procedures designed to protect national critical infrastructure.\nOther significant military assignments include: Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Chief of Staff/Staff Director\, the National Security Council\, The White House; Director of Operations\, Defense Intelligence Agency; the Army Staff\, Commander 701st Military Intelligence Brigade and Field Station Augsburg\, Germany; and Commander 3rd Military Intelligence Battalion (Aerial Exploitation)\, Korea. Additionally\, he is a rated pilot in both rotary and fixed wing aircraft and is a multi-engine instructor pilot.\nDon Kerrick holds a Masters degree from the University of Southern California and a Bachelors degree and honorary Doctor of Diplomacy from Florida Southern College.\nAndrew Holland\nAndrew Holland is the American Security Project’s Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate. He is a Washington-based expert on energy\, climate change\, and infrastructure policy. He has over seven years of experience working at the center of debates about how to achieve sustainable energy security and how to effectively address climate change.\nPrior to moving into the Think Tank world\, he was a Legislative Assistant on Energy\, Environment\, and Infrastructure for United States Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska from 2006 through 2008.  He also has experience working in the US House of Representatives for the House Ways and Means Committee and the Office of Congresswoman Roukema.\nHe holds a Master’s Degree in International Strategy and Economics from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and a  Bachelor’s Degree in History and Economics from Wake Forest University in North Carolina.\nResources:\nNational Security and Climate Change – Perspectives from the Military\nSecurity Impacts of Climate Change\nPay Now\, Pay Later: A State-by-State Assessment of the Costs of Climate Change
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/fsc-event-climate-change-risks-for-national-security/
LOCATION:Florida Southern College\, 111 Lake Hollingsworth Dr.\, Lakeland\, FL\, 33801\, US
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,National Security & Climate Change,National Security Strategy
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20141120
DTSTAMP:20141013T185833Z
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SUMMARY:Geography 2050: Mounting an Expedition to the Future
DESCRIPTION:AN EVENT OF THE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY AND THE EARTH INSTITUTE\n\n\n\nDate: November 19th\n\n\nLocation: Low Memorial Library\, Columbia University\, 116th Street and Broadway\, New York City\, NY 10027\n\n\n\nThe world of 2050 will be radically different. It is not at all clear how we will get there from here and what we can do to navigate through the uncharted waters of the future. Climate change\, urbanization\, rapid expansion of the Internet and the availability and use of information\, the continued evolution of human identity\, and changing modes of commerce\, cooperation\, and conflict from local to global scales are just some of the many trends influencing the future. Each poses many challenges and opportunities for how we perceive and shape our world’s geography now and in coming decades. \nTo help lay the foundation for exploring these local\, regional and global challenges—and the investments in technology\, data\, laws\, policies\, and capacities needed to improve our ability to navigate through them—the American Geographical Society is collaborating with the Earth Institute\, Columbia University to organize an “Expedition to the Future.” \nThe one-day inaugural event\, to be held at Columbia’s Low Library in Manhattan\, offers an opportunity for thought leaders in industry\, government\, the social sector\, and academe to come together to think about collectively exploring the future\, and to examine how geography\, geographic thinking\, and geospatial data and technologies will enable this new age of exploration. \nThis inaugural event will focus the thought leaders in attendance on 6 major areas of focus. All seek to help us understand how our world will change geographically over time\, and the challenges that these processes pose as we seek to navigate an uncertain future.\nPopulations\, Shifting Identity\, and Well Being \nOver the next few decades\, the geography of human populations will change materially. Urbanization will continue\, and the concentration of people in coastal zones will increase. The geography of human well being will be re-written\, as health and wealth shift radically. And\, borders and sovereignty within borders will face and possibly succumb to new pressures as new social movements arise\, reshaping identity. \nClimate\, Risk and Opportunity \nThe onslaught of climate change will result in increased volatility in weather patterns and the resulting natural hazards that will impact populations along the coasts\, on islands\, in river basins\, and in inland agricultural areas. And the secular rise in sea level will only magnify the effects of these natural hazards. Additionally\, climate change will fundamentally remap the Arctic\, opening it up to intercontinental transportation\, energy and mineral exploitation\, and geopolitical competition. \nThe Future Energy Landscape \nWith huge changes in the geography of humanity\, the future energy landscape will also change enormously.The geography of global energy demand will evolve as developing nations increase their energy consumption to present day first world patterns. The acceleration of renewable energy development will change the nature of energy dependency between different regions\, and will change the landscapes on which we live. And\, the emergence of new fossil fuel resources will fundamentally alter the global network of exploitation\, distribution\, processing\, and consumption – re-writing power relationships across the globe. \nThe Emerging Geography of the Internet of Things \nThe Internet remapped the geography of human access to knowledge\, and what it meant to be connected to the global society. The Internet’s initial geography\, connecting government labs\, agencies and universities has expanded to touch billions of computers and mobile devices\, yet again remapping the distribution of societal capabilities. However\, this geography is far from ubiquitous\, and the spatial distribution of this digital divide materially shapes how societies can develop. The recent emergence of the Internet of Things promises to yet again reshape the geography of technical capability that societies have access to and can leverage to meet their goals. \nThe God’s Eye View \nIn the 20th Century\, human society came to understand its world geographically through a technical lens. Satellite and airborne remote sensing transformed how we observed and understood our planet. The rise of the Internet and social media opened up wholly new ways of thinking about the geography of human expression and activity. And\, as every living human becomes sophisticated\, location-aware sensor\, ground truth can be provided to validate broad-scoped change observed from above. How we understand our world’s geography in 2050 will be fundamentally different from our way of knowing our world only yesterday. \nInvestment\, Law and Policy \nIn order to successfully navigate our way to this new future\, deliberate action will be required in the realm’s of investment\, legal and policy development. The ability to properly observe and anticipate changes to our world’s geography – at a local\, regional and global scale – will require investment in new geospatial technologies\, data\, and methodologies. It will also require thoughtful engagement in legal and policy development (at local\, national\, and international levels) to ensure that these techniques and technologies are leveraged to meet societal goals\, so they do not become technics out of control. Geography 2050 will not just happen. It will be the sum of many thoughtful\, and perhaps thoughtless\, actions by the private\, public academic\, and social sectors.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/geography-2050-mounting-an-expedition-to-the-future/
LOCATION:Low Library\, Columbia University\, 2960 Broadway\, Manhattan\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,Energy Security,National Security Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141118T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141118T150000
DTSTAMP:20180919T132630Z
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SUMMARY:TAMPA EVENT - Climate Change: Risks for National Security
DESCRIPTION:Climate Change: Risks for National Security \nDate\nNovember 18th\, 2014 \nTime\n2:00pm – 4:00pm \nLocations\nLocation: Reeves Theater\, University of Tampa – 401 W Kennedy Blvd\, Tampa FL 33606 \nToday\, the U.S. Navy is preparing for an open Arctic\, the Marines are deploying in response to historic typhoons\, and the Army is preparing its bases to use less energy than they produce.\nClimate change is already a major consideration for US military planners. Meanwhile\, American politicians continue to ignore the issue.\nJoin us for a discussion with senior flag officers as they discuss the steps the US military has taken and future implications for our national security.\nSpeakers\nLieutenant General Claudia Kennedy\, USA (Ret.)\nLieutenant General Kennedy was the first woman to achieve the rank of three-star general in the United States Army. She served as the senior intelligence officer for U.S. Forces Command\, Deputy Commanding General for the Army Intelligence Center and School and completed her Army career as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence. She serves on the board of directors of the non-profit Population Action International and the advisory board of Opportunity International\, one of the world’s largest micro-finance organizations.\n \n \nLieutenant General Donald Kerrick\, USA (Ret.)\nLieutenant General Don Kerrick served in the United States Army for 30 years and retired as a three-star General. At retirement\, he was serving in the White House as the Deputy National Security Advisor to the President of the United States. He managed the nation’s deputies committee and was responsible for developing\, implementing\, and managing United States foreign and national security policies.\nFor five years after leaving the military\, Don Kerrick served as Vice President\, General Dynamics Advanced Information systems. Subsequently\, he is the Managing Director of Kerrick Consulting providing consulting services for select defense and intelligence clients. He serves on the Defense Intelligence Agency Advisory Board and is a Florida Southern College Trustee.\nDon Kerrick served\, by Presidential Appointment\, as a principal negotiator on the United States Balkans Peace Delegation that negotiated an agreement ending the Bosnian War. Later\, he was appointed by the President to serve on the Steering Committee for the Protection of the United States Critical Infrastructure and developed the blueprint for the structure and procedures designed to protect national critical infrastructure.\nOther significant military assignments include: Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Chief of Staff/Staff Director\, the National Security Council\, The White House; Director of Operations\, Defense Intelligence Agency; the Army Staff\, Commander 701st Military Intelligence Brigade and Field Station Augsburg\, Germany; and Commander 3rd Military Intelligence Battalion (Aerial Exploitation)\, Korea. Additionally\, he is a rated pilot in both rotary and fixed wing aircraft and is a multi-engine instructor pilot.\nDon Kerrick holds a Masters degree from the University of Southern California and a Bachelors degree and honorary Doctor of Diplomacy from Florida Southern College.\nAndrew Holland\nAndrew Holland is the American Security Project’s Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate. He is a Washington-based expert on energy\, climate change\, and infrastructure policy. He has over seven years of experience working at the center of debates about how to achieve sustainable energy security and how to effectively address climate change.\nPrior to moving into the Think Tank world\, he was a Legislative Assistant on Energy\, Environment\, and Infrastructure for United States Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska from 2006 through 2008.  He also has experience working in the US House of Representatives for the House Ways and Means Committee and the Office of Congresswoman Roukema.\nHe holds a Master’s Degree in International Strategy and Economics from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and a  Bachelor’s Degree in History and Economics from Wake Forest University in North Carolina.\nResources:\nNational Security and Climate Change – Perspectives from the Military\nSecurity Impacts of Climate Change\nPay Now\, Pay Later: A State-by-State Assessment of the Costs of Climate Change
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/tampa-event-climate-change-risks-for-national-security/
LOCATION:The University of Tampa\, 401 W Kennedy Blvd\, Tampa\, FL\, 33606\, US
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,National Security & Climate Change,National Security Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141117T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141117T103000
DTSTAMP:20141030T142207Z
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SUMMARY:ORLANDO EVENT - Climate Change: Risks for National Security
DESCRIPTION:Climate Change: Risks for National Security\n\n\n\nDate\nNovember 17th\, 2014\n\n\nTime\n8:00am – 10:30am\n\n\nLocation\nPegasus Ballroom – Student Union Building – University of Central Florida: 12715 Pegasus Dr.\, Orlando Fl 32816\n\n\n\nToday\, the U.S. Navy is preparing for an open Arctic\, the Marines are deploying in response to historic typhoons\, and the Army is preparing its bases to use less energy than they produce. \nClimate change is already a major consideration for US military planners. Meanwhile\, American politicians continue to ignore the issue. \nJoin us for a discussion with senior flag officers as they discuss the steps the US military has taken and future implications for our national security. \nSpeakers\nLieutenant General Claudia Kennedy\, USA (Ret.) \nLieutenant General Kennedy was the first woman to achieve the rank of three-star general in the United States Army. She served as the senior intelligence officer for U.S. Forces Command\, Deputy Commanding General for the Army Intelligence Center and School and completed her Army career as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence. She serves on the board of directors of the non-profit Population Action International and the advisory board of Opportunity International\, one of the world’s largest micro-finance organizations. \n  \n  \nLieutenant General Donald Kerrick\, USA (Ret.) \nLieutenant General Don Kerrick served in the United States Army for 30 years and retired as a three-star General. At retirement\, he was serving in the White House as the Deputy National Security Advisor to the President of the United States. He managed the nation’s deputies committee and was responsible for developing\, implementing\, and managing United States foreign and national security policies. \nFor five years after leaving the military\, Don Kerrick served as Vice President\, General Dynamics Advanced Information systems. Subsequently\, he is the Managing Director of Kerrick Consulting providing consulting services for select defense and intelligence clients. He serves on the Defense Intelligence Agency Advisory Board and is a Florida Southern College Trustee. \nDon Kerrick served\, by Presidential Appointment\, as a principal negotiator on the United States Balkans Peace Delegation that negotiated an agreement ending the Bosnian War. Later\, he was appointed by the President to serve on the Steering Committee for the Protection of the United States Critical Infrastructure and developed the blueprint for the structure and procedures designed to protect national critical infrastructure. \nOther significant military assignments include: Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Chief of Staff/Staff Director\, the National Security Council\, The White House; Director of Operations\, Defense Intelligence Agency; the Army Staff\, Commander 701st Military Intelligence Brigade and Field Station Augsburg\, Germany; and Commander 3rd Military Intelligence Battalion (Aerial Exploitation)\, Korea. Additionally\, he is a rated pilot in both rotary and fixed wing aircraft and is a multi-engine instructor pilot. \nDon Kerrick holds a Masters degree from the University of Southern California and a Bachelors degree and honorary Doctor of Diplomacy from Florida Southern College. \nAndrew Holland \nAndrew Holland is the American Security Project’s Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate. He is a Washington-based expert on energy\, climate change\, and infrastructure policy. He has over seven years of experience working at the center of debates about how to achieve sustainable energy security and how to effectively address climate change. \nPrior to moving into the Think Tank world\, he was a Legislative Assistant on Energy\, Environment\, and Infrastructure for United States Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska from 2006 through 2008.  He also has experience working in the US House of Representatives for the House Ways and Means Committee and the Office of Congresswoman Roukema. \nHe holds a Master’s Degree in International Strategy and Economics from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and a  Bachelor’s Degree in History and Economics from Wake Forest University in North Carolina. \nResources:\nNational Security and Climate Change – Perspectives from the Military \nSecurity Impacts of Climate Change \nPay Now\, Pay Later: A State-by-State Assessment of the Costs of Climate Change
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/orlando-event-climate-change-risks-for-national-security/
LOCATION:University of Central Florida\, 12715 Pegasus Dr.\, Orlando\, FL\, 32816\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,National Security & Climate Change,National Security Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141112T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141112T133000
DTSTAMP:20141028T192051Z
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SUMMARY:The U.S. – EU Strategic Partnership: Trade\, Energy\, and Security
DESCRIPTION:Date\nNovember 12\, 2014\n\n\nTime\n12:30pm – 1:30pm\n\n\nLocation\nAmerican Security Project\, 1100 New York Ave\, 7th Floor West Tower\, Washington DC 20005\n\n\n\n  \nNumerous strategic challenges and opportunities face the United States and European Union in 2015; some of which include: how to defeat ISIL\, the economic transformation of the Middle East\, negotiations around the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership\, energy security\, Russia\, effects from climate change\, and many more. \nJoin our high-level panel to discuss what it will mean for the strategic partnership with a new U.S. Congress\, new EU Commission\, and new EU Parliament. \nKeynote Address: DAS for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Julieta Valls Noyes \nPanel: \n\nPaul Adamson\, Editor in Chief of E!Sharp and Chairman of Forum Global\nSimon Rosenberg\, President of NDN\nOther panelists and speakers to be announced\n\nLunch refreshments will be served prior to the event from 12:00pm – 12:30pm. \n(Early response is encouraged\, as space is limited) \n\nSpeakers:\nJulieta Valls Noyes assumed her duties as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs in July 2013. Her duties include responsibility for managing relations with the European Union and Western Europe and the Public Diplomacy portfolio. \nPreviously she served as deputy executive secretary for the Department of State\, where she oversaw the preparation of briefing materials for the Secretary and other Department principals and managed travel by the Secretary of State. She led close to twenty trips by two Secretaries of State\, traveling over 200\,000 miles and visiting every continent. Ms. Noyes was deputy chief of mission and chargé d’affaires at the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See from 2008-2011\, where she managed the visit of President Obama to the Vatican in summer 2009. Prior to that assignment\, she was deputy director of the Operations Center\, the 24-hour crisis management and communications center of the State Department. \nMs. Noyes has also served as the director of the office of Multilateral and Global Affairs in the bureau of Democracy\, Human Rights and Labor and as deputy director of the office of Policy Planning and Coordination for the Western Hemisphere. While political chief at the U.S. Embassy in Panama from 1999-2002\, Ms. Noyes organized the ceremonies to transfer the Canal to Panamanian control and negotiated a Visiting Forces Agreement\, an achievement for she earned a Distinguished Service Award. Ms. Noyes has also served tours at the U.S. Embassies in Madrid and Guatemala\, as desk officer for Greece and Panama\, and as a vice consul on the Mexican border. \nMs. Noyes speaks Spanish\, Italian\, Portuguese\, and some French. A graduate of Wellesley College\, she has a Master’s Degree from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. She has received several Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards. \n  \n  \nPaul Adamson is the editor-in-chief and founding publisher of E!Sharp\, an on-line magazine on Europe and Europe’s place in the world. And Chairman of Forum Global. \nHe is also Senior European Policy Advisor at Covington and Burling. \nMr Adamson is a member of Rand Europe’s Council of Advisors and on the advisory boards of the polling/think tank YouGov-Cambridge and the Washington European Society. He is a trustee of the Citizenship Foundation\, a patron of the University Association of Contemporary European Studies (UACES) and a member of the UK Academy of Social Sciences. \nPaul is also on the advisory group of British Influence\, a new organization promoting the UK’s role in the European Union. Earlier in his career he founded the consulting firm Adamson Associates\, which was sold to WeberShandwick in 1998\, and the “think-do tank” The Centre\, which was sold to Edelman in 2010. \nIn 2012 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) ”for services to promoting understanding of the European Union”. \n  \n  \nSimon Rosenberg runs the pro-market\, center-left think tank NDN. He long been a leader in the trade community in Washington\, DC\, and has worked to pass every major trade agreement introduced since NAFTA in 1993. \nHe is a prominent commentator on global and domestic affairs in the national media\, appearing regularly on national television and in the nation’s top print outlets. He is a Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute\, a Member of the State Department’s Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy (ACICIP)\, and a Board Member of the Tisch School for Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University. \n  \n\n\nResources:\nThe US and EU Strategy to Defeat ISIL \nTTIP: A U.S. and European Perspective – Event Summary \nThe Green Side of Energy Security: EU event \nBeyond Rhetoric: How The U.S. Can Help Enhance European Energy Security \n  \nABOUT THE AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT \nThe American Security Project is a non-profit\, non-partisan public policy and research organization dedicated to fostering knowledge and understanding of a range of national security issues\, promoting debate about the appropriate use of American power\, and cultivating strategic responses to 21st century challenges. For more information\, visit www.americansecurityproject.org.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/the-u-s-eu-strategic-partnership-trade-energy-and-security/
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,Energy Security,National Security Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141014T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141014T190000
DTSTAMP:20180919T133757Z
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SUMMARY:INDIANAPOLIS EVENT – Climate Change: Risks for National Security
DESCRIPTION:Climate Change: Risks for National Security \nDate\nOctober 14th 2014 \nTime\n6:00pm – 8:00pm \nLocations\nLocation: Butler University\, Robertson Hall\, 4600 Sunset Ave.\, Indianapolis\, IN 46208 \nToday\, the U.S. Navy is preparing for an open Arctic\, the Marines are deploying in response to historic typhoons\, and the Army is preparing its bases to use less energy than they produce.\nClimate change is already a major consideration for US military planners. Meanwhile\, American politicians continue to ignore the issue.\nJoin us for a discussion with senior flag officers as they discuss the steps the US military has taken and future implications for our national security.\nSpeakers\nLieutenant General John Castellaw\, USMC (Ret.)\nJohn “Glad” Castellaw is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Farmspace Systems a provider of precision agriculture services and equipment in the Mid-South.\nCastellaw graduated from the University of Tennessee\, Martin (UTM) in 1972 with a commission in the Marines and a degree in Agriculture. For 36 years he led Marines around the world while flying more than two dozen different types of aircraft. Castellaw served with the UN during the Siege of Sarajevo\, commanded the American force in the multi-national security and stability operation in East Timor\, and as the chief of staff for the U.S. Central Command at the height of the war in Iraq. His last tours were in the Pentagon where he oversaw Marine Aviation and then the Marine Corps budget.\nIn 2008\, he returned to Tennessee where he operates the family farm\, is a teaching fellow at UTM\, and on the board of the Bank of Crockett. Castellaw is the president of the non-profit Crockett Policy Institute and is a senior associate with the Washington based Corvus Group. Other national security affiliations include membership on the Nuclear Security Working Group\, the Climate Security Working Group\, and the board of the American Security Project.\nAs a retired service member\, Castellaw maintains a deep interest in National Security issues and in veterans’ affairs. He participates actively with various groups working to ensure this nation’s defense needs are met and serves on the Department of the Navy’s Naval Research Advisory Committee. As a veteran\, he is a member of the Marine Corps League\, The Marine Corps Association\, and The Naval Institute and is beginning his first term as the National Commander of the Marine Corps Aviation Association.\nLieutenant General Arlen “Dirk” Jameson\, USAF (Ret.)\nLt. General Dirk Jameson served as Deputy Commander in Chief and Chief of Staff of U.S. Strategic Command before retiring from the U.S. Air Force in 1996 after more than three decades of active service. Gen. Jameson was responsible for directing the headquarters staff of 4\,000 men and women and participating in numerous nuclear forums with the leaders of the Russian Federation Strategic Rocket Forces. Prior to his StratCom assignment\, Gen. Jameson commanded the 14\,500 men and women of the U.S. 20th Air Force\, and was responsible for all U.S. Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles\, seven major subordinate units\, operational training\, testing\, security and readiness. Gen. Jameson also served as the Chief of Staff\, Strategic Air Command and commanded the USAF Strategic Missile Center at Vandenberg AFB\, California. There\, he directed the activities of the Air Force’s third largest base\, staffed with 10\,000 military\, civilian and contractor employees. General Jameson had numerous other nuclear related assignments including Director of Command Control\, Strategic Air Command\, 4th Air Division Commander and Commander of the 90th Strategic Missile Wing.\nSince retiring from the Air Force\, General Jameson has continued to serve in a number of private sector leadership positions. General Jameson received his undergraduate degree in Business Management from the University of Puget Sound\, an MBA in Business Management from Ohio State University\, and completed the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Business Program for Senior Executives. General Jameson graduated from the National War College and attended the Harvard University Kennedy School National Security Program for Senior Executives.\nAndrew Holland\nAndrew Holland is the American Security Project’s Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate. He is a Washington-based expert on energy\, climate change\, and infrastructure policy. He has over seven years of experience working at the center of debates about how to achieve sustainable energy security and how to effectively address climate change.\nPrior to moving into the Think Tank world\, he was a Legislative Assistant on Energy\, Environment\, and Infrastructure for United States Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska from 2006 through 2008.  He also has experience working in the US House of Representatives for the House Ways and Means Committee and the Office of Congresswoman Roukema.\nHe holds a Master’s Degree in International Strategy and Economics from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and a  Bachelor’s Degree in History and Economics from Wake Forest University in North Carolina.\nResources:\nNational Security and Climate Change – Perspectives from the Military\nSecurity Impacts of Climate Change\nPay Now\, Pay Later: A State-by-State Assessment of the Costs of Climate Change
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/indianapolis-event-climate-change-risks-for-national-security-2/
LOCATION:Butler University\, 4600 Sunset Ave.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46208\, US
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,National Security & Climate Change
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SUMMARY:What’s Next? Fostering the Next Generation of Energy Security Conference
DESCRIPTION:What’s Next? Fostering the Next Generation of Energy Security \nSeptember 30th\, 2014 \n9:00 am – 4:30 pm \nLocation: 1100 New York Avenue\, NW 7th Floor\, West Tower \n \nJoin ASP and our panelists in a discussion about the next generation of energy technology and climate policy.\nIn order to prevent the worst effects of climate change\, total warming must remain under a rise of two degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial baseline.\nLeaders of the G7 and the G20 have repeatedly stated they intend to meet that target. However\, the latest IPCC report\, released in April 2014\, showed that in order to even have a 50% chance of meeting that 2 degree limit\, total global emissions will have to peak around 2020 and will have to drop to around 50% below today’s levels by 2050.\nSuch a global effort would likely require developed countries like the U.S. to reduce emissions to around 80% below 2005 levels. This will not be easy.\nNo major country has a plan to meet this target. There is a clear disconnect between what we have committed to do (keep temperatures at a safe level) and the means with which we will do it.\nThat means we have to start thinking: How can we get to this target while remaining economically strong? In other words: What is the next generation of energy?\nASP’s conference on September 30\, 2014 will draw on expertise from industry\, academia\, government\, and NGOs to discuss the next generation of energy technology and climate policy.\nThis conference will discuss how to truly ensure that natural gas is the transition fuel that it has been touted as – not a “bridge to nowhere.”It will look at the challenges of how to bring more renewable power into an antiquated energy system – and how to overcome those challenges. It will discuss how to catalyze the development of new energy technologies that can bridge the gap between what has been promised and what current technology can achieve.\nIt is a mistake to think that the challenges we face today will be the challenges of tomorrow. It is an even bigger mistake to think that the technologies we have today will look like the technologies of tomorrow.\nWe must start thinking today\, in order to be prepared for tomorrow – in order to secure our American future.\nPanel One: Natural Gas/LNG – Using American Resources and Know-How to Build a World Market\nThe emerging geopolitics of energy shows why it is important for the United States to take a leadership role in exporting LNG. Internationally high demand and our domestic resources have created an opportunity to build a global\, market-based energy economy. This will be particularly important in preventing monopoly energy producers from using their control of gas markets to sway foreign policy.\nThis panel will discuss the importance of American producers joining the global LNG energy markets in ensuring geopolitical benefits for the U.S.\, and how the U.S. could use this opportunity to build an energy bridge to the future.\nChair: Marik String\nPanelists: Michael Levi\, Chris Guith\, Andrew Ware\n \nPanel Two: Renewable Transportation – Policy Options to Break the Oil Monopoly\nFor nearly a decade\, policymakers have attempted to more effectively incentivize the development of sustainable alternatives to petroleum as a transportation fuel. Mandates\, subsidies\, and other policies have succeeded in replacing 10% of the fuel supply with ethanol grown in the U.S. and have begun to create a network of battery-operated vehicles. But\, these efforts are as yet incomplete\, with further policy advances being hampered by the domestic boom in oil.\nThe U.S. Department of Defense is leading the way. They are pursuing plans to enhance our domestic advanced biofuel production. They are reducing petroleum use on the battlefield\, saving lives. They are using renewable energy\, microgrids\, and advanced batteries where appropriate.\nThese developments are important steps towards developing a real advanced biofuel industry that can help move us toward a point where we have other options for how to fuel our cars and trucks. Our panelists will discuss the ways in which biofuels and battery-operated vehicles are becoming a reality\, helping to finally break the American economy’s addiction to oil for transportation.\nChair: To Be Announced Shortly\nPanelists: To Be Announced Shortly\n \nPanel Three: Energy Technology of Tomorrow – What are the Breakthroughs – and how can Government foster that innovation?\nScientists at research universities\, private companies and national laboratories around the nation are making great strides in engineering new ways to generate energy. Nuclear power\, in particular\, could be poised to make a comeback. However\, private investors balk at funding development of untried technologies.\nThe government has an important role to play in bridging the gap to commercialization. Our panelists will discuss the chances of break-out designs in non-carbon based energy\, the ways in which the government has already played a part\, and how science can work with industry and policymakers to further diversify America’s energy mix.\nChair: Julia Pyper\nPanelists: Mark Haynes\, Jack A. Bailey\n \nPanel Four: Powering the Future – Prospects for Fusion Energy\nFusion energy is real\, and it is happening now. Through the cooperation of national and international governments\, universities and organization\, we are seeing the safest and cleanest form of energy becoming a global reality. As with biofuels\, renewables and other energy technologies\, fusion energy funding is also in dire need of assistance.\nOur panelists will discuss how fusion energy works\, what makes it the safest and cleanest form of energy that we can pursue\, how government and private sector investment is making it a viable energy option\, and the possible timeframes for “plugging into the grid.”\nChair: Kate Ling\nPanelists: Andrew Holland\, Nathan Gilliland\n \nResources:\nGeopolitical Reasons to Approve LNG Exports\nWHITE PAPER: America’s Energy Choices – 2014\nFACT SHEET: Bio Fuels and National Security\nReport – Small Modular Reactors\nFusion Power\nLockheed Martin Announces Plans to Build Ocean Thermal Pilot Plant\nWHITE PAPER: American Competitiveness Report – An Issue of National Security\n \nWhat’s Next? Fostering the Next Generation of Energy Security by The American Security Project\nSponsors Include:
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/whats-next-fostering-the-next-generation-of-energy-security-conference/
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,Energy Security,Fusion Energy,National Security Strategy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140922T153000
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SUMMARY:National Security and Climate Change – Perspectives from the Military
DESCRIPTION:National Security and Climate Change – Perspectives from the Military\n\n\n\nDate: Monday\, September 22\, 2014\n\n\nTime: 3:30pm – 4:30pm\n\n\nLocation: The Morgan Library\, 225 Madison Avenue\, New York City\, NY 10016\n\n\n\n  \nThe American Security Project\, the non-partisan national security think tank\, will host a panel discussion on the afternoon of Monday\, September 22 as a part of the Climate Group’s launch of Climate Week\, taking place at The Morgan Library\, 225 Madison Avenue. \nThe event provides views from three retired military leaders about the threats that climate change poses to security around the world\, and why action is necessary now. The senior military officers\, each with over 30 years of service to their countries\, will discuss how militaries around the world are preparing for climate change and how the national security community will be called on to help prevent the worst effects of a changing climate. \nRear Admiral Neil Morissetti (ret.) from the United Kingdom\, former Commander of the United Kingdom Maritime Forces\, now Director of Strategy at University College London’s Science\, Technology\, Engineering and Public Policy Department; will be joined by\, Major General Muniruzzaman (ret.) of Bangladesh\, former head of Bangladesh’s artillery forces\, now  President of the Bangladesh Institute for Peace and Security Studies;  and\, Brigadier General Stephen Cheney\, USMC (ret.)\, from the Unites States\, former Commanding General of Parris Island as well as former Inspector General of US Marine Corp\, now CEO of the American Security Project. \nThis important event will underscore that the military must care about the threats posed by climate change – such as natural disasters\, food and water insecurity\, migration\, state instability\, conflict\, and their own military bases. All of these will result in missions that the military must conduct.  They will make the case that action is important now. \nMany citizens and policymakers alike still see climate change as a low-priority\, “green” environmental issue. Held the day before the Secretary-General’s Climate Summit\, the panel discussion appropriately frames the issue – Climate Change is a National Security issue. \nThe panel is in conjunction with the ASP-hosted speech from Secretary of State John Kerry about the threats of climate change to security. \nwww.NationalSecurityandClimateChange.org \nSpeakers\nRear Admiral Neil Morisetti (Ret.) \nNeil Morisetti acted as the UK Foreign Secretary’s Interim Special Representative for Climate Change from January to October 2013. Prior to joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office he spent 37 years in the Royal Navy\, during which  time he commanded ships ranging in size from the patrol boat HMS CYGNET\, in Northern Ireland\, to the aircraft carrier HMS INVINCIBLE\, operating globally but principally in the Middle East. \nAs a Rear Admiral\, he was Commander of UK Maritime Forces before commanding the Joint Services Command and Staff College\, where he was responsible for the post graduate education of officers from sixty nations. His final appointment in the Royal Navy was as the UK Government’s Climate and Energy Security Envoy\, working for the MOD\, FCO and DECC to address the security implications of a changing climate and the impact on resource availability. \nA graduate of the University of East Anglia\, he has a BSc (Hons) in  Environmental Sciences \nMajor General Muniruzzaman (Ret.) \nMaj Gen Muniruzzaman (ret.) is President of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies\, (BIPSS) and Chairman of the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change. \nAs  a  senior  Officer  of  the  Bangladesh  Army\,  Maj  Gen  Muniruzzaman served  with  the  United  Nations  in  different  conflict  zones  as  an experienced international peacekeeper. \nHe headed the post-election UN stabilization mission in Cambodia.  General Munir was the Military Secretary to the President of Bangladesh and headed the government’s strategic think tank with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. \nThe BIPSS is a non-party\, non-profit organisation and an independent think tank devoted to studying peace and security issues related to South and Southeast Asia. The  Institute  seeks  to  bridge  the  gap  between  academic  research  and policy analysis within the context of Bangladesh and other countries of Asia. \nHe  is  the  editor  of  “Peace  and  Security  Review”\,  an  academic  journal published by BIPSS. \nBrigadier General Stephen Cheney USMC (Ret.) \nBGen Stephen Cheney USMC (Ret.) is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Security Project (ASP). He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and has over 30 years experience as a Marine.  His career included a wide variety of command and staff positions with the operating forces and the supporting establishment.  His primary specialty was artillery\, but he focused extensively on entry-level training\, commanding at every echelon at both Marine Corps Recruit Depots\, to include being the Commanding General at Parris Island.  He served several years in Japan and has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East and Asia. \nOther selected highlights of his military career include tours as Deputy Executive Secretary to Defense Secretaries Cheney and Aspin; ground plans officer for Drug Enforcement Policy in the Pentagon; liaison to the Congressional Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces; and Inspector General of the Marine Corps. \nFollowing retirement from the Marines\, he became the Chief Operating Officer for Business Executives for National Security (BENS)\, in Washington\, D.C.\, and most recently was President/CEO of the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen\, Texas. \nHe is a graduate of the Marine Corps Command and Staff College\, the National War College\, and the University of Southern California.  He was a military fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City\, where he is a member. He was appointed to the Secretary of State’s International Security Advisory Board in December\, 2013. \n  \nFor media inquires contact: \nAdin Dobkin\nGovernment & Media Affairs Officer\nadobkin@americansecurityproject.org \n  \nResources\nClimate Security Report \nWater Management in the American Southwest \nTen Key Facts – Climate Change \nThe Global Security Defense Index on Climate Change: Preliminary Results \nAmerica’s Energy Choices – 2014 \n  \nABOUT THE AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT \nThe American Security Project is a non-profit\, non-partisan public policy and research organization dedicated to fostering knowledge and understanding of a range of national security issues\, promoting debate about the appropriate use of American power\, and cultivating strategic responses to 21st century challenges. For more information\, visit www.americansecurityproject.org
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/national-security-and-climate-change-perspectives-from-the-military/
LOCATION:The Morgan Library\, 225 Madison Avenue\, New York City\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,National Security & Climate Change
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SUMMARY:INVITE- The 2014 Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review:  A Blueprint for State and USAID
DESCRIPTION:A Briefing and Q&A with Deputy Secretary of State Heather Higginbottom\, Assistant Administrator Alexander Thier and Special Representative for QDDR Thomas Perriello\n\n\n\n24 June 2014\n\n\n1230-1330\n\n\n Hart Senate Office Building – Room 902 \nLocated on Constitution Avenue\, between 1st and 2nd Streets\, NE \n\n\n\n\n\nLearn more about the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) process and how Congress can engage on this key briefing.\nThis is an opportunity to find out about this and to engage with key State Department and USAID figures about crucial QDDR issues\nLunch Refreshments will be served at 12.00. Discussion will begin promptly at 12.30   \nThe QDDR\n\nThe Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) is the Department of State’s signature review to guide a modern State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as they move into the future.  As a joint effort by the Department of State and USAID\, the review will identify policy priorities and the organizational capabilities needed to maximize the effectiveness of our diplomats and development professionals \nAt its core\, the QDDR aims to provide a blueprint for strengthening U.S. development and diplomatic efforts to best advance our national interests. \nThe 2014 QDDR builds upon the 2010 QDDR\, the first quadrennial review in the history of the Department and USAID\, begun by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.  The 2010 review launched a series of reforms in both government agencies\, elevated policy priorities such as energy\, economic diplomacy\, and support to women and girls; reestablished USAID as a premier development agency; improved budget management and strategic planning; and increasedcooperation among U.S. government agencies and with non-governmental actors. As part of a process of continuous improvement\, implementation of the 2010 QDDR continues.  The 2014 QDDR will advance the spirit and mission of the first review while focusing on a few key priorities to foster a State Department and USAID that are more nimble\, innovative and responsive.  Deputy Secretary of State Heather Higginbottom\, along with the USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah\, oversee the implementation of the QDDR; Thomas Perriello is the Special Representative for the QDDR. \nSpeakers\nHeather Higginbottom was confirmed by the US Senate in December 2013. In her current role as Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources\, she shares in the global responsibilities for US foreign policy and has programmatic oversight responsibilities for both the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development. She is the first female to become Deputy Secretary\, and prior to joining the State Department\, served as Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Ms. Higginbottom was also the first executive director the American Security Project. \nAlex Thier is USAID’s Assistant to the Administrator for Policy\, Planning\, and Learning (PPL). The PPL Bureau is USAID’s center for policy development\, strategic planning\, learning and evaluation\, and partner engagement. From  June 2010- June 2013\, Thier served as Assistant to the Administrator for Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs\, overseeing USAID’s two largest missions in the world. Before joining USAID\, Thier served with the U.S. Institute of Peace as senior rule of law adviser and director for Afghanistan and Pakistan from 2005- 2010   \nTom Perriello is the Special Representative for the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR)\, appointed by Secretary of State John Kerry in February 2014. Mr. Perriello previously served as a Congressman to Virginia’s Fifth District\, Special Advisor to the Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone\, a conflict analyst\, and CEO of Center for American Progress Action. He has worked and conducted research in a dozen countries and taught courses on transitional justice at the University of Virginia School of Law and University of Sierra Leone. He was a founding member of Leader Hoyer’s National Security Working Group\, and received the Truman National Security Project’s annual award for wise leadership on foreign policy. \nResources:\nASP QDDR Briefing Note \nText of the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review \nFact Sheet on the QDDR Remarks at the 2014 QDDR Launch \nOpinion: The QDDR and the Future of Diplomacy \n 
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/invite-the-2014-quadrennial-diplomacy-and-development-review-a-blueprint-for-state-and-usaid/
LOCATION:Senate Hart Building  – Room 902\, Constitution Avenue\, between 1st and 2nd Streets\, NE\, Washington \, 20009
CATEGORIES:American Security & The Oceans,Asymetric Operations,Climate Security,Egypt Strategic Partnership,Energy Security,National Security & Climate Change,National Security & Space,National Security Strategy,Nuclear Security,Public Diplomacy
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SUMMARY:SAN ANTONIO EVENT - Climate Change: Risks for National Security
DESCRIPTION:Climate Change: Risks for National Security \nDate\nJune 10th 2014 \nTime\n7:00pm – 9:00pm \nLocations\nLocation: University Presbyterian Church300 Bushnell Ave\, San Antonio\, TX 78212 \nToday\, the U.S. Navy is preparing for an open Arctic\, the Marines are deploying in response to historic typhoons\, and the Army is preparing its bases to use less energy than they produce.\nClimate change is already a major consideration for US military planners. Meanwhile\, American politicians continue to ignore the issue.\nJoin us for a discussion with senior flag officers as they discuss the steps the US military has taken and future implications for our national security. \nSpeakers\nBrigadier General Stephen A. Cheney\, USMC (Ret.)\nBrigadier General Cheney is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Security Project (ASP). He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and has over 30 years experience as a Marine.  His career included a wide variety of command and staff positions with the operating forces and the supporting establishment.  His primary specialty was artillery\, but he focused extensively on entry-level training\, commanding at every echelon at both Marine Corps Recruit Depots\, to include being the Commanding General at Parris Island.  He served several years in Japan and has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East and Asia\nOther selected highlights of his military career include tours as Deputy Executive Secretary to Defense Secretaries Cheney and Aspin; ground plans officer for Drug Enforcement Policy in the Pentagon; liaison to the Congressional Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces; and Inspector General of the Marine Corps.\nFollowing retirement from the Marines\, he became the Chief Operating Officer for Business Executives for National Security (BENS)\, in Washington\, D.C.\, and most recently was President/CEO of the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen\, Texas.\n \nLieutenant General Norman Seip\, USAF (Ret.)\nGeneral Seip was the Commander of 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern)\, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base\, Ariz. As the Commander\, Air Forces Southern\, a component to the Combatant Commander\, U.S. Southern Command\, he oversaw Air Force assets\, five forward-operating locations\, and civil and military engagements in Central and South America as well as the Caribbean. General Seip was a command pilot with more than 4\,500 flying hours\, primarily in fighter aircraft.\nHe flew the F-15E in support of operations Southern Watch\, Northern Watch and Iraqi Freedom. As the Deputy Combined Forces Air Component Commander for U.S. Central Command\, General Seip had a direct impact in supporting combat operations in operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom and Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. He currently serves on the Executive Advisory Council of MISSION READINESS: MILITARY LEADERS FOR KIDS\, a nonprofit\, bi-partisan organization of more than 140 retired senior military leaders.\n \nAndrew Holland\nAndrew Holland is the American Security Project’s Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate. He is a Washington-based expert on energy\, climate change\, and infrastructure policy. He has over seven years of experience working at the center of debates about how to achieve sustainable energy security and how to effectively address climate change.\nPrior to moving into the Think Tank world\, he was a Legislative Assistant on Energy\, Environment\, and Infrastructure for United States Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska from 2006 through 2008.  He also has experience working in the US House of Representatives for the House Ways and Means Committee and the Office of Congresswoman Roukema.\nHe holds a Master’s Degree in International Strategy and Economics from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and a  Bachelor’s Degree in History and Economics from Wake Forest University in North Carolina. \n \n \n \nThis is a joint event with The Texas Drought Project\n \nResources:\nNational Security and Climate Change\nSecurity Impacts of Climate Change\nPay Now\, Pay Later: A State-by-State Assessment of the Costs of Climate Change
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/san-antonio-event-climate-change-risks-for-national-security/
LOCATION:University Presbyterian Church\, 300 Bushnell Ave\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78212\, US
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,National Security & Climate Change
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