Duke University Program in
American Grand Strategy
Shadow Government
The Wall Street Journal
Where Policy Makers are Born December 20, 2008
The prestigious and influential Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy at Yale University has become the inspiration for a series of similar programs at colleges and universities around the United States. With seed money provided by financier and philanthropist Roger Hertog, Duke and other institutions are developing their own versions of the Yale program, playing to their local strengths and interests. Duke Professor Peter Feaver approached Mr. Hertog in the fall of 2007 and won the grant in Mr. Hertog's initiative.
The Chronicle
Alumnus talks 'Strategy' in Sanford
September 11, 2009On September 10, John Hillen, Trinity '88 and former assistant secretary of state for political and military affairs under President George W. Bush, engaged an audience of students and faculty on the topic of grand strategy. “Life is not a linear process, and neither is strategy,” Hillen said to a full lecture hall at the Sanford School of Public Policy. He discussed at length the challenges to implementing Grand Strategy, reflecting on his policymaking experiences. The talk was sponsored by the Duke University Program in American Grand Strategy and the Triangle Institute for Security Studies.
O'Sullivan
http://dukechronicle.com/article/former-deputy-urges-new-war-strategy
“Former deputy urges new war strategy”
“Counterinsurgency and the War in
Afghanistan”
January 14, 2009
Brig. Gen. H.R.
McMaster spoke on “Counterinsurgency and the War in Afghanistan” on
September 21, 2009 in the Sanford School of Public Policy. The
American Grand Strategy Program and the Triangle Institute for
Security Studies co-sponsored the event. The General served in Iraq
in both Desert Storm and in 2005, worked on the surge in Iraq, and
now directs the Concept Development and Experimentation in the Army
Capabilities Integration Center. McMaster gave a summary of the
United States’ history with Pakistan and Afghanistan and previous
counterinsurgency efforts. He described Al-Qaeda as “an enemy that’s
worth defeating and it’s an enemy that does have some real
weaknesses.”
NYT Reporter Discusses the Election October 24, 2008
David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, spoke to students about covering the Bush Administration, and gave his thoughts on the challenges facing the new president. Sanger cited the Administration's mistakes regarding Iraq and Iran, but credited the six-party talks with North Korea as a major Bush accomplishment. Sanger spoke about the contrasting styles of the two previous executives - the very talkative Clinton Administration, and the very closed to the press Bush Administration.
Kennedy Surveys US Power Politics March 6, 2009
Historian Paul Kennedy addressed a large audience at Duke University on March 5, 2009. His talk, part of the Provost's Lecture Series, focused on measuring current American power using the three indicators of military , economic and "soft" power. Kennedy argued that American power is in relative decline, before touching on the possibility of renewal under the new administration. Kennedy is Director of International Security Studies at Yale, and is best known for his 1987 work "The Rise and Fall of Great Powers".
Terry Sanford Institute News
Yale Professor Presents "Grand Strategy" February 27, 2009
John Lewis Gaddis gave the Von der Heyden Distinguished Lecture on February 26, 2009 in front of a large crowd at Duke's Sanford Institute of Public Policy. Drawing upon historical and contemporary examples, Gaddis defined and framed American grand strategy, referring to it as an "ecological strategy" to be viewed in a broad global context. The talk kicked off the Triangle Institute for Security Studies' two-day conference on American Grand Strategy After War.