• Workshop: “Discovering New Ways to Connect Research and Policy,” Bridging the Gap Program, Carnegie Corporation of New York, May 2016.


  • Panel Discussion: “The Future of U.S. Grand Strategy,” Advancing American Security, Charles Koch Foundation, Washington, DC, May 2016.


  • Talk: “The Enduring Relevance of Realism,” Naval War College and Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, May 2016.


  • Conference: “Thucydides and Xenophon on Civil-Military Relations in the Peloponnesian War,” The Liberty Fund, Monterey, CA, May 2016.


  • Talk: “Brent Scowcroft and Realism,” George Bush School of Government, Texas A&M University, April 2016. 


  • Talk: “Brent Scowcroft and Realism,” George Bush School of Government, Texas A&M University, April 2016. 


  • Convention: International Studies Association, Atlanta, GA, March 2016. Panel: “Challenges to the Civil-military Relationship in the 21st Century.” Chair. 


  • Paper: “Strategic Modernization Theory Drafts a Road Map into a Quagmire,” Department of Political Science, Baylor University, April 2016.

2016 Conferences, Seminars and Public Talks

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2018 Conferences, Seminars and Public Talks

2018 Conferences, Seminars and Public Talks

  • Conference: “New Dawn: Russia and the West after the US Presidential Elections,” The Atlantic Council, Washington, DC, November 2016 broadcast: https://www.c-span.org/video/?417917-1/atlantic-council-hosts-discussion-us-policy-toward-russia. Panel: “The Russian Factor in the US Presidential Elections.”


  • Book Workshop: "The Relevance Question: Social Science's Inconstant Embrace of Security Studies," Security Studies Program, MIT, Cambridge, MA, September 2016.


  • Convention: American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA, September 2016. Roundtable: “Nuclear Security: Past and Present.”


  • Interview: “Trump, Clinton and Foreign Policy: An Interview with Michael Desch,” The National Interest, Washington, DC, July 2016 [http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-skeptics/trump-clinton-foreign-policy-interview-michael-desch-17147].


  • Talk: “Realism as the Conservative Counter-weight to Our Liberal Excess,” Senate Republican National Security Steering Group, Washington, DC, July 2016.


  • Talk: “If, When, and How Social Science Can Contribute to National Security Policymaking,” CKI Salon, Washington, DC, July 2016.


  • Talks: “Where Does D-Day Fit in World War II?” and “What Are the Top Five Foreign Policy Challenges for the Next President?” Notre Dame Scenic Gem Cruise, France, June 2016.

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