Ambassador Aung Lynn: Myanmar’s View of Asia (Video)
Ambassador Lynn predicts that Myanmar will continue to have an important role in regional politics as it seeks to balance the pursuit of its national interests with efforts to ensure peaceful coexistence among the region’s members.
Dr. Carter Malkasian: Illusions of Victory in Iraq and Afghanistan
Dr. Malkasian currently serves as Special Assistant to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He has extensive experience working in conflict zones including two years spent as a State Department Political Officer in Afghanistan.
Mikhail Arsentiev: Immigration Law and National Security
Arsentiev concludes that recent terrorist attacks occurred primarily as a result of a discrepancy between immigration laws and the enforcement of these laws and demonstrated that the individuals who perpetrated these attacks entered the U.S. without undergoing USCIS inspection.
Dr. Christopher Yung: China’s Developing Naval Force Structure (Video)
Dr. Yung opened his presentation by emphasizing what he believes is the biggest contemporary threat to US national security: avoiding systemic conflict with China.
Paddy Hayes: British Secret Intelligence Operations in the Cold War
Intelligence historian Paddy Hayes describes the wide variety of anti-Communist actions that MI6 was involved in throughout the Cold War, including the recruitment of sources, political influence operations, technical attacks, and intelligence operations.
