Special Edition - Fall 2005 Vol 29:3

 

The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs is excited to announce the special edition publication of the proceedings from the conference entitled Preemptive Use of Force: A Reassessment.

Since the publication of the Bush Administration's National Security Strategy Statement in September 2002, few issues have dominated the foreign policy agenda like the subject of preemptive use of force. The purpose of the conference was to bring together leading thinkers to share their timeless ideas on the legal, strategic, diplomatic and military issues raised by the policy.

 

Keynote Address

John R. Bolton, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, U.S. Department of State

 

Panel 1: The Legal Framework

Michael J. Glennon, The Fletcher School, moderator
Gilles Andréani, Director of Policy Planning, French Foreign Ministry
Jack Goldsmith, Harvard University Law School
Sean Murphy, George Washington University Law School

 

Panel 2: The Strategic Environment

Dean Stephen W. Bosworth, The Fletcher School, moderator
Ivo Daalder, The Brookings Institution
Lt. Gen. Bernard E. Trainor, (USMCret.), Council on Foreign Relations
Stephen Walt, The Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

 

Luncheon Remarks

Rudolf Scharping, Visiting Professor at The Fletcher School and former German Defense Minister and member of Bundestag

 

Panel 3: Politics and Diplomacy

Alan Henrikson, The Fletcher School, moderator
Hans Binnendijk, Center for Technology and National Security Policy, NDU
Antonia Chayes, The Fletcher School
Robert Litwak, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

 

Panel 4: The Military and Operational Aspects of Preemption

Stephen Flanagan, Institute for National Strategic Studies, NDU, moderator
Elaine Bunn, Institute for National Strategic Studies, NDU
Ashton Carter, The Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Col. Charles Lutes, Institute for National Strategic Studies, NDU