JINSA Conference on Natural Resources and National Security : Sources of Conflict and the U.S. Interest
On Monday 8 May, JINSA hosted a conference on a key subject facing American military planners today — the conflicts and potential conflicts engendered by natural resources in Central Asia and the Caucasus; the Middle East and North Africa; and Asia and the Pacific Rim. This is the third time JINSA has had the U.S. Army War College as a co-sponsor, and this year we are also working in cooperation with the Heritage Foundation and the ARI Movement in Turkey.
On Monday 8 May, JINSA hosted a conference on a key subject facing American military planners today — the conflicts and potential conflicts engendered by natural resources in Central Asia and the Caucasus; the Middle East and North Africa; and Asia and the Pacific Rim. This is the third time JINSA has had the U.S. Army War College as a co-sponsor, and this year we are also working in cooperation with the Heritage Foundation and the ARI Movement in Turkey.
Boundaries, as traditionally understood, have been radically transformed. Satellites, Internet and fax in the positive sense — ballistic missiles and cyber-terrorism in the negative — make it possible for people to reach one another in ways previously limited by geography and the ability to lay cables. But territory with crucial natural resources and commercial routes remains a point of conflict.
Agenda
Keynote Address: “What Would it Take to Change the Value of Territory?” The Hon. R. James Woolsey, Former Director, Central Intelligence
Panel: Central Asia and the Caucasus “Central Asia in a New Security Context,” Prof. Stephen Blank, US Army War College “China’s Role in Central Asia,” Prof. June Teufel Dreyer, University of Miami, Coral Gables
Panel: Asia “Geostrategy & Geopolitics,” Dr. Larry Wortzel, The Heritage Foundation “China, Offshore Oil & International Relations, ” Prof. Mark Valencia, East West Center, Honolulu “China’s Water Diversion and Its International Implications,” Prof. Sen Dou Chang, University of Hawaii “American Interests in the Region,” The Hon. Harvey Feldman, The Heritage Foundation
Luncheon Address: “Geopolitics and U.S. Foreign Policy” Dr. Stephen D. Bryen, former Director, Defense Technology Security Agency
“Resources of Central Asia & the Caspian Region,” Mr. Robert Ebel, CSIS, Washington, DC
Panel: The Middle East “Regional Resources,” Dr. Paul Michael Wihbey, IASPS, Washington, DC “The Geopolitics of Caspian Resources: Turkey and the Power Struggle,” Dr. Necdet Pamir, Center for Eurasian Studies “The Waters of the Nile — Egypt & Ethiopia between Conflict and Progress,” Prof. Haggai Erlich, Tel Aviv University “American Interests in the Middle East,” The Hon. John Bolton, American Enterprise Institute