OUR OCTOBER PROGRAM John Deni, US Army War College, presents: “NATO and Article 5: The Transatlantic Alliance and the Twenty-first Century Challenges of Collective Defense”

“NATO and Article 5: The Transatlantic Alliance and

the Twenty-first Century Challenges of Collective Defense”

Date:  Thursday, October 18, 2018

Time:  Membership Social at 7:30 p.m.  Program at 8:00 p.m.

Location: SKIDAWAY ISLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
50 DIAMOND CAUSEWAY, SKIDAWAY ISLAND. Directions and Map

Access: Open to the public and free for members, students and accompanying family members, educators, and active military and their dependents. $10.00 charge for non-members.

Professor John R. Deni

Speaker’s Biography:

JOHN R. DENI is a Research Professor of Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Multinational (JIIM) Security Studies at the U.S. Army War College’s (USAWC) Strategic Studies Institute (SSI). He is also an adjunct lecturer at the American University’s School of International Service. Previously, he worked for 8 years as a political advisor to senior U.S. military commanders in Europe. Prior to that, he spent 2 years as a strategic planner specializing in U.S. security cooperation and military-to-military relations. While working for the U.S. military in Europe, Dr. Deni was also an adjunct lecturer at Heidelberg University’s Institute for Political Science—there, he taught graduate and undergraduate courses on U.S. foreign and security policy, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), European security, and alliance theory and practice. With degrees from the College of William & Mary, American University, and George Washington University, Dr. Deni has spoken at conferences and symposia throughout Europe and North America. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of seven books, including NATO and Article 5, along with authoring several peer-reviewed monographs and journal articles.

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SAVE THE DATES FOR UPCOMING PROGRAMS

November 1,  SCWA International Trivia Night. Click HERE for details.

Thursday, November 15:  Liz Brailsford, Chief Operating Officer of the World Affairs Councils of America, will be our guest speaker.

Thursday December 6:  W. Gyude Moore, visiting fellow at the Center for Global Development, will present: China, Africa, and the “Debt Trap” Diplomacy

Meeting dates for 2019 have been selected (Jan. 17, Feb. 21, March 21, April 18 and May 9) and we will announce our line-up of speakers later this fall.