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The Naval War College
returns to San Francisco
to present:
Global Hotspots
A Symposium Sponsored by the
Naval War College Foundation
The Marines’ Memorial
Club and Hotel
Saturday, March 28th, 2015
Naval War College Faculty return to San Francisco to present Global
Hotspots, A Symposium Sponsored by the Naval War College Foundation.
This year’s symposium features Emerging Threats Posed by ISIS, Maritime
Flash-Points on the Korean Peninsula; Russia-American Relations, A New
Cold War?; and Boko Haram and Urban Warfare.
This event is open to all who wish to attend and registration includes all
meals, breaks and reception.
To register online go to:
https://registration.nwcfoundation.org/SF2015
or call Steve Stasiuk at 401.848.8308
to register by phone.
We hope you’ll be able to join us!
Naval War College Foundation
686 Cushing Road
Newport, Rhode Island 02841
Global Hotspots
A Symposium Sponsored by the
Naval War College Foundation
Agenda
0730-0900 Sign-in/Continental breakfast:
Crystal Ball Room and Lounge (11th Floor)
0900-0915 Welcome/Introduction
0915-1030-Insecurity in the Middle East: The Rise of ISIS & Implications for Global
Peace by Dr. Hayat Alvi
1030-1045 Break
1045-1200-Dispute Over the Northern Limit Line: Maritime Flashpoint for Korea
by Dr. Terence Roehrig
1200-1300 Lunch
1300-1415 The Future of Urban Warfare by Dr. Richard Norton
1415-1430 Break
1430-1545 Russian-American Relations: A New Cold War? by Dr. Thomas Fedyszyn
1550-1700 Panel Discussion: Dr. Richard Norton (Moderator)
Dr. Hayat Alvi, Dr. Thomas Fedyszyn, Dr. Terence Roehrig
1700-1800 Cocktail reception
Speaker Biographies
DR. HAYAT ALVI
Regional Studies Group Scholar for the Greater Middle East
National Security Affairs, U.S. Naval War College
Dr. Alvi teaches the Theater Security and National Security Decision-Making courses: Security Strategies and Policy Analysis. She has served as the Director of International Studies at Arcadia University in
Glenside, PA. Dr. Alvi also taught Political Science at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, and she
has been a Fulbright Fellow in Damascus, Syria. Dr. Alvi’s specializations include International Relations, Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Islamic Studies, and Middle East and South Asian Studies. Dr. Alvi is a faculty editorial board member for the NWC student journal Luce; a member of the
Navy Language Action Panel (NLAP) and Language, Regional Expertise, Cultural Awareness (LREC);
and she is a participant in the Leader Development and Education for Sustained Peace Program
(LDESP). She is also listed as a scholar in Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace,
& World Affairs.
She is proficient in Arabic and Urdu.
DR. THOMAS FEDYSZYN
Director of the Europe-Russia Studies Group
National Security Affairs, U.S. Naval War College
Dr. Thomas Fedyszyn has been a member of the U.S. Naval War College’s Naval Security Affairs faculty
since 2000 and serves as the College Director of the Europe-Russia Studies Group. He received a Ph.D.
from the Johns Hopkins University in Political Science while on active duty. His 31-year naval career
included military assignments as the U.S. Naval Attaché to Russia and two tours at NATO Headquarters
in Brussels. A former surface warrior, he commanded the USS Normandy (CG 60) and USS William V.
Pratt (DDG 44). He was a principal contributor to both the Lehman-era Maritime Strategy and NATO’s
Strategic Concept (1991) following the Cold War. As a leader within NATO’s Partnership for Peace Consortium, he is responsible for the Defense Education Enhancement Program (DEEP) in Azerbaijan. He
has developed recognized expertise and has published widely in maritime strategy, NATO strategy and
the Russian Navy. His most recent articles are, “The Russian Navy ‘Rebalances’ to the Mediterranean”
(U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings Dec 2013) and “Russia’s Navy Rising” (The National Interest Dec. 30,
2013).
DR. RICHARD J. NORTON
Professor
National Security Affairs , U.S. Naval War College
Dr. Norton holds a doctorate in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy;
and retired from the United States Navy in 1996, with the rank of Commander. While on active duty, he
served extensively at sea on cruisers and destroyers. He also served on Capitol Hill as a Senate Liaison
Officer with the Navy’s Office of Legislative Affairs and with several political-military assignments on
senior staffs. His military professional experience is focused in surface naval operations and national
security policy. He has published extensively on failed states, humanitarian early warning, African
regional military affairs and related peacekeeping, humanitarian and refugee operations as well as numerous case studies concerning emerging security and leadership issues. Three national security volumes he has edited have been published by the Naval War College Press. Professor Norton has been also
appeared as a guest on several programs on U.S. and Canadian public radio. He also teaches courses on
military history. His most recent areas of research include the topic of feral cities - selected by the New
York Times as one of the “ideas of 2004,” policy dilemmas associated with the U.S. ,-Venezuelan relationship, maritime piracy and assisting the Ethiopian National Defense Forces in developing curriculum
for the Ethiopian Defense Command and Staff College.
DR. TERENCE ROEHRIG
Director, Asia-Pacific Studies Group
National Security Affairs, U.S. Naval War College
Dr. Terence Roehrig is Professor of National Security Affairs, the Director of the Asia-Pacific Studies
Group, and teaches in the Security Strategies sub-course. He has been a Research Fellow at the Kennedy School at Harvard University in the International Security Program and the Project on Managing
the Atom and a past President of the Association of Korean Political Studies. He has published several
books, numerous articles and book chapters on Korean and East Asian security issues, North Korea’s
nuclear weapons program, the Northern Limit Line dispute, the South Korean Navy, deterrence, the
U.S.-South Korea alliance, human rights, and transitional justice. His work appears in the journals,
Asian Affairs, Asian Politics and Policy, Human Rights Quarterly, International Journal of Korean
Studies, Journal of Asian and African Studies, Korea Observer, North Korean Review, Pacific Focus, and
World Affairs, and he has given presentations to groups at US Forces Korea and the U.S. Embassy in
Seoul along with JCS J-5 in South Korea. Dr. Roehrig received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MA from Marquette University, both in political science