Please join us for the 2012 U.S. Army War College Strategy Conference to be held at historic Carlisle Barracks from 10-12 April. The conference this year is titled “The Future of U.S. Grand Strategy in an Age of Austerity: Challenges and Opportunities.” To attend, please register at the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) Website http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/conf/.

During the past few years, we have witnessed profound shifts in the U.S. and the global economy, leading many to believe we have entered a fundamentally new era in which U.S. national security must be assured with significantly fewer resources. Additionally, many view the concept of national security in much broader terms than in the past. This era of constrained resources involves more than just budget reductions; it affects the people needed, the skills they must have, and the nation’s capabilities for developing them.

At the same time the second decade of the 21st Century begins with many questions and few answers concerning the changing global security environment, and the appropriate strategic choices the United States must make to address it. We selected the conjunction and interaction of these two high-order shifts as the focus for the XXIII Annual U. S. Army War College Strategy Conference. These are just some of the larger issues we will address. Our topic will prove to make this conference a lively, interesting, and penetrating exploration of strategic challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

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