According to the FPRI sites, "In the wake of 9/11, President George W. Bush announced that henceforth those states that harbored or fostered terrorism would be held as accountable as the terrorists. The translation of the war on terrorism from groups to state meant either to change a government's behavior, or, failing that, to change the government itself. Military force might overthrow a regime such as the Taliban or Saddam's Iraq but what would be put in its place? And how could the United States and its allies assure the success of the new political order? In 2005, the Foreign Policy Research Institute initiated a pair of studies that would analyze the lessons learned thus far from what the military calls Phase IV, or stabilization and reconstruction following the end of major conflict. Andrew Garfield led a British and American research team that interviewed British officers and officials for their perspectives on the efforts of their U.S. Coalition partner in Iraq. Frank G. Hoffman surveyed U.S. Marine efforts in Iraq. In this presentation, Andrew Garfield and Frank G. Hoffman present the newly completed studies, designed to aid U.S. military and civilian planners to refine a set of best practices, including a set of principles that can become a consensus, as the U.S. confronts a long and difficult struggle."

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Charles Krauthammer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary and writer of a nationally syndicated column for The Washington Post, traces the path of the United States from its rise as a world power following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to its current entanglement in the Middle East. He argues that the apparent failure of democracy in Iraq is not the fault of U.S. policy but the result of the unique history and culture of Iraq.

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Harvey Sicherman, president of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, discusses Benjamin Franklin's work as a diplomat in France, securing French support of the colonists in the American Revolution.

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Robert D. Kaplan, a Foreign Policy Research Institute Senior Fellow, a national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly and the Class of 1960 Distinguished Visiting Professor in National Security at the U.S. Naval Academy, discusses his latest book Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts: The American Military in the Air, at Sea, and on the Ground. He examines the actions of the American military worldwide, arguing that the U.S.'s preoccupation with the Middle East may lead to the rise of military power, meanwhile, in Asia.

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Don Snider of the U.S. Army War College; Lt. Gen. Gregory Newbold of the U.S. Marine Corps; Peter Hegseth of Vets for Freedom; and Lt. Gen. Dennis McCarthy, Executive Director of the Reserve Officers Association, discuss several questions related to military-civilian relations: "What is the line on offering advice?," "How much can/should the military speak out?," "What are the ethical dimensions of serving both branches of government?," "What is the obligation that senior officers owe to their seniors, and to their juniors?," and "How much should officers be involved in the media?"

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Bernard Carreau of the National Defense University, Nadia Schadlow of the Smith Richardson Foundation, Heather A. Coyne of the United States Institute for Peace, and Frank Offman of the Foreign Policy Research Institute discuss several questions related to international interagency policy: "Who has the lead on the ground overseas?," "Is the military the supporting or supported actor?," "What are the implications?," "How can the interagency process contribute to complex operations?," "Should the military prepare to take on more state-building functions?," and "What are the possible problems?"

Zuhdi Jasser of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy discusses the modern U.S. relationship with Islam, both internally and in foreign relations, and critiques the institutions and viewpoints, both within the U.S. and within Islam, that he believes need to change before a peaceful, democratic balance can be reached between Islam and U.S. democracy.

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Harvey Sicherman of the Foreign Policy Research Institute discusses the history of U.S. policy and interventions in the Arab-Israeli Conflict, following forward particularly from Clinton's term in office through George W. Bush's actions and policies.

Edward Schultz of the University of Hawaii gives a basic outline of the history of Korea, focusing on its importance to the global community and on resources educators can use to teach about Korea.

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Don Oberdorfer of Jon Hopkins University outlines the history of U.S. foreign relations with Korea, from World War II and its division into North and South Korea, through the Korean War, up to the present day and the President George W. Bush's inclusion of North Korea in his "Axis of Evil." Oberdorfer looks particularly at North Korean nuclear production and U.S. and global reactions (and possible future reactions) to this development.

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