Risk and Military Planning

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Speakers

Max Boot

Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Janine Davidson

Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations

Theo Farell

Head of the War Studies Department, King's College London

Presider

John A. Nagl

Headmaster, The Haverford School; Former President, Center for a New American Security; Visiting Professor, King's College London

Experts discuss managing risk in military planning, the effects of sequestration on defense, and tradeoffs between risk and available resources.

This session is part of a CFR symposium, Risk and Strategy for the Changing World, which was made possible by the generous support of Rita E. Hauser, and organized in cooperation with King's College London.

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