Past Events

Joint Research Project
June 1, 2008
Programs:
Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services (ALLIES)

Conduct a Joint Research Project (JRP) with cadets and midshipmen from the Service Academies in Amman, Jordan to explore the impact of the war in Iraq on Jordanian civil society.

Purposes of the research project are:

  • Bring students, cadets, and midshipmen together to build a comprehensive understanding civil-military perspectives issues on national policy by comparing and contrasting perspectives.
  • Gain personal understanding of the impacts of US foreign policy on local populations.
  • Develop lasting relationships between the team members and with the people visited to create alternative mechanisms for dialogue and conflict resolution.
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Fuerzas Aliadas Humanitarias (FA HUM)
May 12, 2008
Programs:
Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services (ALLIES)

FA HUM 08 is a USSOUTHCOM/Salvadoran Ministry of Defense-sponsored, regionally-oriented disaster relief exercise, involving military and civilian agencies from the Western Hemisphere. The exercise enhances military-to-military, military-to-civilian, and civilian-to-civilian contacts between participating organizations and promotes regional cooperative engagement.

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ALLIES Networking Trip
April 29, 2008
Programs:
Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services (ALLIES)

IGL INSPIRE Fellow Gregg Nakano, Tufts Professor Paul Joseph, George Kosar (Associate Director of
Tufts' Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations), and IGL Director Sherman Teichman traveled to
Washington, D.C, Carlisle, PA, and Annapolis, MD to: develop and strengthen relationships in the ALLIES

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U.S-China relations: A Forward View on Issues of Global Security
April 11, 2008
Programs:
Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services (ALLIES)

This symposium, spearheaded by ALLIES senior Leah Averitt, served as an academic discourse into determining how certain aspects of the Sino-US relationship will evolve in the years to come and what implications these will have in the future. This one-day symposium was comprised of panel discussions, small discussion groups, and a keynote address.

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ALLIES leadership briefs representatives from United States Naval Academy
February 3, 2008
Programs:
Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services (ALLIES)

ALLIES leadership briefs representatives from United States Naval Academy Department of Humanities and Social Science, USAID/OMA, Interaction, Reserve Officers Association, United States Institute of Peace (USIP), DoS S/CRS, and GMU/POPP Civil Affairs conference.   As a result of the meetings:

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Discussion of Undergraduate Curriculum
January 9, 2008
Programs:
Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services (ALLIES)

ALLIES leadership met with representatives from OSD Stability Operations, USAID Office of Military Affairs (OMA), DoS Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS), House Armed Services Committee, New America Foundation and Institute for Defense Analyses.

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The Future of US Civil-Military Relations
December 1, 2007
Programs:
Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services (ALLIES)

At the end of the first semester, ALLIES co-sponsored an all day symposium with the Tufts Democrats. The symposium, “The Future of U.S. Civil-Military Relations,” examined civil-military relations from a non-partisan point of view. Dr. Mackubin Owens, professor at the Naval War College, and Dr.

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Challenges and Dilemmas of U.S. Civil Military Relations in the 21st Century
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December 1, 2007
Cabot 205 | Tufts University Campus | (All day)-(All day)
Programs:
Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services (ALLIES)

An Issues of the Future symposium

11:00-12:00: What is the Role of the Military in a Democracy?
Dr. Harvey Sapolsky- Prof. at MIT and Dr. Mac Owens- Prof. at Naval War College

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Intellectual Roundtable: “Classroom for the Leadership of 2050”
November 8, 2007
Programs:
Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services (ALLIES)

This fall, ALLIES held its first-ever Intellectual Roundtable. Participants drawn from the military, US government, civil society, and academia grappled for a day and a half with the needs for civil-military education to create the agile, inter-agency leaders required to integrate all aspects of US foreign policy—development, diplomacy, and defense—for the future.

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Student Conference on United States Affairs
October 31, 2007
Programs:
Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services (ALLIES)

ALLIES members Leah Averitt (08) and Chas Morrison (11) attended the 59th annual Student Conference on United States Affairs (SCUSA) at West Point. The year’s theme was “Uncertain Future: Freedom, Security, and Responsibility.” SCUSA brings together students from over 100 colleges to discuss the salient issues of United States foreign policy.

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