Transcripts & Presentations posted
updated: 11/27/07
Building on previous conferences in this series, the 37th IFPA-Fletcher National Security Conference provided a timely, high-level forum for presentation and analysis of the U.S. Navy’s New Maritime Strategy. It brought together a unique mix of expertise from government and the private sector; from the civilian and military communities; from think tanks, industry, and academia; and from the United States and abroad.
Topics included:
- The new multidimensional security setting that encompasses the simultaneous need to facilitate commerce in an era of globalization, while halting illicit traffic in weapons and preventing terrorist operations.
- Implications of the new security setting for 21 st-century maritime capabilities, including force structure, procurement, education and training, and modernization priorities for the U.S. Navy.
- Core mission capabilities, such as sea lane protection, freedom of the seas, support for land operations, interdiction, and forward presence as a basis for dissuasion, deterrence, and crisis management.
- New mission areas, including WMD interdiction, missile defense, cyber-operations, special operations, humanitarian/disaster relief and assistance, and counterterrorism operations on the high seas.
- Enhancing cooperation/planning between the Navy and the Coast Guard and leveraging more effectively the Navy’s partnership with the U.S. Marine Corps and other Services.
- Regional/theater priorities as viewed by major combatant commands and their implications.
- Developing enhanced cooperative relationships with international/coalition partners as well as with the private sector, extending from shipping companies to port authorities, in support of maritime security based on greater maritime domain awareness.