On February 15 th, the NDU Foundation launched its first comprehensive annual campaign. This endeavor, which reaches out to friends of NDU and NDUF, provides the funding necessary to maintain and enhance the Foundation's programs and services.
A successful annual campaign enables the foundation staff to focus their attention on the needs of the University at an even greater level. "The NDU Foundation is fortunate to have a core group of donors who will, in addition to the annual campaign, also provide support throughout the year for a variety of other fundraising iniatives. Individuals such as these understand the importance and impact of the work that goes on at NDU to the security of our Nation," says Nancy Miller, NDUF Chief Development Officer.
This month, NDUF was proud to launch its much anticipated new website. The new site not only presents a contemporary image but also incorporates the wide variety of updated informationabout the National Defense University and its importance to the security of the nation.
The site is divided into tabs of information on NDU, NDUF, how your gift helps the University and the various ways you can support it. You will also find a large section on public education opportunities, including dozens of links to free national security publications. Be sure to visit the online store for NDU items. VIsit new NDUF website
- Center for Hemisphere Defense Studies (CHDS) - NDU and NDUF Partner: On March 4, Colombian Vice Minister of Defense Juan Carlos Pinzón Bueno offered his vision of the current security and defense situation in that country to Center for Hemisphere Defense Studies "Strategy and Defense Policy" course participants. Pinzón praised the Center for its efforts in the region, saying it was “so respected” and appreciated as a means of promoting dialogue on critical issues among the nations of the hemisphere. (MORE)
- INSS Symposium – NATO: Bucharest and Beyond
NDU's Institute for National Strategic Studies hosted the 2008 European Symposium at Ft.McNair on February 20, 2008. The Symposium, “NATO: Bucharest and Beyond,” which attracted 345 registrants, included a keynote speech by General John Craddock, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, via VTC from Afghanistan. The symposium focused on identifying and exploring key issues facing NATO today: the pursuit of complex stabilization operations; threats posed by proliferation of ballistic missile capabilities; the U.S. commitment to NATO; and the possible movement towards a new Strategic Concept for the Alliance. (MORE)
- Joint Force Quarterly - 1st Quarter 2008
- Articles Include:
- An Interview with General Victor E. Renuart, Jr., USAF, Commander, North American Aerospace Command and U.S. Northern Command By David H. Gurney and Jeffrey D. Smotherman
- Habeas Corpus and the Detention of Enemy Combatants in the War on Terror By James P. Terry
- Articles Include: