The mission of the National War College is to prepare future leaders of the Armed Forces, State Department, and other civilian agencies for high-level policy, command, and staff responsibilities. To do this, NWC conducts a senior-level course of study in national security policy and strategy for selected U.S. and foreign military officers and federal officials. The curriculum emphasizes the joint and interagency perspective. The 08-09 Academic Year for many of the NDU components, including NWC begins on Aug 11.

Recent Faculty Publications:
Michael J. Mazarr, " The Folly of 'Asymmetric War,' " The Washington Quarterly , Summer 2008.

Harvey Rishikof, " Juridical Warfare: The Neglected Legal Instrument ," Joint Forces Quarterly , issue 48, 1st quarter 2008.

To Learn More about NWC visit www.ndu.edu/nwc or Alumni can visit NWC Alumni Association

From the IRMC Website's News and Events: The National Defense University's Information Resources Management (IRM) College, in partnership with the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, today announced the creation of the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Academy. 

Located at the Fort Lesley J. McNair National Defense University (NDU) campus in Washington, D.C., the Academy will offer management and leadership courses leading to a CFO Leadership Certificate.  The program will be formally launched in September 2008. (read full article)

Professor Profile:

• CACI Publishes Recommendations for Integrated National Strategy to Counter Asymmetric Threats to U.S. and Global Security ( with NDU) - PR Newswire Aug 5, 2008
  
  
• Navy May Need Bigger Aegis BMD Fleet: Vice Adm. Barry McCullough Speaks at the NDU Foundation's Congressional Breakfast Series - Aviation Week, July 31, 2008
  
  
• USJFCOM hosts Keystone course for command senior enlisted leaders - USJFCOM July 11, 2008

K. A. Beyoghlow, PhD
Prof. NWC – Dept. of Strategy

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Alumni Updates:

• Security and defense: His final salute : 1997 NDU International Fellow, Maj. Gen. Elazar Stern - The Jerusalem Post July 24, 2008



• 50th NOG gets new commander: 2005 NDU Graduate, Col. Mitchel Butikofer,USAF
  
  
• NDU Class of 2009 Begins: Send them your words of wisdom....Do you have some advice for the incoming NDU Students. Share it here and it may be posted on the NDUF Words of Wisdom page.
  
  
• Where Are You Now? Your fellow graduates want to know... In May, NDUF polled over 200 grads for recommendations on our enews. Many asked to be updated on the professors and other NDU activities, but almost all asked for information about there fellow graduates. While NDUF is looking at a variety of ways to give graduates a chance to keep in touch, we would like to spotlight some of you here in the enewsletter each month. If you have an interesting assignment or exciting news to share, send an email to NDU. Also, join the National Defense University Alumni and Friends Group on Facebook. And as always your suggestions are welcome at shillingp@nduf.org.

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Upcoming Events:

• Institute of National Security Strategy:
  2008 Topical Symposium: Reforming National Security Organizations
  15-16 October, INSS Conferences Page

• Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction (CSWMD)
  Defense Threat Reduction Conference
  October 2, 2008, at National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair

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Topic of Conversation:

"After the Surge: Next Steps in Iraq" by Judith Yaphe,
Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies, NDU.

Update: Kamal is getting ready for a new year at NWC where he will teach a core course on the Nature and Character of War; a core course entitles "the Global Context" with focus on governance, democracy, and the rule of law from the perspective of non-U.S. states; and an elective course entitled appropriately, Middle East for the Strategists. He will serve again on the Research Fellows Committees enabling bright and creative NWC students to develop extensive research and writing projects, and is proposing to lead a group of 10 NWC students to Saudi Arabia and Turkey next spring as part of their Field Study training and development with focus on cultural, economic, political, social, and military dynamics. The goal of the trip will be to better understand the narrative of the other and to be part of a “journey of learning and discovery”.

He continues to frequently brief on the Middle East, N. Africa, and Islamic Studies including Iraq and Afghanistan insurgency and terrorism, to U.S. military and civilian officers. Kamal has been selected two years in a row to participate in the U.S. Director of National Intelligence's Summer Hard Problem (2007 and 2008), a program designed to tackle complex US national security and intelligence problems.

K. A. Beyoghlow, PhD is a member of the NDU Foundation's National Security Speaker's Bureau. For more Information visit http://www.nduf.org/publiced.html .