Goldwater-Nichols: A Critical Look

  • Thursday, Jan 24, 2008

  • CSIS’s International Security Program hosted a conference for prominent defense experts to voice their continued concerns over Goldwater- Nichols and its unintended consequences. Twenty-one years after the passage of the most cited defense reform in US history, this conference will inform future defense reform or broader national security reform efforts with its presentation of alternative viewpoints.


     AGENDA

    Audio for Introductions and Panel 1 (mp3, 1:40:53)

    08:30-08:50
    Welcoming remarks and introductions
    Before Goldwater-Nichols to Beyond Goldwater-Nichols

    Dr. Stephen Flanagan
    Kissinger Chair in National Security, and Director of International Security Program, CSIS

    Ms. Kathleen Hicks
    Senior Fellow, International Security Program, CSIS

    08:50-10:05
    Panel 1
    Does the Military Provide Adequate Advice to the Commander in Chief and Congress?

    Moderator: Ms. Christine Wormuth
    Senior Fellow, International Security Program, CSIS

    10:05-10:15 Break

    Audio for Panel 2 (mp3, 1:07:21)

    10:15-11:30
    Panel 2
    Lessons Learned from Iraq & Afghanistan: Assessing "Jointness" at the Operational and Strategic Level

    Moderator: Dr. Clark Murdock
    Senior Adviser, International Security Program, CSIS

    11:30-11:45 Lunch

    Audio for Panel 3 (mp3, 1:03:30)

    Panel 3
    11:45-13:00
    Who Should Manage Acquisition? Who Should Decide Military Requirements?

    Moderator: Mr. David J. Berteau
    Senior Associate, CSIS

    13:00 Adjourn

    Programs
    International Security Program, Defense and National Security Group
    Topics
    Defense and Security

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