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Consequences of the BP Oil Spill and Other Natural Disasters on U.S. National Security and Defense
 Michael Greenberger
Director of the Center for Health and Homeland Security at the
University of Maryland
Monday, September 13, 2010
Location: Union League Club of Chicago, 65 W. Jackson Blvd.,
Chicago, Illinois
Luncheon and Lecture Program
11:45am Registration
Noon lunch; Lecture/Q&A
1:40pm Adjournment
$35/person; $300/table of ten*
*groups of 8 or more must call Lillian Murphy at 312-697-1286 to register their group.
The environment has become a major national security issue. Although there is academic and scientific debate regarding the cause of environmental change (global warming and climate change), natural disasters have become commonplace. The most recent consequences are monsoon flooding in Pakistan (which has affected 13.8 million people), spoliation of the Gulf Coast, severe water shortages, wildfires and droughts cause famines and shift power politics, and mass migration of people from areas with depleted land. In many ways, oil is no longer the primary natural resource of geopolitical conflict. Today, water, land, air, energy, and food are becoming vital issues of concern for national security strategists.
On September 13, Michael Greenberger will discuss the important interplay between the environment and emerging national security trends. Mr. Greenberger is the Director of the Center for Health and Homeland Security (CHHS) at the University of Maryland—which works on a broad range of homeland security and emergency response issues for federal, state and local governmental agencies, as well as medical researchers—and a professor at the School of Law. Professor Greenberger currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Maryland Governor's Emergency Management Advisory Council (GEMAC). He was recently appointed by the President of the American Bar Association to the Advisory Committee of the Standing Committee on Law and National Security.
The National Strategy Forum has prepared a Background Essay on this topic.
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Environmental Disasters and National Security
September 13, 2010 |
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| | Skating on Stilts:
Why We Aren't Stopping Tomorrow's Terrorism
 Stewart Baker
Former Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Monday, September 27, 2010
Location: Union League Club of Chicago, 65 W. Jackson Blvd.,
Chicago, Illinois
Luncheon and Lecture Program
11:30am Registration and Booksigning
Noon lunch; Lecture & Q&A
1:40pm Adjournment, Booksigning
$35/person; $300/table of ten*
*groups of 8 or more persons must call Lillian Murphy at 312-697-1286 to register their group.
This event is co-sponsored by the Authors Group of the Union League Club of Chicago.
Mr. Baker's book, Skating on Stilts, will be available for purchase at the event.
"... [Stewart Baker] offers a memoir of day-to-day life within a major Washington bureaucracy and an insider's analysis of the challenges to domestic security in the post 9/11 era." -- Gabriel Schoenfeld, Wall Street Journal
Read the National Strategy Forum's Background Essay on this topic.
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$35.00 / person
Skating on Stilts
September 27, 2010
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FOR ALL SPEAKER EVENTS.
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Mail:
National Strategy Forum
53 W. Jackson Blvd.
Suite 1202
Chicago, IL 60604
Fax:
312-697-1296
*groups of 8 or more MUST register by phone
Business Attire Required
(no denim, no sneakers, no tennis shoes, no flip-flops)
Discounts for active duty military personnel available
Call 312-697-1286 for more info! |
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