The Special Forum was held on July 2, 2015, on the topic of “Military Power and American Foreign Policy”. The Forum featured Dr. Eliot A. Cohen, the Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of the Johns Hopkins University and founding director of the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, as the speaker.

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• Abstract：What will be the relationship between American military power and its foreign policy in the years to come? What are the consequences and lessons of fifteen years of war? What are the chief challenges that must be met by American forces, and to what use will they be put? Professor Cohen explored these, with particular reference to the circumstances of the 2016 election, and the changing international environment, including in Asia.

• Speakers’ Profile:

Eliot A. Cohen is the Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of the Johns Hopkins University and founding director of the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies there. His books include Conquered into Liberty: Two Centuries of Battles Along the Great Warpath that made the American Way of War (2011), Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime (2002), and (with John Gooch) Military Misfortunes: The Anatomy of Failure in War (1990). He directed the US Air Force’s official study of the 1991 Gulf War, and has served on a variety of government advisory boards, including the Defense Policy Board. During 2007-2009 he served as Counselor of the Department of State.