Podcast Episode
A Challenging Conversation: The USAWC Civil-Military Relations Center
Carrie Lee and Ron Granieri
May 16, 2023
Research Article
A More Perfect Union: Black Soldiers and the Promise of America
Charles Allen and John Nagl
Spring 2023
Podcast Episode
A Time of Change: The US Army in the 1990s
David Fitzgerald and Carrie Lee
Apr 23, 2024
Commentary
Rethinking Civil-Military Relations for Modern Strategy
Carrie A. Lee and Max Margulies
Aug 14, 2023
SSI Monograph
Framing the Future of the US Military Profession
Richard Lacquement and Tom Galvin
January 2022
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ANNUAL CONFERENCE SUBMISSIONS OPEN!
Our annual conference creates a forum where scholars have an opportunity to present their latest academic work and military officers are able to develop policy-relevant solutions to the most pressing civil-military challenges today.
This year, our conference will highlight civil-military dynamics around the globe, and their impact on the security environment. With active conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, and an increasingly aggressive China, understanding how civil-military dynamics may impact the decision-making of American allies and adversaries is of critical importance to the success of U.S. foreign policy. Yet, strategic discussions today too often look past how civil-military relations can inform and impact security policy.
Plenary sessions will explicitly tackle civil-military relations in Ukraine, Russia, NATO, Israel, China, Taiwan, the United States, and other key actors in the contemporary security environment.
CMRC is pleased to host Dr. Sheena Greitens of the Lyndon B Johnson School of Policy at the University of Texas Austin to discuss her work on China’s regime security and grand strategy. Join us on Thursday, 10/17 at 3:30PM!
Faculty Spotlight
Prof Charles Allen
Professor of Leadership and Cultural Studies
Department of Command, Leadership, and Management
Colonel (retired) Charles D. Allen is the Elihu Root Chair of Military Studies and Professor of Leadership and Cultural Studies in the Department of Command, Leadership, and Management at the United States Army War College. He teaches courses in strategic leadership, defense management, creative leadership, and leading in diverse organizations.
A 1978 graduate of the United States Military Academy, he had 11 years of overseas assignments. His military education includes the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, the School of Advanced Military Studies, and the United States Army War College. He also served as an instructor and assistant professor of Engineering Management at West Point. He culminated a 30-year Army career as Director, Leader Development at the Army War College.
His areas of interest are Strategic Leadership, Civil-Military Relations, Creativity and Innovation, and Organizational Change. He is the author and co-author of two chapters in Strategic Leadership: The General’s Art. His works are published in Army Forces & Society, RUSI Journal, Journal of Military Ethics, Joint Force Quarterly, Parameters, Military Review, Armed Forces Journal, Journal of Installation Management, ARMY, Army Professional Readings, Army Times, Small Wars Journal, Leader to Leader Journal, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, and The Washington Post.
He is an original contributor and member of the “On Leadership” panel of The Washington Post.
Professor Allen was a member of the community of practice for the Army Profession/Profession of Arms Campaign and has conducted studies of professional military education for the U.S. Army.
Professor Allen is the recipient of multiple Colonel John J. Madigan III faculty writing awards from the US Army War College.
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