The decision to pull US forces out of Syria has reinvigorated debate over the wider US role in the region, and how Syria fits into our larger strategy to combat terrorism, contain Iran, and build democracy. In this MWI War Council, participants will discuss the past, present, and future of the US approach to Syria and its many related challenges. The panel will feature Capt. Darren Hagan from the Combating Terrorism Center, Lt. Col. Nathaniel Davis from the Defense and…

Gen. (ret) Stanley McChrystal served thirty-four years as an infantry and special forces officer. He commanded the International Security Assistance Force and US Forces-Afghanistan, served as the director of the Joint Staff, and as the commander of the Joint Special Operations Command. The Wedemeyer Strategic Lecture Series honors the intellectual and strategic legacy of Gen. Albert Wedemeyer (USMA ’19), one of America’s most significant and under-recognized military strategists, by bringing to West Point subject matter experts on the role of…

On March 4, 2018, Sergei Skripal, a former Russian military officer and double agent for the UK's intelligence services, and his daughter Yulia Skripal were poisoned in Salisbury, England, with a deadly nerve agent, according to official UK sources and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Maj. Clodia O’Neill, a chemical officer with the British Army who was involved in the response to the attack, will share her insights in an era where chemical weapons are far from…