New Series from the Center:
Great Power Competition
We are pleased to introduce a 6-part film series focusing on Great Power Competition. Each episode will be between 15 and 30 minutes in length and highlight important work... Read more
Last week, three members of the Stockdale Center Team (Center Director - Dr. Joe Thomas; Volgenau Director of Strategy and Research - Dr. Ed Barrett; and Timothy and Susanne Sullivan Director of Influencer Development - Dr. Celeste... Read more
"David Koplow--professor at Georgetown Law, and contributor to the just-published The Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Activities and Operations--discusses how the laws of war apply in outer... Read more
Over the past three years an international team of ethicists and military practitioners has collaborated on a leadership and ethics curriculum for use in training NATO forces. The results are now a part of the extensive... Read more
USNA officially received Carnegie Foundation's Leadership for Public Purpose Classification. Achieving this was the culmination of over 12 months of work from a team composed of members by the Leadership Excellence Council, led by... Read more
Drawing on his extensive work with the Ukraine Office of the Prosecutor General, Stockdale Center senior fellow Mitt Reagan spoke to Midshipmen and faculty/staff on the status of war crimes... Read more
How will the convergence of "big data," AI and neuroscience impact warfare? In a lunchtime lecture to Midshipmen, Dr. Jim Giordano--Professor of Neurology, Biochemistry and Military Medical Ethics at Georgetown... Read more
Fom Host Janet Ioli:
In this episode, I talk to Joe Thomas, director of the James Stockdale Center for ethical leadership at the US Naval Academy and an expert in leadership development. One of... Read more
P.O.W.: Passing on Wisdom shares the inspirational stories of Vietnam prisoners of war as they recall their experiences in surviving imprisonment and explores how these experiences can be used as a guide for anyone dealing with... Read more
What unique ethical challenges do special operators face? In a lunchtime lecture to Midshipmen, Dr. Roger Herbert--USN CAPT (ret.), former commander of SEAL Delivery Team 2, Naval Special Warfare Unit 3 and... Read more
Is the Chinese regime's goal of a "harmonious society" consistent with traditional Confucian values? In a short lecture to the Midshipmen, Dr. Philip J. Ivanhoe—former Marine, philosopher at Georgetown... Read more
In the latest edition of the podcast “True North,” Marc LiVecche, the McDonald Distinguished Scholar of Ethics, War, and Public Life at Providence speaks with Captain Ryan Bernacchi, USN (Ret.)... Read more
In a new paper article published in The Texas National Security Review's journal War on the Rocks, Stockdale Center Senior Fellow Jovana Davidovic, address and challenges a common presupposition of much of... Read more
In a new paper published in Military Medicine, Stockdale Center Distinguished Fellow Dr James Giordano, and Dr Diane DiEuliis of National Defense University address the promise, possibilities and... Read more
The Stockdale Center and the Forum on Integrated Naval History and Seapower Studies (FINHSS) present a First Bell Lecture in Naval Leadership and History, "To Rule the Waves: Seapower, Economics, and Geopolitical Leadership in the... Read more
Dr. Nancy Sherman, philosopher at Georgetown University and former Distinguished Chair of Ethics at the Stockdale Center presented a lecture entitled "Five Myths about Stoicism." Dr. Sherman is an accomplished expert on Ancient... Read more
The seventh panel of the 2021 McCain Conference explored the ethics of two specific and often related activities in the grey zone: cyber operations and election manipulation.
Dr Lucas is professor of ethics emeritus... Read more
Day five, we explored broad frameworks for ethically assessing responses in the grey zone. Today we apply those frameworks to two specific grey zone activities--hostage taking and media warfare. We’re lucky... Read more
On its fifth day, the McCain Conference focus shifted from spying to grey zone operations. Like spying, limited lethal and sublethal interstate competition occurring in a “grey zone”... Read more
On the final day of exploring the ethics of spying, the 2021 McCain Conference focused on ethical permissions and prohibitions that apply to human intelligence collection (HUMINT) and to covert... Read more
Although thought about the justice of warfare is highly developed, justifications for defending and obtaining secrets—activities that can involve serious harms—are relatively recent and... Read more
This presentation is part of the 'Brain Science and Effective Leadership Series,' hosted by the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership.
Dr. Jess Mohler from the USNA Midshipmen Development Center discusses "Athletic... Read more
Although thought about the justice of warfare is highly developed, ethical analyses of intelligence operations—which can involve lying, manipulation, coercion, stealing and even killing—are relatively... Read more
Dr. Pierce Randall, a Stockdale Center Resident Fellow, has been awarded a prestigious fellowship at the Alden March Bioethics Institute (AMBI) at Albany Medical College. After receiving his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of... Read more
This presentation is part of the 'Brain Science and Effective Leadership Series,' hosted by the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership. Dr. Girordano is with the Georgetown University Departments of Neurology and... Read more
This is a trailer for a forthcoming documentary film presently in production by 3 Penny Films, and sponsored by the Stockdale Center, thanks to the generosity of our donors, in particular, the class of 1964. We should be proud that... Read more
Are liberal democracies fatally flawed or merely challenged? An online discussion with two renowned scholars: Patrick Deneen, University of Notre Dame, author of "Why Liberalism Failed" and Peter Berkowitz, Stanford University,... Read more
What problems are undermining liberal democracies, what are their causes, and what can be done? A virtual discussion. Dr Ed Barret is joined by Dr. Francis Fukuyama, Stanford University, author of Identity: The Demand for Dignity and... Read more
Dr. Edward T. Barrett, the Dean of Research and Director of the Office of Research and Scholarship at the US Naval Academy's Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership, was recently joined by... Read more
This presentation is part of the 'Brain Science and Effective Leadership Series,' hosted by the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership.
Dr. Jeanine Stewart of the Neuro-Leadership Institute... Read more
