The 2019-20 Bernard Brodie Lecture on the Conditions of Peace:
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, 2015 -2017
Tuesday, January 14, 20205:30 PM
Korn Convocation Hall
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Registration for this event is now open.
With an introduction by Gen. Wesley K. Clark (ret.), Burkle Center Senior Fellow and Four Star General.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Ash Carter is the Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. At Harvard Kennedy School, he leads the Technology and Public Purpose project and serves as the Belfer Professor of Technology and Global Affairs. He is also an Innovation Fellow and member of the Corporation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Carter served as the 25th United States Secretary of Defense from 2015 to 2017, after serving as the number two (“COO”) and number three (“weapons czar”) positions in the Pentagon. For over 35 years inside government under presidents of both political parties as well as in the private sector, Carter leveraged his extraordinary experience in national security, technology, and innovation to defend the United States and make a better world. He was awarded the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Department’s highest civilian honor, on five separate occasions.
As Secretary, Carter led the creation of the military plan and international coalition to destroy ISIS, capturing Mosul and Raqqa and eliminating the group’s leaders and plotters while simultaneously conducting operations in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Libya, and beyond. Carter also designed and executed the strategic pivot to the Asia-Pacific, established a new playbook for confronting Russia’s aggression, and launched a defense cyber strategy.
In addition to his government service, Carter has taught at many of the world’s outstanding academic institutions. He has been a distinguished visiting fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and a lecturer at Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. At Harvard’s Kennedy School from 1996 to 2009, Carter was a Professor of Science and International Affairs and Chair of the International & Global Affairs faculty and co-directed the Harvard-Stanford Preventive Defense Project. He served as a physics instructor at Oxford University, a postdoctoral fellow at Rockefeller University and M.I.T., and an experimental research associate at Brookhaven and Fermilab National Laboratories. Carter is also author or co-author of 11 books and more than 100 articles on physics, technology, national security, and management.
GUIDELINES FOR ALL GUESTS:
Registration Begins: 4:30 PM
Doors Open: 5:00 PM
Please note that your RSVP does not guarantee admission to this event. We encourage you to arrive early to claim a seat.
Any remaining seats will be released to the stand-by line at 5:20pm.
No food or drinks (with the exception of water) are allowed in the venue. Please do not bring bulky items such as backpacks or large umbrellas.
Parking is available for $13 per day or for shorter intervals at pay-by-space stations in Parking Lot 4 on Westwood Plaza and Sunset Blvd. The map can be found at: https://ucla.in/2VvKBIK.
For guests with a Disabled Person Parking Placard or License Plate, please purchase an Accessible Parking Permit for $10 (cash only) at the Kiosk in Parking Lot 4 on Westwood Plaza and Sunset Blvd. The parking attendant will then direct you to Parking Lot 5 (Accessible Parking Only).
ABOUT THE LECTURE SERIES:
In sponsoring the Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace, the Burkle Center for International Relations celebrates the memory of Brodie as an eminent scholar and teacher. The lectures provide a special forum for outstanding students of politics, strategy, and warfare to present their thoughts and research within the scholarly and humanist tradition exemplified by Bernard Brodie.
Established in 1980, the lecture series provides a special forum for dignitaries and scholars of politics, strategy, warfare, and peace to present their views to the UCLA community and the public.
Sponsor(s): Burkle Center for International Relations