Dr. Charles M. Perry

Dr. Charles M. Perry, vice president and director of studies at the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis. Current focus: civil-military cooperation in disaster relief and homeland defense, security developments in the Arctic region, prospects for stability on the Korean Peninsula, NATO defense priorities.

research projects
publications
conferences & workshops
articles & presentations

Rapid Strategic Assessment for the NATO Special Operations Force Coordination Centre

In support of the NATO Special Operations Headquarters (NSHQ), IFPA is a major contributor to the Rapid Strategic Assessment project, which works with NSHQ in carrying out its core missions.

project details || NATO Review magazine article by Jacquelyn K. Davis

New Strategic Dynamics in the Arctic Region: Implications for National Security and International Collaboration

This project explores and assesses trends that together could transform the Arctic from a relative strategic backwater to a strategic crossroads of global importance.

project details || selected readings

Peace Regime Building for a Nuclear Weapon-free Korean Peninsula: Next Steps for Capacity Building

In cooperation with institutional partners in Northeast Asia, IFPA is leading a nongovernmental multinational working group to discuss, research, and draft a joint proposal for a Korean peace regime that complements related inter-Korean efforts and facilitates North Korean denuclearization.

interim report (765 KB) || project details

Support to the Defense Department, Combatant Commands, and Military Service Leadership

This is an ongoing project for the Department of Defense (DoD), for which the Institute provides detailed policy reports and organizes high-level workshops on critical issues of national security for DoD, combatant command (COCOM), and military service leaderships.

project details

Finding the Right Mix: Disaster Diplomacy, National Security, and International Cooperation

IFPA undertook this project, completed in 2009, to provide U.S. policy makers with enhanced tools for planning, managing, and concluding a major disaster operation effectively and in a manner that explicitly advances U.S. strategic objectives.

project report (4.29 MB) || project details

In Times of Crisis: Global and Local Civil-Military Disaster Relief Coordination in the United States and Japan

With support from the Japan Foundation's Center for Global Partnership (CGP), IFPA led this collaborative effort, completed in 2009, by U.S. and Japanese specialists to conduct research and foster dialogue among civilian and military groups for the purposes of improving their civil-military communication in domestic and international crises.

monograph front matter and executive summary (3.59 MB) || full monograph available for purchase ($25) || project details

Building Six-Party Capacity for a WMD-Free Korea

This three-year study completed in 2008 involves all of the countries in the six-party process and examines how these countries can build a regional organization to help implement the key aspects of a denuclearization agreement reached with North Korea.

project details

Iran with Nuclear Weapons: Anticipating the Consequences for U.S. Security

Based on the assumption, unpalatable as it may seem, that a nuclear Iran is all but inevitable, this project, completed in 2008, focuses on three critically important questions.

project report (6.81 MB) || project details

Sending UCAS to Sea: A Superior Carrier through the Unmanned Combat Air System

This project, launched in 2008, considers the key characteristics, capabilities, and future role in carrier fleet operations of the Navy Unmanned Combat Air System (N-UCAS) now under development.

project details

Strengthening Forces for Democracy in the Middle East: Lessons from the Past and Strategies for the Future

This project was completed in 2006 as part of IFPA's ongoing work on democratization. The project's focus was democratic transformation in the Middle East and Central Asia.

project report (249 KB) || project details

North American Homeland Security and Defense: Enhancing U.S. Joint Planning and Cooperation with Canada and Mexico in the War against Terrorism

This project, completed in early 2006, explored options to increase homeland defense/security cooperation between the United States and Canada and between the United States and Mexico.

U.S.-Canada workshop report (2.34 MB) || U.S.-Mexico workshop report (673 KB)

Stability and Confidence Building on the Korean Peninsula: Meshing Korean Reconciliation with U.S. Security Requirements

This study, funded by the Smith Richardson Foundation and completed in 2004, made a unique contribution both to the broad policy debate on the U.S. response to Korean reconciliation and to the articulation of a restructured military posture better suited to the geopolitical conditions of a reconciled (if not reunified) Korea. The study concluded with a monograph, Alliance Diversification and the Future of the U.S.-Korean Security Relationship, by Charles M. Perry, Jacquelyn K. Davis, James L. Schoff, and Toshi Yoshihara.

monograph available for purchase ($25)

Security Dynamics in Southeastern Europe

IFPA and the Kokkalis Foundation (Athens, Greece) collaborated on a project to examine the principal strategic-military challenges in this uncertain and evolving region and to assess their implications for the bilateral U.S.-Greek relationship and broader Alliance relations. Three volumes were produced:

Greek-Turkish Relations in the Era of Globalization, 2001
New Approaches to Balkan Studies, 2003
available for purchase ($35)
Defense Reform, Modernization & Military Cooperation in Southeastern Europe, 2004
available for purchase ($35)

Environmental Studies

IFPA conducted two projects that examined ways for communities threatened by environmental degradation or disaster to deal with these challenges: a November 2000 U.S.-GCC environmental conference and a multi-year study of the complex and diverse relationships between environmental threats and issues of ethnicity, ethnic tension, and potential ethnic conflict.

Northeast Asia After Korean Unification: Preparing the Japan-U.S. Alliance

This joint three-year study completed in 2003 by IFPA and the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) examined the long-term implications of Korean unification for the U.S.-Japan alliance. The study concluded with a monograph, The U.S.-Japan Alliance: Preparing for Korean Reconciliation & Beyond, by Charles M. Perry and Toshi Yoshihara.

monograph available for purchase ($18)

Missile Defense and Counterproliferation Studies

Recognizing that over the first decade of the twenty-first century the United States and its allies will face a proliferation of precision weapons and missiles in the hands of adversaries, IFPA undertook several projects between 1997 and 2002 to assess U.S. and Allied missile defense and counterproliferation policy and technology.

Enhancing Joint Crisis Management Capabilities: Issues and Policy Options for Japan-U.S. Cooperation

In this joint two-year study completed in 2002, IFPA and the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) examined issues and policy options on joint crisis management between Japan and the United States, exploring how Tokyo and Washington might better prepare for and respond to an array of crisis scenarios ranging from traditional security threats to emerging challenges.

Defense Trends and Security Planning Perspectives in Key Regional Theaters

This in-depth study of U.S., Allied, and coalition-partner security perspectives and policies focused on defense and security trends in South Asia, Europe, the Persian Gulf, and the Asia-Pacific region.

Risk Reduction & Confidence Building on the Korean Peninsula: Challenges, Opportunities & Implications for Regional Stability: Workshop report by Charles M. Perry, Jacquelyn K. Davis, and Weston S. Konishi; May 2011, 21 pp
Description: Report on a January 19, 2011, workshop that brought together approximately fifty prominent policymakers and experts from the United States, the People’s Republic of China, and the Republic of Korea for in-depth discussions focusing on the current security situation on and surrounding the Korean Peninsula and prospects for greater cooperation among the three nations represented at the workshop.; report (8.63 MB) || workshop details
A Comprehensive Approach to Combating Illicit Trafficking: A joint report by IFPA and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP); June 2010, 176 pp
Description: This report is based on extensive independent research conducted by IFPA on the multifaceted challenges posed by illicit trafficking and efforts to combat it; the report also incorporates discussions held at a high-level international workshop on the topic organized by IFPA and GCSP in Geneva, Switzerland, in September 2009.; report (8.63 MB) || workshop details
Updating U.S. Deterrence Concepts and Operational Planning: Reassuring Allies, Deterring Legacy Threats, and Dissuading Nuclear "Wannabes": Jacquelyn K. Davis, Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Charles M. Perry, and James L. Schoff; February 2009, 22 pp
Description: Among the potentially contentious issues requiring focused attention and innovative thinking by the Obama administration are those relating to the future of U.S. deterrence planning. Members of the administration are already on record as favoring a significant unilateral reduction in U.S. nuclear weapons. Some are calling for the ratification of a Comprehensive (Nuclear) Test Ban Treaty; others are questioning proposals to update the U.S. nuclear infrastructure and modernize the U.S. nuclear warhead inventory to make American deterrent forces better able to meet and counter legacy and emerging deterrence threats and challenges. This paper provides an assessment of the future of U.S. nuclear planning and offers new ideas about deterrence in the dramatically changed twenty-first-century security planning environment.; report (1.67 MB)
Finding the Right Mix: Disaster Diplomacy, National Security, and International Cooperation: Charles M. Perry, with Marina Travayiakis, Bobby Andersen, and Yaron Eisenberg; January 2009
Description: This study focuses on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR). It explores ways to make civil-military cooperation more effective in supporting a whole-of-government strategy for addressing twenty-first century threats. It is designed to assist those responsible for the management of large-scale HA/DR efforts achieve a greater unity of effort and division of labor among the diverse civilian and military, national and international, and public and private sector entities to execute such operations. It identifies critical capabilities and key operational challenges; reviews existing and proposed cooperative mechanisms to facilitate disaster relief planning, training, and implementation; and examines several recent cases of disaster response for lessons learned.; report (4.29 MB) || project details
Re-Calibrating Security Force Assistance (SFA) as a Critical Component of Waging Irregular Warfare (IW) within the Context of the Global War on Terror (GWOT): Jacquelyn K. Davis and Charles M. Perry; December 2008
NATO's Relevance and EUCOM's Priorities in Dealing with a Rising Russia: Jacquelyn K. Davis and Charles M. Perry; August 2008
Description: This report summarizes and elaborates upon discussions held at an IFPA workshop by the same name held on July 30, 2008, and organized in support of GEN Bantz Craddock, USA, then SACEUR and commander of USEUCOM. The report discusses emerging Allied concerns over a more assertive Russian security posture, and discusses potential opportunities for USEUCOM-led security cooperation in the greater Black Sea and Caucasus region as a way to enhance stability. Against the backdrop of the Russian-Georgian conflict (which erupted shortly after the workshop was held), the report also offers recommendations for appropriate U.S. and Allied responses.
Nuclear Matters in North Korea: Building a Multilateral Response for Future Stability in Northeast Asia: James L. Schoff, Charles M. Perry, and Jacquelyn K. Davis; July 2008, 186 pp
Description: This 2008 monograph presents the findings of a three-year multilateral research project that explores ways to bridge differences among the parties and to develop a common approach to North Korean nuclearization. It explores the strengths and weaknesses of the six-party process and offers practical solutions to the numerous implementation challenges regarding nuclear dismantlement and verification, and coordinated economic assistance and investment.; available for purchase ($25) || project details
NATO's Strategic Relevance and U.S. European Command Planning: Jacquelyn K. Davis and Charles M. Perry; March 2008
Description: This report analyzes the perspectives of NATO and SHAPE officials on the proper scope, focus, and timing of future adjustments to the Alliance’s 1999 Strategic Concept to bring it into closer accord with current and emerging strategic trends and priorities. The report also evaluates potential revisions to NATO’s deterrence posture (including with respect to forward-deployed nuclear weapons), and examines emerging requirements for Allied counter-proliferation planning, “out-of-area” missions (such as Afghanistan ), and civil-military coordination to protect Allied territory and critical infrastructure. Based on these assessments, recommendations are made for U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) planning priorities.
Rethinking the War on Terror: Developing a Strategy to Counter Extremist Ideologies: Jacquelyn K. Davis and Charles M. Perry; March 2007, 32 pp
Description: IFPA completed and distributed this summary report on a January 2007 workshop organized in support of U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM).The focus of the workshop was a discussion of the ideological roots of Islamist extremism as a basis for countering such ideology. In addition, it identified and assessed the elements of a national strategy to defeat radical Islamist threats and addressed measures to promote democratization in the region. Attendees at the workshop ncluded experts and scholars specializing in various aspects of Islamic extremism, as well as USCENTCOM Deputy Commander VADM Dave Nichols, other senior command representatives, and high- ranking U.S. officials.; report (1.86 MB)
Building Multi-party Capacity for a WMD-free Korean Peninsula: August 2006, 49 pp
Description: Report of a workshop held on February 17, 2006,in Honolulu, Hawaii. Government officials and foreign-policy experts from the United States, China, Russia, Japan, South Korea, and Australia gathered for a one-day workshop to discuss the six-party talks and to explore options for building regional capacity to implement a denuclearization agreement with North Korea, if and when one is concluded.; workshop report (1.50 MB) || project details
Bulgaria in Europe: Charting a Path toward Reform and Integration: Edited by Dimitris Keridis, Charles M. Perry, and Monica R.P. d'Assuncao Carlos; April 2006, 151 pp
Description: This volume explores Bulgaria’s progress in the realms of economic and political reform, as well as its overall strategic and foreign policy priorities, within the context of its desires to contribute as a new NATO member, to join the European Union, and to play a leading role within and beyond Southeast Europe. The point of departure was the Bulgaria in Europe conference, organized by the Kokkalis Program on Southeast and East-Central Europe at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and by the Kokkalis Foundation in Athens, Greece, on July 15, 2002, in Sophia, Bulgaria. Contributors include Bulgaria’s former president, its deputy prime minister, its deputy foreign minister, and distinguished experts from Europe and the United States.
Strengthening Forces for Democracy in the Middle East: Lessons from the Past & Strategies for the Future: March 2006, 21 pp
Description: This report is based on a workshop of the same title convened by the Institute on February 9, 2006, in Washington, D.C., with the generous support of the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. It assesses the extent to which Cold War lessons in the struggle against Communism have relevance to the war against radical Salafist ideologies and to efforts to establish democracies in the wider Muslim world. The report examines the prospects for democracy in the area spanning North Africa, the Middle East, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Both the workshop and the report contributed to IFPA's ongoing research focused on post-conflict reconstruction and stability operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and, at the same time, to efforts to inform and help shape U.S. government democratization efforts and public diplomacy strategies.; workshop report (249 KB) || project details
Building Multi-Party Capacity for a WMD-Free Korean Peninsula: Multilateral Workshop Summary & ProjectReport; June 2005, 50 pp; report (1.47 MB)
Nuclear Proliferation and the Future of U.S. Defense and Deterrence Planning: Jacquelyn K. Davis and Charles M. Perry; January 2005; executive summary (7.42 MB)
The Evolution of TCOG as a Diplomatic Tool: First Interim Report: An IFPA Project Interim Paper; November 2004, 32 pp; report (1.72 MB)
Planning for and Responding to Threats to the U.S. Homeland: 35th IFPA-Fletcher Conference on National Security Strategy and Policy; October 2004, 132 pp; report (2 MB)
Coordinating Regional Strategies for a WMD-Free Korea: A Multilateral Dialogue Report: Guillermo Pinczuk and James Schoff; May 2004, 32 pp; report (968 KB) || project details
Building Six-Party Capacity for a WMD-Free Korea: James L. Schoff, Charles M. Perry, and Jacquelyn K. Davis; January 2004, 112 pp; available for purchase ($25)
Defense Reform, Modernization, & Military Cooperation in Southeastern Europe: Vol. 3 of the IFPA-Kokkalis Series on Southeast European Policy: Edited by Charles M. Perry and Dimitris Keridis; January 2004, 318 pp; available for purchase ($35)
Alliance Diversification & the Future of the U.S.-Korean Security Relationship: Charles M. Perry, Jecquelyn K. Davis, James L. Schoff, and Toshi Yoshihara; January 2004, 224 pp; available for purchase ($25)
Crisis Management in Japan & the United States: Creating Opportunities for Cooperation amid Dramatic Change: Edited by James L. Schoff; January 2004, 156 pp; available for purchase ($25)
New Approaches to Balkan Studies: Edited by Dimitris Keridis, Ellen Elias-Bursac, and Nicholas Yatromanolakis; September 2003, 375 pp; available for purchase ($35)
The U.S.-Japan Alliance: Preparing for Korean Reconciliation & Beyond: Charles M. Perry and Toshi Yoshihara; July 2003, 184 pp; available for purchase ($18)
WMD Challenges on the Korean Peninsula and New Approaches: A Trilateral Dialogue Report: Summary report on a U.S.-ROK-Japan workshop; July 2003; report (1.24 MB)|| project details
Missile Defense and Counterproliferation on the Korean Peninsula: Exploring U.S.-ROK Requirements and Options: January 2003, 34 pp; report (1.24 MB)|| project details
Homeland Security and Special Operations: Sorting Out Procedures, Capabilities, and Operational Issues SOF and Homeland Security Report: March 2002, 16 pp; report (543 KB)
Northeast Asian Security after Korean Reconciliation or Reunification: Preparing the U.S.-Japan Alliance: February 2002; report (509 KB MB)
Greek-Turkish Relations in the Era of Globalization: Edited by Dimitris Keridis and Dimitrios Triantaphyllou; November 2001, out of print
Expeditionary Solutions for a Gordian World: Final Report from the IFPA-Fletcher-USMC Security Conference; March 2001; available for purchase ($1 plus shipping)
Strategic Dynamics in the Nordic/Baltic Region: Implications for U.S. Policy: Charles M. Perry, Michael J. Sweeney, and Andrew C. Winner; June 2000, 205 pp; available for purchase ($22.95)
Air/Missile Defense, Counterproliferation and Security Policy Planning: Edited by Jacquelyn K. Davis, Charles M. Perry, and Jamal S. Al-Suwaidi; July 1999, 144 pp; available for purchase ($25)
The Way Ahead for Transatlantic Cooperation: Exploiting Collective Advantages: January 1999, 33 pp, out of print
Airpower Synergies in the New Strategic Era: Charles M. Perry, Laurence E. Rothenberg, and Jacquelyn K. Davis, with a foreword by Frank Carlucci; June 1997, 88 pp; available for purchase ($15)
The Submarine and U.S. National Security Strategy in the Twenty-first Century: Jacquelyn K. Davis, Michael J. Sweeney, Charles M. Perry; January 1997, 85 pp; available for purchase ($15)
Allied-Central European Workshop on Post-Cold War Concepts of Deterrence: Workshop report; January 1996, 22 pp, out of print
Long-Range Bombers and the Role of Airpower in the New Century: Charles M. Perry, Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr., and Joseph C. Conway; June 1995, 96 pp; available for purchase ($10)
Allied Planning for Peacekeeping and Conflict Management: Tailoring Military Means to Political Ends: Report from the Eighth International Roundtable Conference on NATO,; June 1994, 100 pp; available for purchase ($1 plus shipping)
Proliferation, Theater Missile Defense, and U.S. Security: January 1994, 44 pp, out of print
The Korean-U.S. Relationship in an Era of Change: Summary of a Transpacific Dialogue: Workshop report; July 1993, 38 pp; available for purchase ($1 plus shipping)
Security Dynamics on the Korean Peninsula: Implications for Regional Stability and Defense Planning: Workshop report; June 1992; available for purchase ($1 plus shipping)
Change in Europe and the Emergence of New Strategic Priorities: Restructuring Security Arrangements for the 1990s: Report from the Sixth International Roundtable Conference on NATO,; December 1991, 45 pp; available for purchase ($1 plus shipping)

Counter-Piracy and Anti-Terrorism Planning for Somalia and the Horn of Africa: Implications for NATO and NSHQ Planning: January 10, 2012, The Hague, the Netherlands
Description: IFPA collaborated with the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies to organize the seventh NATO SOF Coordination Centre (NSCC) Senior Steering Group (SSG) meeting, a workshop on Somalia and future requirements for counter-piracy and counter-terrorism planning. The workshop explored options for dealing with piracy and its potential use by al-Shabab to destabilize Somalia and its regional partners, and to understand more precisely the possibilities for and/or constraints on an expanded use of NATO, the European Union (EU), or national forces to support the African Union mission in Somalia (AUMIS), to shore up the position of the Transnational Federal Government (TFG) in and possibly beyond Mogadishu, and to empower regional forces in their fight against violent extremists on the African continent. A related workshop objective was to explore the possibilities for enhancing and broadening intelligence collaboration on counter-piracy and counter-terrorism planning between NATO and the EU, and how such collaboration could enable NATO SOF to position themselves more effectively should the Alliance’s political leaders decide to support a more forward-leaning position on Somalia and the Horn of Africa, either to facilitate World Food Program deliveries or to employ the use of force, under a new UNSC mandate, to target jihadi training camps, pirate bases, or other related logistical infrastructure on the ground in Somalia.; meeting agenda || project details
39th IFPA-Fletcher Conference on National Security Strategy and Policy: The Marine Corps—America's Expeditionary Force in Readiness: April 14 – April 15, 2011, Washington, D.C.; conference report (12.2 MB) || post-conference website
U.S.-Russian Relations Beyond New START: What’s Next, What’s Possible, and What’s Necessary: March 7, 2011, Washington, D.C., an IFPA-DTRA-EUCOM workshop
Exploring Options for Iran: Implications for DoD and Interagency Planning: January 28, 2011, Washington, D.C., an IFPA-DTRA workshop
Risk Reduction & Confidence Building on the Korean Peninsula: Challenges, Opportunities & Implications for Regional Stability: January 19, 2011, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Description: A one-day trilateral dialogue organized by IFPA, the Institute for Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS), and the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) and supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency.; workshop details || workshop agenda || workshop report || project details
Preventing A Nuclear Iran: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities: October 19, 2010, Washington, D.C., an IFPA-DTRA workshop
Responding to a Nuclear Event Outside the United States: Synchronizing Department of Defense, Combatant Command, and Interagency Roles, Missions, and Capabilities: September 29, 2010, Washington, D.C., in support of the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Air Force's Nuclear Mission and the Future of Deterrence Planning: June 11, 2009, Washington, D.C., in support of the chief of staff, U.S. Air Force
38th IFPA-Fletcher Conference on National Security Strategy and Policy: Air, Space, and Cyberspace Power in the 21st-Century: January 20 – January 21, 2010, Washington, D.C.; report (3.45 MB) || post-conference website
A Comprehensive Approach to Combating Illicit Trafficking: September 28 – September 29, 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
Description: Organized by IFPA and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, with the support of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).; focus report (8.63 MB) || workshop details || workshop agenda || workshop participants
A New NATO, Euro-Atlantic Security, and the Greek-American Partnership: April 28 – April 29, 2009, Washington, D.C.; report (1.44 MB) || conference details || NATO 60th anniversary events
Peace Regime Building on the Korean Peninsula: November 22, 2008, Washington, D.C.
Description: A bilateral workshop to help develop an allied consensus with regard to peace regime development on the Korean Peninsula and for broader U.S.-ROK policy coordination vis-á-vis North Korea.; interim report (2.65 MB) || project details
37th IFPA-Fletcher Conference on National Security Strategy and Policy: A New Maritime Strategy for 21st-Century National Security: September 26 – September 27, 2007, Washington, D.C.
Description: The 37th IFPA-Fletcher conference on national security strategy and policy. Building on previous conferences in this series, the 37th IFPA-Fletcher National Security Conference provided a timely, high-level forum for presentation and analysis of the U.S. Navy’s New Maritime Strategy. It brought together a unique mix of expertise from government and the private sector; from the civilian and military communities; from think tanks, industry, and academia; and from the United States and abroad.; report (13 MB)
WMD Proliferation and Critical North Korea Scenarios: September 20 – September 21, 2007, Chantilly, Virginia, in support of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Rethinking the War on Terror: Developing a Strategy to Counter Extremist Ideologies: Part 2: June 17, 2007, Washington, D.C., in support of U.S. Central Command
Modernizing the Nuclear Stockpile and Implementing the New Triad: February 28, 2007, Washington, D.C., in support of U.S. Strategic Command
Rethinking the War on Terror: Developing a Strategy to Counter Extremist Ideologies: Part 1: January 10, 2007, Washington, D.C., in support of U.S. Central Command; report (737 KB)
In Times of Crisis: Global and Local Civil-Military Disaster Relief Coordination in the United States and Japan: December 12, 2006, Washington, D.C.; workshop details || project details || monograph front matter and executive summary (3.59 MB) || full monograph available for purchase ($25)
Dissuading, Deterring, or Defeating the Suicide Bomber Threat: June 28, 2006, Washington, D.C., in support of U.S. Central Command
Building Multi-party Capacity for a WMD-free Korean Peninsula: February 17, 2006, Honolulu, Hawaii
Description: Government officials and foreign-policy experts from the United States, China, Russia, Japan, South Korea, and Australia gathered for a one-day workshop to discuss the six-party talks and to explore options for building regional capacity to implement a denuclearization agreement with North Korea, if and when one is concluded.; project report & workshop summary (1.5 MB)|| project details
Strengthening Forces for Democracy in the Middle East: Lessons from the Past and Strategies for the Future: February 9, 2006, Washington, D.C.
Description: This workshop explored the extent to which lessons learned from the Cold War era struggle against Communism have relevance to the war against radical Salafist ideologies and to efforts to establish democracies in the wider Muslim world.; report (249 KB)
36th IFPA-Fletcher Conference on National Security and Policy: Implementing the New Triad: Nuclear and Non-Nuclear Forces in 21st-Century Deterrence: December 14 – December 15, 2005, Washington, D.C.; report (3.8 MB)
Trilateral Tools for Managing Complex Contingencies: U.S.-Japan-Korea Cooperation in Disaster Relief & Stabilization/ Reconstruction Missions: November 2, 2005, Washington, D.C.; report
Opportunities and Challenges in U.S. Middle East Policy: Implications for U.S. Central Command Planning and Priorities: May 25, 2005, Washington, D.C., in support of U.S. Central Command.
Building Multi-Party Capacity for a WMD-Free Korean Peninsula: March 16 – March 17, 2005, Shanghai, part of the Building Six-Party Capacity project; report (1.47 MB)|| project details
The 35th Annual IFPA-Fletcher Conference on National Security Strategy and Policy: Planning for and Responding to Threats to the U.S. Homeland: October 28 – October 29, 2004, Washington D.C.; report (2 MB)
Planning for and Responding to Bio-terror Threats to the U.S. Homeland: NORTHCOM's Roles, Capabilities, and Requirements: March 30, 2004, Washington, D.C., in support of U.S. Northern Command
The Changing Face of Deterrence for NATO: New Concepts, Capabilities, and Challenges: March 4, 2004, Washington, D.C., in support of U.S. Strategic Command, U.S. European Command, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
Future of the Korean Peninsula and Japan - U.S. - Korea Security Cooperation: February 20, 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii, part of the Building Six-Party Capacity project
The 34th Annual IFPA-Fletcher Conference on National Security and Policy: Security Planning and Military Transformation after Iraqi Freedom: December 2 – December 3, 2003, Washington D.C.; report (2.76 MB)
Options for Handling the Challenges Associated with Iran’s WMD Programs: June 25, 2003, Washington, D.C., in support of the National Security Council and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency
WMD Challenges on the Korean Peninsula and New Approaches: A U.S. - ROK - Japanese Dialogue: April 11, 2003, Seoul, South Korea, part of the Building Six-Party Capacity project; report (1.24 MB)|| project details
Stability, Deterrence, and the Future of the U.S.-ROK Alliance: Current Pressures and Emerging Priorities: January 29, 2003, Washington, D.C., in support of U.S. Pacific Command, U.S. Forces Korea, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency
The 33rd IFPA-Fletcher Conference on National Security Strategy and Policy: October 16 – October 17, 2002, Washington, D.C.; report (1.95 MB)
Missile Defense and Counterproliferation on the Korean Peninsula: Exploring U.S. - ROK Options and Requirements: October 8, 2002, Seoul, South Korea; report (1.24 MB)|| project details
The WMD Challenge on the Korean Peninsula: Exploring a Joint U.S. - ROK Alliance Response: April 26, 2002, Washington, D.C., part of the Building Six-Party Capacity project; workshop agenda || workshop participants || project details
Enhancing Japanese - U.S. Cooperation on Crisis and Consequence Management: Issues Raised by a Large-scale Earthquake in Tokyo and the Exploitation of the Event by Unknown Assailants: April 10 – April 11, 2002, Tokyo, Japan; report (2.85 MB)
Preparing the U.S. - Japan Alliance for a New Security Environment: April 8 – April 9, 2002, Washington D.C.
The 32nd IFPA-Fletcher Conference on National Security Strategy and Policy: Meeting the Homeland Security Challenge: March 25 – March 26, 2002, Washington D.C.
Homeland Security and Special Operations: Sorting Out Procedures, Capabilities, and Operational Issues: January 17, 2002, Washington D.C., in support of U.S. Special Operations Command, U.S. Joint Forces Command, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency; workshop summary report (543 KB)
IFPA Fletcher Conference: National Security for a New Era: Focusing National Power: November 14 – November 15, 2001, Washington D.C.; report (3.18 MB)

Consensus Building and Peace Regime Building on the Korean Peninsula: Charles M. Perry and James L. Schoff; International Journal of Korean Unification Studies 19, no. 1 (June 30, 2010); article || project details
Reforming Military Support for Foreign Disaster Relief and Humanitarian Assistance: Charles M. Perry and Marina Travayiakis; Feature Article in Liaison, Journal of Civil-Military Humanitarian Relief Collaboration, issue 1, 2008; article (1.35 MB)

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Innovative strategies for new security challenges

Dr. Charles M. Perry