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.

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  • Research

    Managing the Global Impact of America’s Rebalance to Asia

    The principal drivers behind America's rebalance toward Asia are Asia's growing economic and strategic importance, as well as increased military spending in the region led by China and Russia, trends that are likely to continue in the foreseeable future. The challenge for U.S. policy makers is to minimize any extra-regional disruptions the rebalance may cause and to maximize its global benefits. This project is an integrated, cross-regional study of the rebalance and its global impact.

     
    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.

     
    Rapid Strategic Assessment for the NATO Special Operations Headquarters

    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.

     
    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.

     
    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.

     
    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.

     
    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.

     
    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.

     
    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.

     
    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.

     
    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.

     
    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.

     
    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.

     
    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; and Defense Reform, Modernization & Military Cooperation in Southeastern Europe, 2004.

     
    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.

       
      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.

          • Publications

            New Strategic Dynamics in the Arctic Region: Implications for National Security and International Collaboration
            Charles M. Perry and Bobby Andersen
            February 2012, 190 pp

            A comprehensive examination of the new strategic map now emerging in the Arctic as the polar ice cap continues to melt, opening a new ocean and giving way to new and ever larger waterways in the High North. This monograph is available as a free PDF download or as a bound copy for $24.99.

             
            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

            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.

             
            A Comprehensive Approach to Combating Illicit Trafficking
            A joint report by IFPA and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)
            June 2010, 176 pp

            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.

             
            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

            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.

             
            Finding the Right Mix: Disaster Diplomacy, National Security, and International Cooperation
            Charles M. Perry, with Marina Travayiakis, Bobby Andersen, and Yaron Eisenberg
            January 2009

            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.

             
            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

            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

              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.

               
              NATO's Strategic Relevance and U.S. European Command Planning
              Jacquelyn K. Davis and Charles M. Perry
              March 2008

              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

              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.

               
              Building Multi-party Capacity for a WMD-free Korean Peninsula
              August 2006, 49 pp

              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.

               
              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

              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

                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.

                 
                Building Multi-Party Capacity for a WMD-Free Korean Peninsula
                Multilateral Workshop Summary & ProjectReport
                June 2005, 50 pp

                 
                Nuclear Proliferation and the Future of U.S. Defense and Deterrence Planning
                Jacquelyn K. Davis and Charles M. Perry
                January 2005

                 
                The Evolution of TCOG as a Diplomatic Tool: First Interim Report
                An IFPA Project Interim Paper
                November 2004, 32 pp

                 
                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

                 
                Coordinating Regional Strategies for a WMD-Free Korea: A Multilateral Dialogue Report
                Guillermo Pinczuk and James Schoff
                May 2004, 32 pp

                 
                Building Six-Party Capacity for a WMD-Free Korea
                James L. Schoff, Charles M. Perry, and Jacquelyn K. Davis
                January 2004, 112 pp

                 
                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

                 
                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

                 
                Crisis Management in Japan & the United States: Creating Opportunities for Cooperation amid Dramatic Change
                Edited by James L. Schoff
                January 2004, 156 pp

                 
                New Approaches to Balkan Studies
                Edited by Dimitris Keridis, Ellen Elias-Bursac, and Nicholas Yatromanolakis
                September 2003, 375 pp

                 
                The U.S.-Japan Alliance: Preparing for Korean Reconciliation & Beyond
                Charles M. Perry and Toshi Yoshihara
                July 2003, 184 pp

                 
                WMD Challenges on the Korean Peninsula and New Approaches: A Trilateral Dialogue Report
                Summary report on a U.S.-ROK-Japan workshop
                July 2003

                 
                Missile Defense and Counterproliferation on the Korean Peninsula: Exploring U.S.-ROK Requirements and Options
                January 2003, 34 pp

                 
                Homeland Security and Special Operations: Sorting Out Procedures, Capabilities, and Operational Issues SOF and Homeland Security Report
                March 2002, 16 pp

                 
                Northeast Asian Security after Korean Reconciliation or Reunification: Preparing the U.S.-Japan Alliance
                February 2002

                 
                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

                 
                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

                 
                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

                 
                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

                 
                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

                 
                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

                 
                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

                 
                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

                 
                Security Dynamics on the Korean Peninsula: Implications for Regional Stability and Defense Planning
                Workshop report
                June 1992

                 
                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

                 

              • Events

                40th IFPA-Fletcher Conference: Positioning Special Operations Forces for Global Challenges
                June 5 – June 6, 2013, Washington, D.C.

                On June 5-6, 2013, the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis (IFPA) and the International Security Studies Program of The Fletcher School of Tufts University will convene a high-level conference in Washington, D.C., in support of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). “Positioning Special Operations Forces for Global Challenges” will be held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in downtown Washington, D.C. (1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW). This will be the fortieth IFPA-Fletcher Conference on National Security Strategy and Policy, in a series widely recognized as one of the nation’s premier strategic dialogues.

                 
                Implementing a New Vision for SOCOM: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities
                February 29, 2012, Washington, D.C., a SOCOM-IFPA workshop
                Counter-Piracy and Counter-Terrorism Planning for Somalia and the Horn of Africa: Implications for NATO and NSHQ Planning
                January 10, 2012, The Hague, the Netherlands

                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. 

                 
                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.

                 
                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

                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.

                 
                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.

                 
                A Comprehensive Approach to Combating Illicit Trafficking
                September 28 – September 29, 2009, Geneva, Switzerland

                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).

                 
                A New NATO, Euro-Atlantic Security, and the Greek-American Partnership
                April 28 – April 29, 2009, Washington, D.C.

                 
                Peace Regime Building on the Korean Peninsula
                November 22, 2008, Washington, D.C.

                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.

                 
                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.

                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.

                 
                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

                 
                In Times of Crisis: Global and Local Civil-Military Disaster Relief Coordination in the United States and Japan
                December 12, 2006, Washington, D.C.

                 
                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

                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.

                 
                Strengthening Forces for Democracy in the Middle East: Lessons from the Past and Strategies for the Future
                February 9, 2006, Washington, D.C.

                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.

                 
                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.

                 
                Trilateral Tools for Managing Complex Contingencies: U.S.-Japan-Korea Cooperation in Disaster Relief & Stabilization/ Reconstruction Missions
                November 2, 2005, Washington, D.C.

                 
                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

                 
                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.

                 
                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.

                 
                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

                 
                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.

                 
                Missile Defense and Counterproliferation on the Korean Peninsula: Exploring U.S. - ROK Options and Requirements
                October 8, 2002, Seoul, South Korea

                 
                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

                 
                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

                 
                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

                 
                IFPA Fletcher Conference: National Security for a New Era: Focusing National Power
                November 14 – November 15, 2001, Washington D.C.

                 

              • Articles & Presentations

                New Strategic Dynamics in the Arctic Region: Implications for National Security and International Collaboration, article drawn from material in full-length study
                Charles M. Perry and Bobby Andersen
                Atlantisch perspectief [Atlantic Perspective] October 2012

                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)

                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