DMNSF – April 18, 2024

● Mark Wiggins ● March 1, 2024 ● DMNSF Registration ● Comments Off

In this presentation of the Forum, retired Army Lieutenant General Robert L. Caslen, Jr., will lead a discussion on the leadership challenges and lessons learned from his various assignments to Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti, and Central America, and how these lessons are applicable to corporate executives. Caslen served as the senior… Read More

DMNSF – Sept. 27, 2023

● Mark Wiggins ● August 16, 2023 ● DMNSF Registration ● Comments Off

In this presentation of the Des Moines National Security Forum, Dr. Joseph G. D. (Geoff) Babb, professor of history in the Department of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, will provide an overview of the history and current status of Sino-American relations. He will discuss… Read More

DMNSF – July 19, 2023

● Mark Wiggins ● June 13, 2023 ● DMNSF Registration ● Comments Off

In this session of the Forum, retired Col. Bob Ulin will discuss the nuclear posture of NATO in Europe in the 1970s and recount how Soviet leadership mis-read the intent of an exercise that nearly led to nuclear war. At the height of the Cold War, both NATO and the… Read More