News Release
June 2002
(Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania)— Dr. Ervin J. Rokke, president of Moravian College
in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, will present the keynote address at a global
security conference, The "New War:" 21st Century Conflict,
sponsored by the George C. Marshall European Center of Security Studies
in Garmisch, Germany. On Tuesday, June 18, Rokke’s will address
senior level officials from 15 countries who are responsible for combating
international terrorists and criminal groups.
Rokke's keynote address will offer theoretical notions
about how peace and stability can be maintained in a world of elusive
enemies and dangerous radical groups. He will outline the tools of statecraft
which were used during the Cold War that remain relevant today, and
provide recommendations for minimizing the impact of destabilizing events
on national security planning and force structuring.
At the conference, participants will explore the future
needs of states in facing the challenges posed by the changing strategic
realities of the 21st century and the "war on terrorism,"
as the threat from non-state actors (terrorist groups, criminal groups,
and extremist groups) continues to grow.
Participants will gauge the security, economic, political,
social and cultural impact of the new war on participant countries and
regions. The group will while collectively define the most effective
response and explore potential measure in cooperation and coalition
building to support common interests.
Rokke is a Harvard-educated political
scientist and career military officer who holds the rank of lieutenant
general in the U.S. Air Force. He served from 1994 to 1997 as president
of the National Defense University, the preeminent joint military educational
institution of the U.S. Department of Defense.
In a wide-ranging career, Rokke has
served as an educator, diplomat, and military intelligence officer in
the United States and various foreign nations. He has more than 30 years
of professional experience divided between college-level academic administration
and teaching and national security-related positions.
The Marshall Center is a bi-lateral
institution of higher security and defense learning for foreign and
security policy officials representing more than 44 countries. The Center
brings together foreign and security policy experts from the Atlantic
to Eurasia and undertake research to seek common approaches for complex
issues threatening regional security.
Moravian College is a private, coeducational,
selective liberal arts college located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tracing
its founding to 1742, it is recognized as America's sixth-oldest college.
Visit the Web site at www.moravian.edu.
