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Strategic Thinking with Tom Schelling

August 13-18, 2006
Gallatin Gateway Inn, Gallatin Gateway, Montana

AGENDA

Sunday, August 13, 2006

3:00-5:00 pm
Registration & Refreshments

5:30-6:30 pm
Welcome
John A. Baden
FREE

6:30 pm
Cocktails - Fireplace Lounge

7:00 pm
Dinner - Dining Room

Monday, August 14, 2006

7:30-8:30 am
Breakfast - Dining Room

8:30-10:00 am
Session I - The Constitution and the War Against Terrorists
Edwin Meese
Heritage Foundation

10:00-10:30 am
Break

10:30-12:00 noon
Session II - What Ever Happened to Terrorism?
Thomas Schelling
University of Maryland

12:00-1:00 pm
Lunch - Dining Room

1:00-2:30 pm
Session III - What Tom Schelling Can Teach Us About Dealing with Suicide Bombers
Philip Heymann
Harvard Law School  

2:30-3:00 pm
Break

3:00-4:30 pm
Session IV - Strategic Thinking About “Global Issues”
Danny Boggs
U.S. Court of Appeals  

4:30-6:00 pm
Free Time 

6:15 pm
Meet in Lobby

6:30 pm
Cocktails - Enterprise Ranch 

7:30 pm
Dinner - Enterprise Ranch 

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

7:30-8:30 am
Breakfast - Dining Room

8:30-10:00 am
Session V - The Dynamics of Deterrence: Strategic Thinking for Crime Control
Mark Kleiman
UCLA

10:00-10:30 am
Break

10:30-12:00 noon
Session VI - When Deciding to Go to War, Getting the “Price” Right Ahead of Time Is Hard
Daniel Chirot
University of Washington

12:00-4:30 pm
Free Time
(Sack Lunches Provided)

5:00 pm
Meet in Lobby

6:15 pm
Optional
Dinner - Museum of the Rockies

8:00 pm
Optional Event at Museum of the Rockies
An Astonishing 60 Years: Iran & the Legacy of Hiroshima
Thomas Schelling
University of Maryland

9:30 pm
Buses back to Inn

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

7:30-8:30 am
Breakfast - Dining Room

8:30-10:00 am
Session VII - European Responses to the War on Terrorism
Brian Jenkins
RAND Corp.

10:00-10:30 am
Break

10:30-12:00 noon
Session VIII - An Appropriate Legal Framework for Dealing with Modern Terrorism and WMD
Richard Stearns
U.S. District Court

12:00-1:00 pm
Lunch - Dining Room

1:00-2:30 pm
Session IX - Schelling’s Theory of Focal Points and the Debate About Warrantless Surveillance
Morton Halperin
Open Society Institute

2:30-3:00 pm
Break

3:00-4:30 pm
Session X - War on Terrorism: Current Situation and Strategy
for the Future
Brian Jenkins
RAND Corporation

4:30-6:00 pm
Free Time

6:30 pm
Cocktails - Fireplace Lounge

7:00 pm
Dinner - Dining Room

Thursday, August 17, 2006

7:30-8:30 am
Breakfast - Dining Room

8:30-10:00 am
Session XI - Islamist Terrorism and Why Do They Hate Us?
Richard Stearns
U.S. District Court
Daniel Chirot
University of Washington

10:00-10:30 am
Break

10:30-12:00 noon
Session XII - Final Thoughts
Thomas Schelling
University of Maryland

12:00-6:00 pm
Free Time
(Sack Lunches Provided)

6:00-7:00 pm
Cocktails
Session XIII - Participant Evaluation
John A. Baden
FREE

7:00 pm
Dinner - Dining Room  

Friday, August 18, 2006

7:00-8:30 am
Breakfast - Dining Room

As Necessary
Shuttle to Airport