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Political Science

Contemporary Military Topics: COIN in Operation Iraqi Freedom
LTC Lou Lartigue, USA
Wed Jan 30, 12-02:00pm, E38-615, light lunch provided

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 25-Jan-2008
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event

Operation IRAQI FREEDOM is one of the most complex military operations faced by US Armed Forces. Success and failures in the conduct of counter-insurgency operations (COIN) provide lessons that will shape future US doctrine and policy. We will discuss the counter-insurgency operations of a Cavalry Squadron in the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) in Salah ad Din and Diyala Provinces, Iraq in 2006, and the challenges of COIN operations and how it bears on overall success in operations such as OIF.

LTC Lartigue is an Armored Cavalry Officer who has commanded from platoon thru battalion level. He has served at division staff level and on the Joint Staff, J3 directorate. He has combat experience in Desert Shield/Storm and OIF. LTC Lartigue was commander of 2nd Squadron, 9th Cavalry in Iraq in 2006.

Cosponsored by SSP.
Contact: Magdalena Rieb, E38-624, 258-7608, mrieb@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Center for International Studies

Contemporary Military Topics: The 21st Century Marine Corps...Embracing Change
Col Harry C. Bass, USMC
Tue Jan 29, 12-02:00pm, E38-615, light lunch provided

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 25-Jan-2008
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event

The U.S. Marine Corps is the Nation’s Force in Readiness. However, to remain relevant the Marine Corps must embrace change. This seminar will provide an overview of the Marine Corps’ vision for adapting to existing and emerging security challenges. Topics include: U.S. Marine Corps mission, organization, operational concepts, and role in supporting the National Security and National Military Strategies.

Col Bass is a Marine Artilleryman with almost 22 years of operational experience. He has commanded at the battery and battalion level, served in numerous planning and operational staff assignments, and is a graduate of the Naval War College. Most recently, he completed his second Joint tour with U.S. Forces Korea as a Theater ground operations officer.

Cosponsored by the Security Studies Program.
Contact: Magdalena Rieb, E38-624, 258-7608, mrieb@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Center for International Studies

Contemporary Military Topics: US Air Force Cyber Warfare...More Than Just Hacking
LtCol Todd Piergrossi, USAF
Thu Jan 31, 12-02:00pm, E38-615, light lunch provided

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 25-Jan-2008
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event

Presentation of US Air Force’s newest mission domain: Cyberspace. This seminar will provide a basic understanding of the issues facing the USAF as it establishes an integrated war fighting capability within this arena. Topics include: Cyberspace mission doctrine, Cyber Command organizational structure and relationships, and Threats & Capabilities assessment.

Lt Col Piergrossi has 20 yrs experience in communications, air defense analysis, tactical radar operations, networks engineering, and software development. He has commanded twice at the squadron level and has survived staff assignments in Air Combat Command and the Joint Staff.

Cosponsored by the Security Studies Program.
Contact: Magdalena Rieb, E38-624, 258-7608, mrieb@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Center for International Studies

How Baseball, Poker, and Fermat Teach Us the Best Way to Elect the President
Alan Natapoff
Wed Jan 16, 04-06:00pm, 37-212

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

The Electoral College delivers large voting power in battleground states, but it creates 80 million impotent voters in poorly-contested states. Simple popular voting would make every voter, everywhere, impotent: Small numbers turned Florida and the presidency in 2000, but they could never turn a national election under simple voting. The solution is to have the winner, A, of a state receive one vote for every popular vote cast in it, for any candidate. If A is sure to win, the opposition can vote for their own candidate B (and count for an A they accept) or cast a blank ballot (that will not count for an A they despise.) This rewards candidates and presidents vote-for-vote for acquiescence by their opposition. We trace the paradoxes, the delicious oddities, and the resolution of Florida's deadlock in 2000 by Fermat's Rule.
Web: http://natapoff@mit.edu
Contact: Alan Natapoff, 37-219, 253-7757, natapoff@mit.edu

MIT Washington Summer Internship Program Information Sessions
Charles Stewart, Tobie Weiner
Thu Jan 17, 11am-12:00pm, 4-149
Tue Jan 22, 01-02:00pm, 4-149

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session

Come to an information session and find out about the MIT Washington Summer Internship Program. The program was founded in 1995 to give selected MIT undergraduates the opportunity to explore science and engineering policymaking at the national level, through study and practical experience. The interns have worked in the offices of government agencies, the private sector, and advocacy groups. Complementing the summer internships are a trip to Washington, DC, during spring break and a 12-unit HASS subject designed to give students an introduction to policymaking. All sessions are the same; come to any one.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/summerwash/www
Contact: Tobie Weiner, E53-484, x3-3649, iguanatw@mit.edu


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