Center for Strategic Leadership Issue Paper, August 2007, Volume 8-07. Military Education Workshop Addresses Threats to Stability and Security.

Army equities in the new Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 3000.05, Military Support to Stability, Security, Transition and Reconstruction (SSTR) Operations, took center stage at the recent Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (WWC) Teaching Environments Population and Security Workshop, 22-23 May 2007, sponsored by the Environmental Change and Security Program. The purpose of the Professional Military Education oriented workshop was to determine how WWC could help provide educational resources and support to military educators and researchers. The objectives were to identify the role of the military element of power in responding to environmental security challenges, determining policy implications of this involvement, and identifying roles and missions for further research. Participants assemble to help develop a peer group faculty who are teaching and researching these issues. They shared lessons learned for: developing related courses and introducing them into the curricula; identifying requirements for faculty in order to enhance effective teaching (research, policy analysis, materials, expert lists, field trip ideas, syllabi, and role-playing exercises); and developing a strategy for meeting those needs. The workshop was attended by representatives from the Army War College, National Defense University, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Air War College, Marine Corps War College, National War College, Air Command and General Staff College, Marine Corps Command and General Staff College, United States Military Academy, United States Naval Academy, Naval Postgraduate School, and the Pell Center and NATO Defense College.