Please mark your calendars and join us for our 13th Annual Student Association on Terrorism and Security Analysis (SATSA) Conference.  Our event will take place on Friday, March 3 at the Syracuse University College of Law (Dineen Hall).

Hello SATSA Members,

please be advised of our upcoming meeting schedule (Rooms are still TBD):

Thursday 9/15 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Welcome back Meeting

Wednesday 9/21 12:00PM – 1:00 PM: Elections

The nomination period for elections is open now and will remain open until Tuesday, September 20 @ 5:00 PM Eastern Time. At the meeting on 9/15, position descriptions will be outlined and made available so individuals have time to consider which position they would like to run for.

 

Please mark your calendars and join us for our 12th Annual Student Association on Terrorism and Security Analysis (SATSA) Conference.  Our event will take place on Friday, March 4 and Saturday,  March 5, 2016 at Syracuse University College of Law (Dineen Hall).

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Rear Adm. James E. McPherson (Ret.), former Judge Advocate General of the US Navy

Rear Adm. James E. McPherson (Ret.) received his J.D. in 1981 from the University of San Diego School of Law and his LL.M. in Military Law from The Judge Advocate General’s School, Charlottesville, VA, in 1991. Originally a military policeman, in 1979, he was commissioned as an Ensign in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, US Naval Reserve. Upon graduating the Naval Justice School, Newport, RI, in 1982, he was assigned as an Assistant Force Judge Advocate in the US Atlantic Fleet. In the 1980s, he served the Naval Legal Service Office (NLSO) in Norfolk, VA, the Naval Air Station in Cubi Point, Philippines, and USS Theodore Roosevelt (as Command Judge Advocate).

Following graduate school in 1991, McPherson served NLSO as Senior Defense Counsel and Senior Trial Counsel, and later he reported to the staff of Commander, Submarine Force, US Atlantic Fleet as Force Judge Advocate and to the staff of Vice Chief, Naval Operations as Assistant for Legal and Legislative Matters and Special Counsel to the Chief of Naval Operations.  In 2000, McPherson assumed command of Trial Service Office East, Norfolk, VA. In 2002, as a Rear Admiral Upper Half, he became the Deputy Judge Advocate General for the Navy and Commander, Naval Legal Service Command. In 2004, he became the 39th Judge Advocate General of the Navy, his final assignment. His decorations include the Legion of Merit (two awards), Meritorious Service Medal (four awards), the Army Commendation Medal, and the Navy Achievement Medal (two awards). He is a member of the bars of the US Supreme Court and of California.

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Vice Adm. Robert B. Murrett (Ret.), INSCT Deputy Director & former Director of the US Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Vice Adm. Robert B. Murrett (Ret.) was the fourth Director of the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency from 2006 to 2010. Prior to this appointment, he served as Director of Naval Intelligence; Director for Intelligence, US Joint Forces Command; and Vice Chair Director for Intelligence, Joint Staff.

Other of Murrett’s assignments during a distinguished intelligence career include Afloat Intelligence Officer; Watch Stander/Briefing Officer, Chief of Naval Operations Intelligence Plot; Assistant Intelligence Officer, Commander, Second Fleet; Operational Intelligence Officer, Commander-in-Chief, US Pacific Fleet; Assistant Chief of Staff (Intelligence), Commander, Carrier Group Eight; Assistant Chief of Staff (Intelligence), Commander, Second Fleet; N2, NATO Striking Fleet Atlantic; Executive Assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence, Chief of Naval Operations Staff; Director, Intelligence Directorate, Office of Naval Intelligence; and Commander, Atlantic Intelligence Command. Murrett received his B.A. in history from SUNY-Buffalo and masters degrees in government and strategic intelligence from Georgetown University and the Defense Intelligence College, respectively.

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Renée de Nevers, Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration & International Affairs, SU Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs

Renée de Nevers is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Administration and International Affairs at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Before this appointment, de Nevers taught at the University of Oklahoma, and she was a Program Officer at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. She also has been a research fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, the Center for International Security and Cooperation, the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. de Nevers received her Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Her research and teaching interests include international security, US security policy, international relations, private military and security companies, and postconflict reconstruction, with a current focus on sovereignty and the war on terror. Her books include Comrades No More: the Seeds of Change in Eastern Europe (MIT Press, 2003) and Combating Terrorism (CQ Press, 2007, with William C. Banks and Mitchel B. Wallenstein).

Please enjoy SATSA’s inaugural newsletter for the winter of 2012.  Our hope is to publish a newsletter biannually to keep members, alumni, and friends of SATSA informed about developments with our organization.

SATSA was honored to host former Director of CIA James Woolsey for a roundtable talk in October, 2012, at the Maxwell School.  Director Woolsey was very generous with his time, engaging students on a range of topics from his time at CIA to today’s pressing energy security issues.  A thankful tip of the hat to Marc Ellenbogen at the Global Panel Foundation for coordinating this event.

Gen. Michael Hayden spoke this past Saturday at SATSA’s 8th Annual Conference on National & International Security at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. During his keynote address, Gen. Hayden discussed several hot spots at home and around the world, in order: Iran, China, Mexico, China, Cyber Security, and Terrorism. He also highlighted the difference between intelligence professionals and policy makers, mainly that intelligence professionals tend to be pessimists and see the world the way it is and policy makers tend to be optimists and see the world the want they want it to be.

Gen. Hayden also discussed the state of the United States National Security Apparatus with INSCT Deputy Director Vice Admiral Robert Murrett (former Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and former Director of Naval Intelligence) and Maxwell School Dean James Steinberg (former Deputy Secretary of State and former Deputy National Security Advisor).

SATSA is pleased to announce that Former CIA and NSA Director Gen. Michael Hayden (ret.) delivered the keynote address at SATSA’s 8th Annual Conference on National & International Security.

The 8th Annual Conference on National & International Security took place on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at the Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs on the campus of Syracuse University. The conference was held in the Maxwell Public Events Room (Eggers 220) from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The conference featured a range of speakers and panelists discussing cutting-edge security issues including the Arab Spring, Cyber Security, and U.S.-Pakistan Relations. The event was free and open to the public..