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Policing networks, stopping threats as China rises April 21, 2021 Norwich University’s 2021 Peace and War Virtual Summit concludes with pair of Wednesday afternoon sessions How’s this for ripped-from-the-headlines urgency? On Wednesday, right as the Virtual Peace and War Center prepared to conclude by focusing partly on the U.S.-China cybersecurity struggle, The Washington Post and South China Morning Post outlined a growing threat. The summit, presented by the John and Mary...

Events for volunteers, accepted students, Corps of Cadets regimental commander change highlight campus calendar Norwich University will spotlight its present — its service tradition — and its future — incoming students — in the semester and 2020-21 academic year’s next-to-last week, National Volunteer Week began in 1974 and this week was heralded in a proclamation by the White House and President Joe Biden. “By helping others, volunteers also help themselves. They learn new skills, ...

2021 Peace and War Virtual Summit to feature pair of discussions Even amid polarized partisan division on everything from coronavirus relief to infrastructure proposals, Congress does have at least one bipartisan bill. It addresses Chinese competition in technology, and will get scrutiny Wednesday. The same day, the Virtual Peace and War Summit at Norwich University will address the same U.S.-China technology race in two online sessions. The John and Mary Frances Patton Peace and War Center is ...

Student presenters will suggest possible tactics to mitigate nations’ economic rivalry Manufacturing policies, carbon-related trade tariffs, supply chains — Bank of America analysts identified them all as U.S.-China contention points. Energy investment, too. As CNBC reported, from 2010 to 2020, China outspent the U.S. by nearly 2-to-1 on energy transition-related investment. The Brookings Institution this week suggested China’s rising global power could spur a legislative push to stoke Am...

We’ll boldly go …  A noon Monday Lunch and Learn on science fiction, the first of two presented this month by the Sullivan Museum and History Center, will lead this week’s campus activities schedule, which also includes several sessions related to criminal justice and law enforcement careers. Science fiction enthusiasts Glennie Sewell and Joseph Cates will lead the noon to 1 p.m. Monday session, “Star Trek: From Science Fiction to Science Facts,” which will focus on the lasting reson...

National Defense University’s Joel Wuthnow will be discussion guest as seven-week event continues The threat of an invasion by China looms over Taiwan. As the United Kingdom’s news magazine The Guardian reported last week, Taiwan faces an irreconcilable conundrum. Its government wants to continue operating independently without threat of a Chinese invasion. But China and its Communist party have long considered Taiwan part of China — even depicting as such on a 2021 map — and may use fo...

Peace and War Summit focus turns to infrastructure, military rivalry Pair of Wednesday sessions will delve deeper into U.S.-China relationship Discussions on China’s multibillion-dollar, multifaceted Belt and Road Initiative and the United States-China military rivalry lead the 2021 Peace and War Virtual Summit into its second week. The summit, presented by Norwich University’s John and Mary Frances Patton Peace and War Center, will hold a pair of sessions Wednesday. In the first ses...

Sullivan Museum-directed Lunch and Learn will examine work of 16th century armor designer Daniel Hopfer Metallurgical craftsmanship and scholarship will complement the 2021 Peace and War Virtual Summit on this week’s Norwich University events calendar. From noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Norwich history professor Dr. Emily Fisher Gray will present “The Work of Daniel Hopfer: 16th Century Armorer, Artist, and Religious Radical” in a virtual Lunch and Learn presented by the Sullivan Museum and H...

Former Defense Security Cooperation Agency leader’s keynote will open 2021 Peace and War Virtual Summit Retired U.S. Army lieutenant general will discuss U.S.-China relations China’s rivalry with the United States — military, security, economic, cyber and technological — will take center stage as the 2021 Peace and War Virtual Summit starts Wednesday. The seven-week summit, presented by Norwich University’s John and Mary Frances Patton Peace and War Center, includes virtual lec...