"September 27-28, 2005, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center." "Co-sponsors : Center for Humanitarian Cooperation ; Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies ; National Committee on American Foreign Policy ; Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Contributors : Bernard E. Brown ; Robert S. Littwak ; Janne E. Nolan ; Roy Williams ; Strategic Studies Institute, United States Army War College.

Introduction -- Summary -- Conference charter -- Opening address : perspectives on human security -- Panel I : power and national sovereignty -- Luncheon address : property rights, the rule of law, exclusion, and international security -- Nongovernmental and humanitarian organizations in the new security environment -- Where does America fit in the new world? -- Morning address : stability and reconstruction challenges -- The intelligence challenge : understanding and preventing strategic surprise -- Understanding the nexus of proliferation and terrorism -- Building an effective national security cadre for the future.