The Center sponsors a number of conferences and other gatherings each year which focus on topics of current interest to the national security community. It works both independently and with other local, national and even international organizations to bring together scholars, policymakers and practitioners in forums where there can be open comment and debate among the participants. The Center hosts one major conference each spring in Durham, and also sponsors or co-sponsors two or three others during the year elsewhere in the country or overseas.
For almost a decade, it has joined with the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law and National Security to co-sponsor an annual national security law update and review conference in Washington DC.
2008
- April 10-11, 2008
Combating Terrorism: Charting the Course for a New Administration
Thomas Center and Geneen Auditorium in the Fuqua School of Business
2007
- April 12-13, 2007
Confronting Terrorism Here and Abroad: Which Way Forward?
Thomas Center and Geneen Auditorium in the Fuqua School of Business
2006
- April 20-21, 2006
US National Security Strategy: Finding the Right Balance
R. David Thomas Executive Conference Center
2005
- April 7-8, 2005
Strategies for the War on Terrorism: Taking Stock
David Thomas Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
2004
- April 15-16, 2004
US-Canadian Security Relations: Partnership or Predicament?
Durham Hilton Hotel, Durham, North Carolina
2003
- April 10-11, 2003
Confronting Iraq: Legal and Policy Considerations
Washington Duke Inn, Durham, North Carolina
2002
- April 11-12, 2002
Duke University Interdisciplinary Conference
Security Challenges After September 11th: National and International Perspectives, Washington Duke Inn, Durham, North Carolina
2001
- April 19-20, 2001
Spring 2001: The Future of Humanitarian Intervention - November 21-22, 2001
Fall 2001: National Security Conference: Eleventh Annual Review of the Field
2000
- April 13-14, 2000
Spring 2000: The United States Military in the New Millennium - December 1-2, 2000
Fall 2000: National Security Conference: Tenth Annual Review of the Field
1999
- April 8-9, 1999
Spring 1999: The U.S. and the International Criminal Court - October 28-29, 1999
Fall 1999: National Security Conference: Ninth Annual Review of the Field
1998
- April 20-21, 1998
Spring 1998: National Information Infrastructure Protection in the 21st Century - November 12-13, 1998
Fall 1998: National Security Conference: Eighth Annual Review of the Field


