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 Frances Patton Peace and War Center, concludes with two sessions, both streamed online and free to attend.
The news outlets reported that FireEye, a security company working with the U.S. government, suspected Chinese government hackers compromised U.S. government agencies, defense contractors and financial institutions. A U.S. official, speaking anonymously, told the Post the Defense Department was not believed to have been compromised.
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, expand their professional networks, connect with neighbors, and experience the satisfaction that comes from serving a larger cause.”
U.S. President Joe Biden
“We are living in a moment that calls for hope and light and love hope for our futures, light to see our way forward, and love for one another,” Biden’s proclamation read. “Volunteers provide all three. … This week, we recognize the enduring contributions of our Nation’s volunteers and encourage more Americans to join their ra
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 presenting the summit, in the seventh week of an eight-week run.
In Congress on Wednesday, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on the Endless Frontier Act, co-sponsored by Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the Senate majority leader and Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind. The measure, first proposed in 2020, calls to allocate $110 billion over five years to advance U.S. technology to better compete with China, particularly developing semiconductors and investing in quantum computing.
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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 resonance of “Star Trek,” the television show created by Gene Roddenberry, and what in the show has proven prescient or purely fantastical. The show first broadcast in 1966 and ran for three seasons; it has lived on in movies and television shows, conferences and games for 55 years.
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 force to crush that independence.
The 2021 Peace and War Virtual Summit’s session Wednesday will focus on the simmering China-Taiwan relationship. The National Defense University’s Joel Wuthnow will join moderator David Ulbrich, program director and associate professor in Norwich University’s Master of Arts in History and in Military History programs, in a discussion marking the summit’s third week.