Conferences

 

Lessons and Legacies: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan 

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Luncheon Program and Conference

 The Tower Center National Security Program Conference will feature analysts, academics, and security experts exploring the way in which these recent conflicts affect US policy and security.  The luncheon program will feature a dialogue between Steve Biddle and Michael O’Hanlon on the Force Planning and Strategy Implications of these Conflicts.

 

The Future of US-Taiwan Relations

Thursday April 16-Friday, April 17, 2009

How reform and development in Taiwan and China, evolving cross-strait relations, and trends in international politics and economics are affecting - and can affect - relations between the United States and Taiwan. Please click here for conference program.

For more information about Taiwan: Taipei Economic and Cultural Office

Jno E. Owens Memorial Conference

Thursday April 10 – Friday, April 11, 2008

Click Here for Program and Papers
Topic: Trade Integration in the Americas: Revisiting the Washington Consensus
Location: Meadows Museum

Asian Studies Symposium

Thursday January 31 – Friday, February 1, 2008

Topic: Japan's New Nationalism: How Japan's National Identity is Changing at Home and Abroad (Please click on title for program and papers)
Keynote Speaker: James Steinberg, Dean, LBJ School of Government, UT Austin
Sponsors: The Tower Center at SMU
Location: The Meadows Museum - Dinner, January 31 (Jones Room) Symposium, February 1 (Smith Auditorium)

The Marian Tower International Conference Series

The Marian Goodwin Tower International Conference Series honors the memory of Marian Tower. Like her father, Senator Tower, Marian had a strong passion for international politics, languages, and cultures. The very first conference in the series, "Pathways to Democracy, The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions," was held on April 4 and 5, 1997.