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title: "Meeting #18: Mackinder Forum Annual Conference, held under the auspices of the American Society for Competitiveness, Washington, DC, October 20-22, 2016"
description: "Meeting #18: Mackinder Forum Annual Conference, held under the auspices of the American Society for Competitiveness, Washington, DC, October 20-22, 2016"
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# [Meeting #18: Mackinder Forum Annual Conference, held under the auspices of the American Society for Competitiveness, Washington, DC, October 20-22, 2016](https://mackinderforum.org/past-conferences-and-workshops/meeting-18-mackinder-forum-annual-meeting-held-under-the-auspices-of-the-american-society-for-competitiveness-washington-dc-october-20-22-2016)

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John Baker, Georgetown Law School, "Conflicting Paradigms for Combating Terrorism," 10/20/16

Rodger Baker, VP for Strategic Analysis, Strategic Forecasting, Inc., "Stratfor's Approach to Geopolitical Forecasting: Twenty Years of Predicting International Change," 10/20/16

Admiral Chris Parry (UK, ret.), "Migration, Demographic Change and Geopolitics: The Cases of the European Union, the United States and Ancient Rome," 10/20/16

Phil Kelly, Emporia State University, "Recognizing the North American Heartland: A More Suitable Fit for Mackinder's Thesis," 10/21/16

Brian Blouet, College of William & Mary, "Mackinder and East Europe," 10/21/16

Francis P. Sempa, Wilkes University, "America and the Asia-Pacific: The Geopolitical Vision of General Douglas MacArthur," 10/21/16

Bert Chapman, Purdue University, "Geopolitical Implications of the Sino-Japanese East China Sea Dispute for the U.S." 10/21/16

Admiral Chris Parry (UK, ret.), "Psychology of Senior Military Command: The Second World War," 10/21/16

Geoff Sloan, University of Reading, UK, "A Geographical Aurora: Geopolitics in the United States During the Second World War," 10/21/16

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