Riggs Library, Healy Hall, Georgetown University
November 11, 2005

Sponsored by
The Committee on International Policy of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in conjunction with Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Mortara Center for International Studies, and Initiative on Religion, Politics and Peace, Georgetown University

Note: Names that appear in blue are linked to text of the speakers' comments.

9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introduction

John Borelli
Special Assistant to the President for Interreligious Initiatives Georgetown University

Bishop John Ricard, S.S.J.
Chairman, Committee on International Policy
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

9:15 a.m.

Global terrorism and just war tradition

The emergence of global terrorist networks has challenged the just war tradition in at least three respects. Religiously-justified violence has appealed to notions of holy war that are antithetical to the idea that war must be limited by moral norms. In part in response to this development, some contend that contemporary interpretations of the just war tradition are not adequate to address this threat. Others contend that “war” is not the appropriate paradigm for addressing terrorism. Should the just war tradition be rethought in light of these challenges?

Moderator:
Steve Colecchi
Director, Office of International Justice and Peace United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Maryann Cusimano Love
Associate Professor of Politics
The Catholic University of America

Albert C. Pierce
Director, Center for the Study of Professional Military Ethics
United States Naval Academy

10:30 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. Iraq and the moral dilemmas of preemptive/ preventive war

The Iraqi intervention has been justified as a legitimate preventive war to address the potential dangers posed by weapons of mass destruction in the hands of “rogue” regimes with ties to global terrorist networks. What challenges does preventive war pose for the just war tradition? Should just war norms be revised to permit it?

Moderator:
Gerard Powers
Director, Policy Studies,
Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
University of Notre Dame

John Langan, S.J.
Cardinal Bernardin Chair, Catholic Social Thought
Core Faculty, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University

Keith Pavlischek
Colonel, United States Marine Corps

Noon Mass/ Lunch

1:30 p.m. Ethics, policy and the proliferation of WMD

From India and Pakistan to North Korea and Iran, the proliferation of nuclear weapons threatens international stability. What morally responsible approaches should be taken to prevent nuclear proliferation? What is the relationship between a non-proliferation or counter-proliferation regime and the moral responsibilities of existing nuclear powers with respect to arms control and disarmament?

Moderator:
George A. Lopez
Senior Fellow, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies University of Notre Dame

Frederick Fleitz
Chief of Staff, Office of Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Department of State

John Steinbruner
Director, Center for International and Security Studies
University of Maryland

Douglas Roche
Special Advisor, Disarmament and Security, Holy See Delegation to UN General Assembly

2:45 p.m. Break

3:00 p.m. Preventive peace: alternatives to the use of force

What role does non-violence play in contemporary Catholic teaching on war and peace? What moral insights can be derived from the growing field of conflict prevention and conflict management?

Moderator:
Scott Appleby
Director, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies University of Notre Dame

Pamela Aall
Director, Education Program United States Institute of Peace

Daniel Philpott
Associate Professor of Political Science /
Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
University of Notre Dame

4:00 p.m. The Church’s role

How can the Church’s rich tradition of reflection on war and peace be heard in the contemporary debate? What is the proper role of the Church in public debates about issues of war and peace? How does the Church strengthen its pastoral role in promoting peace?

Moderator:
Most Reverend Edwin O’Brien
Archbishop for the Military Services

Theodore Cardinal McCarrick
Archbishop of Washington

Catherine Kelleher
Professor of Strategic Studies
Naval War College

4:45 p.m. Closing Discussion: Insights and Future Directions

Moderator:
John Carr
Secretary, Department of Social Development and World Peace
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

5:30 p.m. Adjourn

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