Mission Statement
The United States Naval Academy’s Center for Regional Studies serves to enhance the educational opportunities of midshipmen through support for the study of different regions of the world, curricular innovation, and community outreach. Currently, the Center comprises six regional forums: Africa Forum, Asia Forum, Eurasia Forum, Latin America Forum, the Middle East Forum and the newly created Forum of Emerging Frontiers covering the Artic, cyber, space, deep sea, and other gray zones. The Center helps constituent Academy faculty members expose future Navy and Marine Corps officers to the array of disciplines that pursue a comprehensive understanding of regional and international dynamics across the globe.
Director, Center for Regional Studies
Professor M. Miles Yu
yu@usna.edu
410-293-6283
Deputy Director
LCDR Diana Dayea Park, USN
dpark@usna.edu
410-293-6350
Forum Directors (updated Jan. 24, 2024)
- Professor Karen Thierfelder, Africa Forum director, thier@usna.edu
- Professor Richard Ruth, Asia Forum director, ruth@usna.edu
- AssocProf. Maria Swanson, The Middle East Forum director, swanson@usna.edu
- AssocProf. Catherine O'Neil, Eurasia Forum director, oneil@usna.edu
- AssistProf. Luis Mora-Ballasteros , Forum for Latin America Studies, co-director, moraball@usna.edu
- CAPT. Phillip Lieberman, Forum of Emerging Frontiers director, lieberma@usna.edu
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UPCOMING EVENTS FOR SPRING 2026:
March 3, 1240--1330, Sampson Hall G14
"Russia and the U.S. National Security," by Peter Rough, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
April 3, 1240-1330, Sampson Hall G 14
"China and the U.S. IndoPacific Strategy," The Hon. Randy Schriver, Assistant Secretary of Defense for IndoPacific Security, 2017-2019
April 10, 1240-1330, Sampson Hall G14
"The Arctic as the New Frontier of Great Power Competition," The Hon. Thomas Dans, Commissioner of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission
