A conference co-sponosored with the International Peace Academy examined the intersection between the economic factors of conflict and the more traditional factors, including ideology, identity, and geopolitical security.

Eric Schwartz, Woodrow Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar and former Special Assistant to the President and NSC Senior Director for Multilateral and Humanitarian Affairs.

General Gordon R. Sullivan (USA, Ret.), President, Association of the United States Army, and Former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army; Major General Robert H. Scales, Jr. (USA, Ret.), Chief Executive Officer, Walden E-Learning, Inc., and Former Commandant, United States Army War College; Michele A. Flournoy, Senior Advisor, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. Toguchi, USA, Professor, National War College, National Defense University; Colonel Douglas A. Macgregor, USA, Senior Military Research Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University; James Kurtz, Research Staff Member, Joint Advance War Fighting Program, Institute for Defense Analyses; Major General James J. Grazioplene, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, Combat Development, United States Army Training and Doctrine.