March 19 — One of the Navy's warrior-intellectuals explains "China's strategic priorities"

Dr. Bernard D. Cole (Captain, USN, Ret.) teaches courses on Sino-American Relations and Maritime Strategy.

When: Thursday March 19, 5:45 refreshments; 6:30 dinner; 7:30 presentation
Where: Woodstock Club 1301 W 38th St, Indianapolis, 46208

Too attend this dinner of the Indianapolis Comittee on Foreign Relations, contact Courtenay Weldon at

(317) 293-5227 or courtenay@cweldon.net

Cole has written numerous articles and five books: Gunboats and Marines: The U.S. Navy in China; The Great Wall at Sea: China's Navy Enters the 21st Century; Oil for the Lamps of China: Beijing's 21st Century Search for Energy; Taiwan’s Security: History and Prospects; and Sealanes and Pipelines: Energy Security in Asia. Dr. Cole earned an A.B. in History from the University of North Carolina, an M.P.A. (National Security Affairs) from the University of Washington, and a Ph.D. in History from Auburn University. Captain Cole previously served 30 years as a Surface Warfare Officer in the Navy, all in the Pacific. Dr. Cole commanded a frigate, USS RATHBURNE, and Destroyer Squadron 35. He served as a Naval Gunfire Liaison Officer with the THIRD Marine Division.

Currently he is on the faculty of the National War College, Department of Military Strategy and Operations, having started June 2007- present. Previously: Faculty, Department of National Security Policy, National War College, August 1996-June 2007; Faculty, Department of Military Strategy and Operations, National War College, July 1993-August 1996; University of Hawaii, Adjunct Instructor in Chinese history, 1981, and Assistant Professor of Naval Science at Auburn University, teaching classes in U.S. Naval History, and Management, March 1975 to March 1978.