The Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference (NAFAC) is an undergraduate foreign-affairs conference in the United States. NAFAC seeks to explore current, demanding issues from both a civilian and military perspective, thus provide a forum for addressing pressing international concerns. Held at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland since 1961, NAFAC brings together Naval Academy students and their civilian and military counterparts from around the world to share ideas and concerns relating to international affairs. Past speakers include: George H. W. Bush, Joseph Biden, Stephen Hadley, Madeleine Albright, Condoleezza Rice, Robert Gates, Wesley Clark, Charles Krauthammer, Sheryl Sandberg and Hillary Clinton.
Structure Each year a unique theme is chosen for NAFAC; noteworthy individuals with expertise in relevant fields are invited to address the conference delegates representing colleges and universities from across the United States and around the globe. Conference attendees bring with them unique attitudes and approaches that, through discussion and interaction, are intended to enlighten the thinking of their peers.
The entire conference is organized and run by the United States Naval Academy Midshipmen. These future officers of the Navy and the Marine Corps also serve as moderators, presenters, and as a minority percentage of delegates.
Harvard University and the United States Senior Military Colleges are examples of schools with annual partnerships to sponsor delegates to NAFAC.
NAFAC has a reciprocal exchange partnership with the MSC Student Conference on National Affairs at Texas A&M University, which was founded in 1955. A Naval Academy Professor, United States Army Colonel Rocco Paone, served as a facilitator in 1962 for MSC SCONA 8 immediately after founding NAFAC and thereby a partnership lasting into the present day.
NAFAC topics
1961 - Founding year 1996 - A New Multilaterlism 1997 - The Struggle for Democracy 1998 - Asia Rising? 1999 - Keeping Peace 2000 - Civil-Military Relations 2001 - Terrorism 2002 - Central and Southwest Asia 2003 - Strangers in a Common Land: Preserving Israel and Palestine 2004 - Post-War Reconstruction: Iraq 2005 - Power and Purpose: Defining America's Role in the World 2006 - Africa: Turning Attention into Action 2007 - Asia At The Crossroads 2008 - Latin America 2009 - Bridging the Gap: Combatting Global Poverty 2010 - National Security Beyond the Horizon: Changing Threats in a Changing World 2011 - People, Power, and Politics in the Internet Age 2012 - The Eclipse of the West? 2013 - Time of Transition 2014 - Human Security in the Information Age 2015 - Sustainability and Sovereignty: Global Security in a Resource-Strained World 2016 - Women and Security: The Implications of Promoting Global Gender Equality 2017- A New Era of Great Power Competition? 2018 - Guarding Liberty in a World of Democratic Undoing 2019 - Coming Apart: The Fate of the Rules-based Order 2020 - War, Peace, and the Gray Zone 2021 - Global Resilience after the Pandemic 2022 - Partnership in the 21st Century 2023 - Democracies Divided: The Proliferation of Polarization 2024 - Where Power Lies: The Development of Civil-Military Relations in a New World Order
References
External links usna.edu/NAFAC/ Official Website https://www.facebook.com/USNAFAC/ Facebook Social Media Page