{"id":11313,"date":"2012-07-19T10:26:07","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T09:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/eisenhower-lecture-by-general-james-n-mattis-usmc-commander-us-centcom\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:00:25","slug":"eisenhower-lecture-by-general-james-n-mattis-usmc-commander-us-centcom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/eisenhower-lecture-by-general-james-n-mattis-usmc-commander-us-centcom\/","title":{"rendered":"Eisenhower Lecture by General James N. MATTIS, USMC, Commander US CENTCOM."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/120LoOGenMattisUSCENTCOM_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"General MATTIS delivers the Eisenhower Lecture to Senior Course 120\" \/><figcaption>General MATTIS delivers the Eisenhower Lecture to Senior Course 120<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">On 19 July 2012 the NATO Defense College (NDC) had the honour of hosting General James N. MATTIS, USMC, Commander US CENTCOM, who delivered the prestigious &#8220;Eisenhower Lecture&#8221; to NDC Faculty and Staff, Senior Course (SC) 120 and guests. The topic of the lecture was &#8220;Coalition Warfare&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">After receiving a warm welcome from the <a class='photo' href='\/images\/120LoOGenMattisUSCENTCOM_3_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=' NDC Commandant Lieutenant General DALHAUG and Dean Dr HOOKER welcome General James MATTIS (left).'>NDC Commandant<\/a>, Lieutenant General Arne B&aring;rd DALHAUG, General MATTIS participated in a <a class='photo' href='\/images\/120LoOGenMattisUSCENTCOM_5_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title='General MATTIS participates in a round table with the Commandant and Senior Leadership of the NDC to discuss the College\u2019s courses and related activities.'>round table<\/a> with the Senior Leadership of the NDC to discuss the College&#8217;s courses and related activities. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Our distinguished guest then delivered an insightful and extremely pertinent lecture, providing an aptly stimulating conclusion to the academic curriculum of SC 120. This was followed by a very lively Q&#038;A session, during which Course Members had the opportunity to engage in active debate and discussion with General MATTIS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">In concluding the session, Lieutenant General DALHAUG took great pleasure in thanking General MATTIS for his valued services to NATO and support of the NDC. In recognition of so significant a contribution, the Commandant chose this special moment to name General MATTIS an <a class='photo' href='\/images\/120LoOGenMattisUSCENTCOM_7_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title='General MATTIS (left) receives the award of NDC Honorary Ancien from the Commandant, Lieutenant General DALHAUG' >Honorary Ancien<\/a> of the College, with an open invitation to return often as a most welcome guest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The Eisenhower Lecture was instituted to commemorate General Dwight D. EISENHOWER, the founder of the NDC. It is one of the pivotal lectures in the College curriculum, providing in-depth practical insight into the current security environment and global challenges. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">This year&#8217;s edition maintains the tradition of distinguished speakers, the most recent having been: H.E. Mr Anders Fogh RASMUSSEN, NATO  Secretary General;  General Sir Richard SHIRREFF, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR); General St&eacute;phane ABRIAL, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT); Mr Robert E. HUNTER, former US Ambassador to NATO and former US Representative to the Western European Union; and H.E. Ambassador Pascale Andreani, French Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council.<\/p>\n<p><em>NDC Public Affairs Office<br \/>\n(Prepared by Ms Iliana Panayotova, BGR C)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General MATTIS delivers the Eisenhower Lecture to Senior Course 120 On 19 July 2012 the NATO Defense College<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_badge":[],"class_list":["post-11313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"modified_by":null,"author_meta":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":0,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"relative_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 14 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le juillet 19, 2012","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le juillet 19, 2012 10:26","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 09:00"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11313"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=11313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}