IDA has held the conference in Washington D.C., New York City, Chicago, and Silicon Valley. In this evolution, national security becomes a much broader concept than just military. Yet the military component, which is still important, is being used more and for other than major war fighting missions. Dr. Rokke, the president of Moravian College, a national security expert, was a key contributor to the discussions in our initial conference and was instrumental in bringing the IDA to the Lehigh Valley. This is the last of the initial conference series and it is very appropriate for this conference to be held in Bethlehem.
National power is now less a function of missiles and planes and more off a function of knowledge.
Our challenge is how to adapt with that change. Moravian College is a private, coeducational, selective liberal arts college located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tracing its founding to 1742, it is recognized as America's sixth-oldest college.