151104-N-PX557-074 NEWPORT, R.I. (Nov. 4, 2015) Robert S. Ford, senior fellow at Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C. and former U.S. ambassador to Syria, Payam Mohseni, Iran project director for Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Steven Heydemann, former vice president of Applied Research on Conflict at U.S. Institute of Peace, and Heidi Lane, associate professor of strategy and policy for U.S. Naval War College (NWC), speak with students, staff and faculty during a panel discussion as part of NWC's Joint Military Operations (JMO) course. The JMO course prepares future military and civilian leaders for high-level policy, command and staff positions requiring joint planning expertise and joint warfighting skills. It emphasizes the theory and practice of operational art as it relates to maritime and joint forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist James E. Foehl/Released)