The International Seapower Symposium (ISS) is a biennial meeting of the world's chiefs of navy that has met at the

United States Naval War College The Naval War College (NWC or NAVWARCOL) is the staff college and "Home of Thought" for the United States Navy at Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island. The NWC educates and develops leaders, supports defining the future Navy and associa ...

since 1969. The proceedings of these symposia have been published on the Internet since ISS XVI in 2003.

History

With the objective of promoting mutual understanding among the several leaders of the world's maritime nations, the First International Seapower Symposium (ISS I) was convened at the

Naval War College The Naval War College (NWC or NAVWARCOL) is the staff college and "Home of Thought" for the United States Navy at Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island. The NWC educates and develops leaders, supports defining the future Navy and associ ...

Newport, Rhode Island Newport is an American seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island. It is located in Narragansett Bay, approximately southeast of Providence, south of Fall River, Massachusetts, south of Boston, and northeast of New Yor ...

on 17–20 November 1969. This four-day symposium was conceived by the President of the Naval War College, Vice Admiral

Richard G. Colbert Richard Gary Colbert (February 12, 1915 – December 2, 1973) was a List of United States Navy four-star admirals, four-star admiral in the United States Navy who served as President of the Naval War College from 1968 to 1971, and as commander in ...

, U.S. Navy, who served as host for the ISS I. The Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Thomas H. Moorer addressed the meeting.''First Seapower Symposium, 17–20 November 1969'' (Newport: Naval War College, 1969). As a result of the success of this symposium, plans were made to continue these discussions as a biennial event. All International Seapower Symposia, since, have been conducted at the Naval War College, and hosted by the incumbent Chief of Naval Operations with only two exceptions. Early fall dates have been selected to take advantage of both the normally good weather and also the relaxed atmosphere in Newport.

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