Wayne State University’s Center for Peace and Conflict Studies and the World Affairs Council of Detroit will host a discussion with Larry Korb, “How to Cut Defense? National Security and Foreign Policy on a Budget.” Korb’s lecture is at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, at the Troy Marriott on Big Beaver Road in Troy, Mich.

Korb is currently a senior advisor to the Center for Defense Information and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University. He served as assistant secretary of defense from 1981 through 1985. In that position, he administered about 70 percent of the defense budget. For his service in that position, he was awarded the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service. Korb served on active duty for four years as naval flight officer, and retired from the Navy Reserve with the rank of captain. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Albany, State University of New York, and has held full-time teaching positions at the University of Dayton, the Coast Guard Academy and the Naval War College.

Korb has authored, co-authored, edited or contributed to more than 20 books and written more than 100 articles on national security issues. His books include: “The Joint Chiefs of Staff: The First Twenty-five Years,” “The Fall and Rise of the Pentagon,” “American National Security: Policy and Process, Future Visions for U.S. Defense Policy,” “Reshaping America’s Military,” “A New National Security Strategy in an Age of Terrorists, Tyrants, and Weapons of Mass Destruction,” “Serving America’s Veterans,” and “Military Reform.”

The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, call 313-577-3453.

Wayne State University is a premier urban research institution offering more than 370 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 29,000 students.