PAST EVENT: Beyond the Surge: American Security Project to Host Panel Assessing President’s Afghanistan Strategy
The American Security Project (ASP) will host a conference and panel discussion entitled “Beyond the Surge: Assessing the President’s Plan for Afghanistan.” Congressman Ike Skelton, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, will provide the keynote address, and the event will include statements from Vice Admiral Lee Gunn, USN (Ret.), President of the ASP, and The Honorable Gary Hart, Chairman of the ASP.
When: Friday, December 4, 2009, 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Where: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Conference Center
1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC, 20036
RSVP: Please RSVP to ASP2@americansecurityproject.org.
Panelists:
• Mr. Steven Clemons, Director, American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation
• Dr. Evelyn Farkas, Senior Fellow at the American Security Project and former Executive Director of the Commission on the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Prevention and Terrorism
• Dr. Bernard I. Finel, Senior Fellow at the American Security Project and former Executive Director of the Security Studies Program and Center for Peace and Security Studies at Georgetown University
• Mr. Jonathan Landay, National Security and Intelligence Correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers
• Ms. Caroline Wadhams, Senior Policy Analyst for National Security at the Center for American Progress and former foreign policy Legislative Assistant to Senator Russ Feingold
Background: With an announcement on U.S. troop levels and strategy in Afghanistan, the American Security Project is sponsoring a discussion to assess the President’s proposed plan. This timely event features analysts with diverse backgrounds and expertise who will provide an overview of security, counterproliferation, counterterrorism, and human rights policy options and implications in Afghanistan followed by a Q&A discussion.
