Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Fed Event @ Center for American Progress, "Assessing Transition Goals in Afghanistan" March 22nd

Please join the Center for American Progress for the first installment of our new series, Transition and Realignment of U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan.


Assessing Transition Goals in Afghanistan

March 22, 2011, 12:00pm – 1:30pm
Admission is free.

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Panelists:
Anand Gopal, Independent Journalist
David Kilcullen, Senior Fellow, Center for New American Security
Caroline Wadhams, Director for South Asia Security Studies, Center for American Progress

Moderator:
Matthieu Aikins, Independent Journalist and Fellow, New York University



In a speech in Kabul on March 21, Afghan President Hamid Karzai will mark the official inauguration of the transition process endorsed by NATO allies in November 2010, a process set to culminate in 2014 with the full transfer of security responsibilities to Afghan lead. The conditions under which that transition will take place remain ill-defined, however, even as the United States carries on parallel strategic partnership talks with the Karzai administration for a commitment beyond 2014. What political and diplomatic preparations are being made for an Afghan political settlement that can be sustained absent large-scale international military and financial investment in the country, and what shifts need to take place in advance of transition?

Please join the Center for American Progress for the first event in a monthly series of discussions through this summer which will focus on issues related to the evolving transition and realignment of U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Future scheduled events in this series:
• April 19, 2011 - Debating Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
• May 4, 2011
• May 24, 2011
• June 23, 2011

March 22, 2011, 12:00pm – 1:30pm

Space is extremely limited. RSVP required.
Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis and not guaranteed.

Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m.

Center for American Progress
1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Map & Directions

Nearest Metro: Blue/Orange Line to McPherson Square or Red Line to Metro Center

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For more information, call 202-682-1611.

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