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Richard K. Betts

Adjunct Senior Fellow for National Security Studies

Expertise

Intelligence and U.S. defense policy; military strategy; political and military intelligence; international conflict; terrorism.

Programs

National Security and Defense Program

CFR Events

General Meeting ⁄ New York

The Lessons and Legacy of the Iraq War

Panelists:

Richard K. Betts, Arnold A. Saltzman Professor and Director of the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University; Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, American Force, Enemies of Intelligence, and Military Readiness, Michael Mandelbaum, Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy and Director of the American Foreign Policy Program, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Dennis Ross, Counselor, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Former Special Assistant to President Obama and Former Senior Director for the Central Region, National Security Council

Presider:

Susan Chira, Assistant Managing Editor for News, New York Times
April 12, 2013 12:30-1:00 p.m. - Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Meeting

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General Meeting ⁄ New York

The Lessons and Legacy of the Iraq War

Panelists:

Richard K. Betts, Arnold A. Saltzman Professor and Director of the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University; Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, American Force, Enemies of Intelligence, and Military Readiness, Michael Mandelbaum, Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy and Director of the American Foreign Policy Program, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Dennis Ross, Counselor, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Former Special Assistant to President Obama and Former Senior Director for the Central Region, National Security Council

Presider:

Susan Chira, Assistant Managing Editor for News, New York Times
April 12, 2013 12:30-1:00 p.m. - Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Meeting

This meeting is on the record.

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Guest Event ⁄ New York

Book Party for American Force: Dangers, Delusions, and Dilemmas in National Security by Richard Betts

Speakers:

Richard K. Betts, Author, American Force: Dangers, Delusions, and Dilemmas in National Security Adjunct Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, Gideon Rose, Editor, Foreign Affairs, and Peter G. Peterson Chair, Foreign Affairs
February 13, 2012 5:30-7:00 p.m. - Cocktail Reception and Book Signing with informal remarks at 6:00 PM

This meeting is on the record.

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Symposium ⁄ New York

Iraq's Impact on the Future of U.S. Foreign and Defense Policy: Coping with Rogue States, Failing States, and Proliferators (Session 4)

Speakers:

Lawrence D. Freedman, Professor of War Studies, King's College, London, Steven E. Miller, Director, International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University

Presider:

Richard K. Betts, Adjunct Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
October 6, 2006

This meeting is on the record.

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General Meeting ⁄ New York

Making New York Safer Symposium - Session 1: The Terrorist Threat in New York

Speakers:

Steven Simon, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, R.P. Eddy, Managing Director, Gerson Lehrman Group; and Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism, Executive Director, Center for Policing Terrorism, The Manhattan Institute, Richard K. Betts, Adjunct Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider:

Brian Ross, Chief Investigative Correspondent, ABC News
September 8, 2006

This meeting is on the record.

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