• Afghanistan, Pakistan, and U.S. National Security Symposium

  Director:	Kay King, Vice President, Washington Program

  April 21, 2009 - Washington, DC

  Last month, President Obama unveiled the details of a new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, explaining, "The future of Afghanistan is inextricably linked to the future of its neighbor, Pakistan." As the White House has been preparing to put its plan into action, the Council on Foreign Relations held a multisession, half-day symposium in Washington, DC, intended to provide members and experts an opportunity to examine the central questions surrounding U.S. involvement in the region.

  The first panel assessed the situation in the region; the second addressed specific policy options. The event concluded with a conversation with Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (ID-CT).

  
  

   

  Meetings

  Afghanistan, Pakistan, and U.S. National Security: The Current State of Play

  Conference Panel Session

  
  April 21, 2009

  Related Project: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and U.S. National Security Symposium

  Speakers:	Lisa Curtis, Senior Research Fellow, Asian Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation
  	Daniel Markey, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations
  	Ronald E. Neumann, President, American Academy of Diplomacy
  Presider:	Karen J. DeYoung, Senior Diplomatic Correspondent and Associate Editor, The Washington Post

  Transcript: Session I of a Council on Foreign Relations Symposium on Afghanistan, Pakistan and U.S. National Security
  Audio: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and U.S. National Security Symposium: Panel I: The Current State of Play (Audio)
  Video: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and U.S. National Security Symposium: Panel I: The Current State of Play (Video)

   

  Afghanistan, Pakistan, and U.S. National Security: Options and Prescriptions for U.S. Policy

  Conference Panel Session

  
  April 21, 2009

  Related Project: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and U.S. National Security Symposium

  Speakers:	Clare Lockhart, Cofounder and Director, Institute for State Effectiveness
  	John A. Nagl, President, Center for a New American Security
  	J. Alexander Thier, Senior Rule of Law Adviser, Rule of Law Center of Innovation, U.S. Institute of Peace
  Presider:	Kori Schake, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

  Transcript: Session II of a Council on Foreign Relations Symposium on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and U.S. National Security
  Audio: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and U.S. National Security Symposium: Panel II: Options and Prescriptions for U.S. Policy (Audio)
  Video: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and U.S. National Security Symposium: Panel II: Options and Prescriptions for U.S. Policy (Video)

   

  Afghanistan, Pakistan, and U.S. National Security: A View from the Hill

  Conference Panel Session

  
  April 21, 2009

  Related Project: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and U.S. National Security Symposium

  Speaker:	Joseph Lieberman, Member, United States Senate (ID-CT)
  Presider:	Evan Thomas, Editor-at-Large, Newsweek

  Transcript: Session III of a Council On Foreign Relations Symposium on Afghanistan, Pakistan and U.S. National Security
  Audio: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and U.S. National Security Symposium: A View from the Hill (Audio)
  Video: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and U.S. National Security Symposium: A View from the Hill (Video)

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  Enhancing U.S. Preventive Action

  Identifying international threats and acting on them may be the most difficult job for U.S. policymakers. This report provides an actionable road map for managing international threats before they erupt into crises and makes a strong case that preventive action is not a luxury but a necessity.

  The United States in the New Asia

  For more than a decade, the United States has mostly watched from the sidelines as Asian countries organize themselves into an alphabet soup of new multilateral groups. In this report, the authors review the relationship between pan-Asian and trans-Pacific institutions and suggest policy guidelines for a new U.S. approach to this new Asian landscape.

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  New Books

  Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel—a country of 7.1 million, only sixty years old, surrounded by enemies— produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK? With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine this nation’s adversity-driven culture to answer this question and offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.

  

  In Forces of Fortune, Vali Nasr presents a paradigm-changing revelation that will transform the understanding of the Muslim world at large. He reveals that there is a vital but unseen rising force in the Islamic world—a new business-minded middle class—that is building a vibrant new Muslim world economy and that holds the key to winning the cold war against Iran and extremists.

  In Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, Julia E. Sweig presents a remarkably accessible portrait of Cuba's unique place on the world stage over the past fifty years, including its internal politics, its often fraught relationship with the United States, and its shifting relationship with the global community.

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  David Rockefeller Studies Program Contacts

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  jlindsay@cfr.org

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