The Senlis Council, in collaboration with The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), will be holding a symposium on “A Cohesive Strategy for the Future of Afghanistan: Reconciling Counter-Insurgency, Counter-Narcotics and Reconstruction Efforts.”

The symposium will seek to make recommendations on how to reconcile the Counter-Insurgency, Counter-Narcotics and Reconstruction strands of the effort in Afghanistan. A post-symposium report with main findings and policy recommendations will be published by The Senlis Council and IISS in spring 2007.

Keynote speakers:

Lieutenant General David Richards, Commander, NATO-International Security Assistance Force

General Abdul Rahim Wardak, Minister of Defence, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Ms. Norine MacDonald QC, President and Lead Field Researcher for Afghanistan, The Senlis Council

Speakers:

Mr. Peter Bergen, Senior Fellow, New America Foundation

Dr. Patrick Cronin, Director of Studies, IISS

Ambassador James Dobbins, Director of the International Security and Defence Policy Centre, RAND

Dr. David Kilcullen, Chief Strategist, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, US State Department

Ms. Elizabeth Kvitashvili, Director, Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation, USAID

Mullah Taj Mohammad Mujahid, Chairman, Counter-Narcotics Committee, Parliament of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Ms. Hawa Alam Nuristani, Member, International Affairs Committee, Parliament of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Mr. Larry Sampler, Senior Fellow, Institute for Defence Analyses

For further information and to consult the programme, please visit http://www.senliscouncil.net/modules/events/IISS_conference or http://www.iiss.org/events-calendar/this-month/symposium-richards-wardak...