Press Release: A Senlis Council Symposium -- "A Cohesive Strategy for the Future of Afghanistan"
A Cohesive Strategy for the Future of Afghanistan: Reconciling Counter-Insurgency, Counter-Narcotics and Reconstruction Efforts
Wednesday, 14 February 2007
Arundel House, London
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”, on 14 February 2007 at 11:00am at Arundel House in London.
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...
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