Afghanistan
Basic Questions - Strategic Choices
American Strategy Program
10/29/2009 - 8:00am
10/29/2009 - 1:00pm
Caucus Room
Constitution Ave. and 1st Street, NE Russell Senate Office Building
WashingtonUnited States
Agenda
8:00 AM - Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15 AM - Welcome Remarks
Ambassador David Aaron
Director, Center for Middle East Public Policy
RAND Corporation
Michael Rich
Executive Vice President
RAND Corporation
8:30 AM - Keynote Speaker
Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski
Board Chair
RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy
9:00 AM - Counterinsurgency
Fred Kagan
American Enterprise Institute
Arturo Munoz
RAND Corporation
Paul Pillar
Georgetown University
moderator
Peter David
The Economist
10:00 AM - Counterterrorism
Brian Jenkins
RAND Corporation
Steve Coll
New America Foundation
Terry Kelly
RAND Corporation
Michael O'Hanlon
The Brookings Institution
moderator
TBD
11:00 AM - Containment
Ambassador James Dobbins
RAND Corporation
Christopher Preble
CATO
Stephen Walt
Harvard University
moderator
TBD
12:00 PM - Lunch
introductory remarks
Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad
CMEPP Board Member
remarks
Senator Carl Levin
Chairman, Senate Committee on Armed Services











