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Author(s): LTC Jim Crider, Thomas E. RicksType of Publication: Working PapersDate: 06/11/2009When Lieutenant Colonel Jim Crider arrived in the Doura neighborhood of Baghdad in February of 2007 as the commander of 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment out of Fort Riley, Kansas the Sunni neighborhood appeared beyond hope.
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No Illusions: Regaining the Strategic Initiative with North Korea
Type of Publication: Working PapersDate: 06/11/2009Pyongyang has spoken: North Korea has chosen the path of confrontation. Despite a series of agreements orchestrated by the Clinton and Bush administrations, North Korea has made no progress toward engagement and denuclearization, and has abdicated its commitments to the international community.
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After the Fire: Shaping the Future U.S. Relationship with Iraq
Author(s): Dr. John A. Nagl, Brian BurtonType of Publication: ReportDate: 06/11/2009Since 2003, debates about America’s role in Iraq have focused on how to withdraw U.S. forces. Yet the search for an “end game” emphasizes a short-term objective - getting out of Iraq - and sidesteps the strategic imperative of establishing an enduring relationship with a key country in a region of vital importance to the United States.
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Natural Security
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Triage: The Next Twelve Months in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Type of Publication: ReportDate: 06/10/2009Eight years into the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, the situation is as perilous as ever and continuing to worsen. The campaign has been further complicated by a rapidly deteriorating security situation in Pakistan, where the center of gravity of the insurgency has now shifted.
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Beyond Bullets: A Pragmatic Strategy to Combat Violent Islamist Extremism
Type of Publication: ReportDate: 06/09/2009Violent Islamist extremism will remain a potent threat to U.S. national security for the foreseeable future. On our own soil, catastrophic terrorism — employing chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons — remains a remote but grave risk.
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Beyond Bullets: Strategies for Countering Violent Extremism
Author(s): Dr. John A. Nagl, Kristin M. Lord, Seth Rosen, Daniel Benjamin, Larry Diamond, Dr. David Kilcullen, Camille Pecastaing, Harvey M. Sapolsky, Alice E. HuntType of Publication: ReportDate: 06/08/2009To counter the threat from violent Islamist extremism more effectively, the Center for a New American Security launched a strategy development process modeled after President Eisenhower’s Project Solarium.
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Striking a Balance: A New American Security
Date:
June 11, 2009
7:45am - 7:00pm
Location:
Willard InterContinental Hotel
1401 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Grand Ballroom
Washington, DC 20004
CNAS Third Annual June Conference
Striking a Balance: A New American Security was an all-day CNAS conference highlighting the major foreign policy and national security challenges facing our nation in the critical time ahead.
WATCH A HIGHLIGHT VIDEO OF THE CONFERENCE HERE.
Introduction & Opening Remarks | Morning Keynote | Session 1 | Session 2 | Luncheon Keynote | Session 3 | Session 4 |
INTRODUCTION AND OPENING REMARKS
The Honorable Dr. Richard Danzig
Chairman of the Board, Center for a New American Security
Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns
Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Board of Directors, CNAS
Dr. John A. Nagl (INTRODUCTION)
President, Center for a New American Security
General David H. Petraeus, USA
Commander, U.S. Central Command
Video | Audio | Transcript | PowerPoint Slides
SESSION 1:
AFTER THE FIRE: SHAPING THE U.S. RELATIONSHIP WITH IRAQ
Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security
Dr. John A. Nagl (PRESENTER)
President, Center for a New American Security
General John (Jack) Keane, USA (Ret.)
Senior Managing Director and Co-founder, Keane Advisors, LLC
George Packer
Staff Writer, The New Yorker
Nazar Janabi
Next Generation Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Ambassador Samir Sumaida'ie
Ambassador of Iraq to the United States of America
Video | Audio | Related Report | Transcript
SESSION 2:
TRIAGE: THE NEXT 12 MONTHS IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
Lieutenant General David W. Barno, USA (Ret.) (PANEL CHAIR)
Director, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University
Andrew Exum (PRESENTER)
Fellow, Center for a New American Security
Nathaniel C. Fick (PRESENTER)
Chief Operating Officer, Center for a New American Security
Dr. Andrew J. Bacevich
Professor of International Relations and History, Boston University
Colonel Christopher G. Cavoli, USA
Military Professor of Security Studies, George C. Marshall Center for Security Studies
Video | Audio | Transcript | Related Report
LUNCHEON KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: A NATIONAL SECURITY IMPERATIVE
Dr. Kristin M. Lord (INTRODUCTION)
Vice President and Director of Studies, Center for a New American Security
The Honorable Judith A. McHale
Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
Video | Audio | Transcript
SESSION 3:
NATURAL SECURITY
The Honorable John Warner (PANEL CHAIR)
Former U.S. Senator, R-Virginia
Sharon E. Burke (PRESENTER)
Vice President for Natural Security
Dr. Roderick G. Eggert
Professor and Division Director, Colorado School of Mines
Dr. Peter H. Gleick
President and Co-Founder, Pacific Institute
Commander E.J. McClure, USN
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Video | Audio | Related Report
SESSION 4:
NO ILLUSIONS: REGAINING THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVE WITH NORTH KOREA
Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman (PANEL CHAIR)
Principal, The Albright Group LLC
Board of Advisors, CNAS
Nirav Patel (PRESENTER)
Bacevich Fellow, Center for a New American Security
Abraham Denmark (PRESENTER)
Fellow, Center for a New American Security
Ambassador Thomas C. Hubbard
Senior Director for Asia, McLarty Associates
Dennis Wilder
Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Video | Audio | Transcript | Related Report
1LT ANDREW J. BACEVICH, JR., USA FELLOWSHIP AWARD
Dr. Andrew Bacevich (PRESENTER)
Author and Professor, Boston University
CLOSING REMARKS
Nathaniel C. Fick
Chief Operating Officer, Center for a New American Security
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- BAE Systems
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