Elliott School

Security Policy Forum Events

The Security Policy Forum features leading experts and policymakers discussing security challenges ranging from terrorism to nuclear proliferation.

April 28, 2008
Lessons from the Search for Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction

John E. McLaughlin, former Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency (2000-2004); former Acting Director, Central Intelligence Agency (2004)
Charles A. Duelfer, former Chief U.S. Weapons Inspector in Iraq (2004-2005)
Christopher Kojm, former Deputy Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission; former Senior Advisor to the Iraq Study Group; Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, George Washington University

April 4, 2008
Civilian Casualties of War

Paul Huth, Professor of Government and Politics; Research Director of the Center for International Devlopment and Conflict Management, University of Maryland
Colin Kahl, Assistant Professor, Security Studies Program, Georgetown University
Marc Lynch, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University

February 20, 2008
Assessing Progress in the War on Terror

Bruce Hoffman, Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Daniel Benjamin, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Brookings Institution
Daniel Byman, Director, Security Studies Program and the Center for Peace and Security Studies, Georgetown University
Christopher Kojm, former Deputy Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission; former Senior Advisor to the Iraq Study Group; Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, George Washington University

December 5, 2007
Assessing Progress in Afghanistan

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. (Ret.) David Barno, Commander, Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan (2003-05)
Larry Goodson, Professor, U.S. Army War College
Robert Perito, Senior Program Officer, Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operation, United States Institute of Peace
Amb. Karl F. Inderfurth, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia (1997-2001), Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, The George Washington University

November 16, 2007
Military Progress in Iraq: Views of the Experts

Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Lawrence Korb, former Assistant Secretary of Defense, Manpower, Reserve Affairs, Installationa and Logistics; Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Nora Bensahel, Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation
Christopher Kojm, former Deputy Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission; former Senior Advisor to the Iraq Study Group; Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, George Washington University

October 23, 2007
Negotiating With North Korea: Lessons and Challenges

Victor Cha, U.S. Deputy Head of Delegation to the Six Party Talks; Director for Asian Affairs, U.S. National Security Council (2004-2007); Associate Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
James A. Kelly, Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (2001-2005); President, EAP Associates
Joel Wit, Coordinator for the 1994 Agreed Framework, U.S. State Department (1995-2001); Visiting Fellow, U.S.-Korea Institute, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
Kirk W. Larsen, Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University