Security Policy Forum Events

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

Pakistan: Military and Political Challenges Ahead
November 17, 2009

• Stephen P. Cohen, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Brookings Institution
• Daniel Markey, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations
• Ashley J. Tellis, Senior Associate, South Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  
  Moderator:
  Amb. Karl F. Inderfurth, former Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia; Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, GW

Assessing Iran's Nuclear Program: After the Qum Inspections
November 3, 2009

• David Albright, President of the Institute for Science and International Security

The War in Afghanistan: Prospects and Challenges
October 5, 2009

• The Military Situation
  Stephen Biddle, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
• Training Indigenous Forces
  Lt. Gen. James Dubik (US Army, Ret.), Commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq (2007-08); Senior Fellow, Institute for the Study of War
• The Counterinsurgency Approach
  John Nagl, President, Center for a New American Security
  
  Moderator:
  Marc Lynch, Director, Institute for Middle East Studies, GW

Reflections on the Bush Doctrine
April 16, 2009

• Elliott Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
• Robert Kagan, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  
  Moderator:
  James Goldgeier, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, GW

Lt. General Karl Eikenberry
February 25, 2009

• Lieutenant General Karl W. Eikenberry, Deputy Chairman, NATO Military Committee, Brussels; former senior commander in Afghanistan

China: Political and Security Challenges for the Next Administration
October 28, 2008

• Thomas J. Christensen, former Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State (2006-2008); Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
• Rear Admiral Michael McDevitt (USN, Ret.), Vice President and Director of the Center for Strategic Studies, Center for Naval Analyses
• Harry Harding, University Professor of International Affairs, GW
  
  Moderator:
  David Shambaugh, Director, China Policy Program; Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, GW

Disarming Libya: Background to an Agreement
October 3, 2008

• The Honorable Robert G. Joseph, former Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security, U.S. Department of State

The Middle East: For the Next Administration
September 23, 2008

• The Arab-Israel Conflict:
  Aaron Miller, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
• Political and Social Forces:
  Marina Ottaway, Director, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Iran:
  Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
  
  Moderator:
  Marc Lynch, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University

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

• 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

Civilian Casualties of War
April 4, 2008

• 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

Assessing Progress in the War on Terror
February 20, 2008

• 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

Assessing Progress in Afghanistan
December 5, 2007

• 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

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

• 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

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

• 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