Afghanistan’s Next Crossroads: Ten Years of International Intervention, 2001-2011
15-16th March 2010
DAY ONE: Opening Address: Dr Phillips O’Brien
Panel One, 1000-1050: Afghanistan and the United States: From Bush to Obama.
Dr Andrea Dew (Director of the Center for Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups (CIWAG) at the United States Naval War College) & Professor Marc Genest, (Director of the Center for Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups (CIWAG) at the United States Naval War College, Co-Director for the Center on Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups.) ‘The Evolution of American Strategy in Afghanistan’
1050-1115 Questions
1115-1135 Coffee
Panel Two, 1140-1240: International Security and the Pakistan-Indian dimension
Brigadier Sean Crane (Senior Military Advisor to UN SRSG in Afghanistan 2007 – 2008) ‘The Challenges of Multinational and Multiagency cooperation at the Operational Level: A Personal Perspective’
Harsh Pant (Indian academic, specialist on Indian strategic affairs) ‘India in Afghanistan: A Test Case for a Rising Power.’
Peter & Azra Meadows, (Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow) ‘The Hindu Kush. Perspectives for Sustainable Development in a Conflict Region.’
1240-1300 Questions
1300-1410 Lunch
Panel Three, 1410-1540: Afghanistan and Human Security
Professor Sultan Barakat (University of York, founding director of the Post-War Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU)) and Mr Steven A. Zyck (University of York), ‘A Human Security Agenda for Reconstruction and Conflict Resolution in Afghanistan: Towards a Negotiated Settlement’
Mr Abbie Aryan (Her Majesty's Government (DFID MoD, FCO) Deployable Civilian Expert, Senior Adviser to the Afghan government, Apr 2007 – Feb 2008) ‘Afghanistan and Human Security - Is the war in Afghanistan winnable? (An Afghan perspective)’
Mr Jorrit Kamminga (Director of Policy Research, (ICOS)) ‘Afghanistan and Human Security: A grassroots, field research perspective from southern Afghanistan’
1540-1600 Questions
1600-1700 Coffee
1900 Dinner
DAY TWO
Panel One, 1000-1040: Afghanistan and the Future of NATO
The Right Honourable Adam Holloway, MP ‘Afghanistan: In blood stepp'd in too far? Towards a realistic policy’
Mr Colin Sykes (Head of Civil-Military Affairs, FCO) ‘Sharing the Burden: the added value of NATO in Afghanistan’
1040-1100 Questions
1100-1120 Coffee
Panel Two, 1120-1230: Understanding the Afghan Insurgency.
Antonio Giustozzi (Author of Koran, Kalashnikov & Laptop) ‘Networks of networks of networks: how the Taliban function’
Michael Thomas (UK FCO Research Analyst on Afghanistan, 1998-present) tbc
Karl Sandstrom (St Andrew’s University) ‘Beyond the Taliban: understanding a Complex Operational Environment.’
1230-1300 Questions
1300-1400 Lunch
Closing Address, 1400-1440: Professor Hew Strachan, Chichele Professor of War Studies, All Souls College Oxford
1440-1600 Roundtable: Where are we? Afghanistan and the Wider War on Terror.
1600-1700 Coffee