2009 National Security Seminars
December 15 (Tuesday) — 12:00 p.m.- 1:30 p.m. — Dr. Jerry Meyerle, research analyst with CNA Stability and Development will discuss "Assessing the Ground War in Southern Afghanistan." Dr. Meyerle's work at CNA focuses on counterinsurgency, irregular warfare and post-conflict reconstruction and he is an expert on operations in southern Afghanistan, He has published studies on the Pakistan military, insurgent tactics in Afghanistan, the Pakistan-Afghanistan border areas, and the insurgency in Kashmir. and, in 2008, deployed to eastern Afghanistan to advise the commander of the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team. Dr. Meyerle He speaks Urdu and Hindi, and has a Ph.D. in Political Science and Asian Studies from the University of Virginia.
December 3 (Thursday) — 6:30 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. — Dr. Ashley Tellis, Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, will give an assessment of the impact of the November 24th visit of Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to the U.S. and will discuss "India, Pakistan and Afghanistan: Linkages and Issues."
Dr. Tillis is a prominent expert on South Asia issues and specializes in international security, defense, and Asian strategic matters. While on assignment to the US Department of State as Senior Adviser to the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, he was intimately involved in negotiating the civil nuclear agreement with India. Previously he was commissioned into the Foreign Service and served as Senior Adviser to the Ambassador at the US Embassy in New Delhi. He also served on the National Security Council staff as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Strategic Planning and Southwest Asia. He earned his MA and PhD in Political Science at the University of Chicago and holds BA and MA degrees in Economics from the University of Bombay.
November 19 (Thursday) – 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. — Dr. Martin C. Libicki will discuss "Cyberdeterrence and Cyberwar." Dr. Libicki has been a senior management scientist at RAND since 1998, focusing on the impacts of information technology on domestic and national security. He has published extensively on cybersecurity and related topics including: "The Challenge of Domestic Intelligence in a Free Society (2009 monograph), "Cyberdeterrence and Cyberwar" (2009 monograph), "Cybersecurity Economic Issues: Corporate Approaches and Challenges to Decisionmaking" (2008 monograph), and "Conquest in Cyberspace: National Security and Information Warfare" (2007 book). Before joining RAND, Dr. Libicki spent 12 years at the National Defense University, three years on the Navy Staff as program sponsor for industrial preparedness, and three years as a policy analyst for the GAO's Energy and Minerals Division. He holds an M.S. and a Ph.D from the University of California Berkeley.
November 13. (Friday) – 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. — Journalist and author Gretchen Peters will discuss the research and findings which are the basis of her new book Seeds of Terror: How Heroin is Bankrolling the Taliban and al Qaeda. Ms. Peters has covered Pakistan and Afghanistan for more than a decade — first for the Associated Press and later for ABC News — and was nominated for an Emmy for her coverage of the 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto. She has also been a commentator for National Public Radio and CNN. She is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in homeland security and criminal justice at the University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies.
October 27 (Tuesday) – 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. — Robert D. Kaplan, prolific and influential writer for the Atlantic Monthly and now Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), will discuss the strategic importance of the Indian Ocean region, the focus of a number of his recent articles and of a book he is writing for CNAS.
October 13 (Tuesday) – 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. — Former CIA officer Bruce Riedel, Senior Fellow at the Brooking Institution's Saban Center for Middle East Policy who, from March through May 2009, chaired the Obama administration's review of Afghanistan and Pakistan policy, (together with Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy) will reflect on that process and the challenges identified going forward. Mr. Riedel has been a senior advisor to three U.S. presidents on Middle East and South Asian issues, and holds a B.A. from Brown University and an M.A. from Harvard University.
August 20 (Thursday) – 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. — Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker. U.S. Ambassador to Iraq from 2007 to 2009 where he forged a strong partnership with General David Petraeus, Ambassador Crocker retired this spring following nearly four decades of service in some of the State Department's most difficult and dangerous assignments.
Jun 10 (Tuesday) – 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. — Linton Brooks
May 21 (Thursday) – 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. — Bing West
May 14 (Thursday) – 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. — Rear Admiral Terry McKnight, USN, will address "Piracy off the Horn of Africa: The View from CTF 151" and provide insights into coalition operations off Somalia, including his interactions with the PLA Commander of China's counter-piracy efforts. Admiral McKnight assumed his duties as Commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 2 in September 2007, and was ordered to the Gulf of Aden in January 2009 to become the first commander of CTF 151.
May 13 (Wednesday) – 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. — Major General John F. Kelly USMC, will discuss "Prospects for Stability in Iraq." General Kelly has just returned from Iraq where, during 2008 and early 2009, he commanded the I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) based in al-Anbar Province.
February 11 (Wednesday) – 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. — Henry Crumpton
January 29 (Thursday) – 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. — Sarah Chayes
January 13 (Tuesday) – 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m — Walter Pincus, Washington Post national staff reporter covering the intelligence community, will discuss the challenges that will face President-elect Obama's Director of National Intelligence
December 3 (Thursday) — 6:30 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. — Dr. Ashley Tellis, Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, will give an assessment of the impact of the November 24th visit of Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to the U.S. and will discuss "India, Pakistan and Afghanistan: Linkages and Issues."
Dr. Tillis is a prominent expert on South Asia issues and specializes in international security, defense, and Asian strategic matters. While on assignment to the US Department of State as Senior Adviser to the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, he was intimately involved in negotiating the civil nuclear agreement with India. Previously he was commissioned into the Foreign Service and served as Senior Adviser to the Ambassador at the US Embassy in New Delhi. He also served on the National Security Council staff as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Strategic Planning and Southwest Asia. He earned his MA and PhD in Political Science at the University of Chicago and holds BA and MA degrees in Economics from the University of Bombay.
November 19 (Thursday) – 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. — Dr. Martin C. Libicki will discuss "Cyberdeterrence and Cyberwar." Dr. Libicki has been a senior management scientist at RAND since 1998, focusing on the impacts of information technology on domestic and national security. He has published extensively on cybersecurity and related topics including: "The Challenge of Domestic Intelligence in a Free Society (2009 monograph), "Cyberdeterrence and Cyberwar" (2009 monograph), "Cybersecurity Economic Issues: Corporate Approaches and Challenges to Decisionmaking" (2008 monograph), and "Conquest in Cyberspace: National Security and Information Warfare" (2007 book). Before joining RAND, Dr. Libicki spent 12 years at the National Defense University, three years on the Navy Staff as program sponsor for industrial preparedness, and three years as a policy analyst for the GAO's Energy and Minerals Division. He holds an M.S. and a Ph.D from the University of California Berkeley.
November 13. (Friday) – 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. — Journalist and author Gretchen Peters will discuss the research and findings which are the basis of her new book Seeds of Terror: How Heroin is Bankrolling the Taliban and al Qaeda. Ms. Peters has covered Pakistan and Afghanistan for more than a decade — first for the Associated Press and later for ABC News — and was nominated for an Emmy for her coverage of the 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto. She has also been a commentator for National Public Radio and CNN. She is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in homeland security and criminal justice at the University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies.
October 27 (Tuesday) – 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. — Robert D. Kaplan, prolific and influential writer for the Atlantic Monthly and now Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), will discuss the strategic importance of the Indian Ocean region, the focus of a number of his recent articles and of a book he is writing for CNAS.
October 13 (Tuesday) – 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. — Former CIA officer Bruce Riedel, Senior Fellow at the Brooking Institution's Saban Center for Middle East Policy who, from March through May 2009, chaired the Obama administration's review of Afghanistan and Pakistan policy, (together with Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy) will reflect on that process and the challenges identified going forward. Mr. Riedel has been a senior advisor to three U.S. presidents on Middle East and South Asian issues, and holds a B.A. from Brown University and an M.A. from Harvard University.
August 20 (Thursday) – 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. — Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker. U.S. Ambassador to Iraq from 2007 to 2009 where he forged a strong partnership with General David Petraeus, Ambassador Crocker retired this spring following nearly four decades of service in some of the State Department's most difficult and dangerous assignments.
Jun 10 (Tuesday) – 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. — Linton Brooks
May 21 (Thursday) – 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. — Bing West
May 14 (Thursday) – 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. — Rear Admiral Terry McKnight, USN, will address "Piracy off the Horn of Africa: The View from CTF 151" and provide insights into coalition operations off Somalia, including his interactions with the PLA Commander of China's counter-piracy efforts. Admiral McKnight assumed his duties as Commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 2 in September 2007, and was ordered to the Gulf of Aden in January 2009 to become the first commander of CTF 151.
May 13 (Wednesday) – 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. — Major General John F. Kelly USMC, will discuss "Prospects for Stability in Iraq." General Kelly has just returned from Iraq where, during 2008 and early 2009, he commanded the I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) based in al-Anbar Province.
February 11 (Wednesday) – 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. — Henry Crumpton
January 29 (Thursday) – 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. — Sarah Chayes
January 13 (Tuesday) – 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m — Walter Pincus, Washington Post national staff reporter covering the intelligence community, will discuss the challenges that will face President-elect Obama's Director of National Intelligence
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