CAP: The Administration's Strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Center for American Progress is hosting an event on Afghanistan and Pakistan Strategy with NSC Advisor Jim Jones and a panel of civilian experts.

About This Event

As the international community prepares to convene in London on January 28 to coordinate its efforts in Afghanistan, please join the Center for American Progress for remarks by National Security Advisor James L. Jones on January 25, 2010 on the administration's strategy in Afghanistan and the region. NSA Jones will also outline the administration's larger national security objectives in advance of the president's State of the Union address. General Jones served as commandant of the Marine Corps from 1999 to 2003 and as NATO's supreme allied commander in Europe from 2003 to 2006.

Jones' speech will be followed by a panel of experts on Afghanistan analyzing the upcoming London conference, the state of the Karzai government in Afghanistan, and the international community's nonmilitary efforts in the country. The panel will include Paul O'Brien, vice president of policy and advocacy at Oxfam International, J. Alexander Thier, director for Afghanistan and Pakistan at the United States Institute of Peace and James A. Bever, Director of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Task Force at USAID. Panelists will assess U.S. progress on the "civilian surge," efforts to improve Afghan governance and tackle corruption, recent proposals for reconciliation with elements of the insurgency put forth by the Karzai government, and ways in which the United States can improve its own coordination and capacity on the civilian side.

Introduction by:
Lawrence J. Korb, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

Featured speaker:
General James L. Jones, National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama

Panelists:
J Alexander Thier, Director, Afghanistan and Pakistan, Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention
Paul O'Brien, Vice President of Policy and Advocacy, Oxfam America
James A. Bever, Director, Afghanistan-Pakistan Task Force, USAID

Moderated by:
Caroline Wadhams, Senior Policy Analyst for National Security, Center for American Progress

Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m.

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