A reminder to please RSVP for the Afghanistan Panel if you have not done so already – seats are limited. RSVP to l-mccollough@northwestern.edu. There are some exciting additions to the panel: Jamie McIntyre will be moderating and there will be two additional expert panelists, Conrad Crane and John Wood. Ali Jilali is no longer able to join the panel.
The updated invitation is below, with the bios of the new participants.
Military Reporters and Editors, in conjunction with National Defense University and the Medill School of Journalism’s National Security Initiative, will host a symposium on Afghanistan Oct. 9 in Washington, D.C.
Titled “Afghanistan: What Journalists Need to Know Now,” the symposium will feature several top policy makers and journalists in a wide-ranging discussion about the country that has re-emerged as a significant military, political, and foreign policy issue for the United States and its allies.
Panelists will discuss current issues and the history that produced them in addition to offering possible solutions to a war that is now eight years old.
Panelists will include Joseph Collins, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Stability Operations; Dan Goure, vice president of the Lexington Institute; and Ann Scott Tyson of The Washington Post, who recently returned from an extended reporting trip to Afghanistan.
You Are Invited To
Afghanistan: What Journalists Need to Know Now
A Panel Discussion – October 9, 2009
Hosted by the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative, Military Reporters and Editors and National Defense University
Noon to 2 p.m. at the Medill School of Journalism in Washington, 1325 G St. N.W., Suite 730; lunch will be provided.
Anticipating the announcement of increased troops in Afghanistan, a panel of experts will address the many questions about the current landscape in Afghanistan and what to expect in the future. Journalists will gain new insights to enhance their reporting as they cover this complex story. The panel, hosted by Medill’s National Security Journalism Initiative, Military Reporters and Editors and National Defense University, will feature experts on Afghanistan to both share their insight and answer questions.
Please RSVP to l-mccollough@northwestern.edu by October 6. If you cannot attend, please feel free to nominate a colleague to attend in your place.
Panelists:
Joseph Collins: Professor of National Security Strategy at the National War College and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Stability Operations
Conrad Crane: Director of the U.S. Army Military History Institute at the Army War College.
Dan Gouré: Vice President of the Lexington Institute
Ann Scott Tyson: reporter, The Washington Post
John Wood: Director for Pakistan-Afghanistan Coordination at the Near East and South Asia Center for Strategic Studies.
Moderator:
Jamie McIntyre: former Senior Pentagon Correspondent for CNN, who now blogs on the military and the media at thelineofdeparture.com
Bios:
Joseph Collins is a Professor of National Security Strategy at the National War College. Prior to this assignment, he served for 3 years as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Stability Operations. In1998, he retired from the U.S. Army as a colonel. His many publications include books and articles on war in Afghanistan, Operation Desert Storm, military culture, defense transformation, homeland defense, and the way ahead in Iraq.
Conrad Crane is the Director of the U.S. Army Military History Institute at the Army War College. A retired Army officer, he has written and lectured extensively on airpower and landpower issues. In 2006 he was the lead author for the new Army/Marine Corps counterinsurgency manual for then-Lieutenant Generals David Petraeus and James Mattis, and he has traveled widely to explain the doctrine and evaluate it in action.
Dan Gouré is the Vice President of the Lexington Institute and an analyst on national security and military issues for NBC. He has worked as an Adjunct Professor in the National Defense University’s Homeland Security program under the SNSEE since 2003.
He served as the director of the Office of Strategic Competitiveness in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for two years and then served as the Deputy Director of the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He worked as a member of the 2001 Department of Defense Transition.
Ann Scott Tyson is a Pentagon and military correspondent for The Washington Post. On that beat for the Post and The Christian Science Monitor since 2001, she has covered many Army and Marine units across Iraq and Afghanistan and won prizes for her coverage of those conflicts. She was embedded with the Army’s Third Infantry Division during major combat in Iraq and won a “distinguished reporting” prize from Military Reporters and Editors for her coverage of the march to Baghdad in 2003.
John Wood is the Director for Pakistan-Afghanistan Coordination at the Near East and South Asia Center for Strategic Studies. Prior to joining the NESA Center he served as the Senior Director for Afghanistan, The National Security Council, Washington, D.C. from 2007 to 2009 under both the Bush and Obama Administrations. John served 28 years in the United States Army as an Armor officer, retiring as a Colonel. Prior to his time at the National Security Council, he served in the Pentagon as the Assistant Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs – Asia, The Joint Staff.
