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Is Peace Possible in Afghanistan?
Is Peace Possible in Afghanistan?(Ali Jalali, November 13, 2019) Transcript available below About the speaker Ambassador Ali Jalali served as Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Germany and designated Special Envoy to NATO. He served as Interior Minister from 2003-2005, overseeing the creation of … Continue reading
Update on Afghanistan: A Security Briefing
Update on Afghanistan: A Security Briefing Patrick Sookhdeo, Military Advisor to NATO, Regional Command South, and Chairman of the Board, Westminster Institute June 1, 2010 Watch his speaker playlist here Dr. Patrick Sookhdeo is a leading expert on jihadist ideology and … Continue reading
Al Qaeda After the Death of Bin Laden – The Future of Jihadist Terrorism
Al Qaeda After the Death of Bin Laden – The Future of Jihadist Terrorism Thomas Joscelyn, Senior Editor, Long War Journal, Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies A One-Day Conference: May 25th, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Key Bridge … Continue reading
Afghanistan: From the Great Game to the Global War on Terror
Watch his speaker playlist here About the speaker Ambassador Ali Jalali served as Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Germany and designated Special Envoy to NATO. He served as Interior Minister from 2003-2005, overseeing the creation of a trained force of 50,000 Afghan … Continue reading
In the Warlords’ Shadow: Special Operations Forces, the Afghans, and Their Fight Against the Taliban
About the speaker Dr. Daniel R. Green is a Defense Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy focusing on counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency, and stability operations in the Middle East and Central Asia. He is a reserve officer with the … Continue reading
The Taliban Revival: Violence and Extremism on the Afghan-Pakistan Frontier
Watch his speaker playlist About the speaker Hassan Abbas is Professor of International Security Studies and Chair of the Department of Regional and Analytical Studies at National Defense University’s College of International Security Affairs (CISA). Aside from his expertise on … Continue reading
Push and Pull of Religious Extremism: Who Are the Terrorists, How Are they Recruited, What Can We Do?
Watch his speaker playlist About the speaker David Des Roches is Associate Professor at the Near East South Asia Center for Security Studies at National Defense University. Prior to this, he was the Defense Department director responsible for policy concerning … Continue reading
The Field of Fight: How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam and Its Allies
Watch his speaker playlist About the speaker Dr. Michael Ledeen’s new book, Field of Fight: How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam and Its Allies (St. Martin’s Press, 2016), is co-authored with Lt. General Michael T. Flynn, former director of the … Continue reading
Sebastian Gorka: A New American Strategy
A New American Strategy Dr. Sebastian Gorka Executive Director, Westminster Institute September 6, 2013 Watch his speaker playlist About the speaker Sebastian Gorka, Ph.D. serves as the Major General Matthew C. Horner Distinguished Chair of Military Theory at Marine Corps University where … Continue reading