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Friday, November, 09, 2012

US-Pakistan Relationship: A Critical Crossroad, World Affairs Councils of America, Washington DC

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US National Security: Six Top Issues for the President in 2013


Date: November 9, 2011

Location: Renaissance Mayflower Hotel

1127 Connecticut Avenue N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036


Plenary 6: Afghanistan/Pakistan

Discussion: The US-Pakistan Relationship: A Critical Crossroad

 

Room:     Colonial Ballroom

Time:      9:30-10:30

Moderator: Daniel Markey, Council on Foreign Relations

Peter Bergen, New America Foundation, CNN analyst

Ambassador Cameron Munter, former US Ambassador to Pakistan

Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, former Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State

Ambassador Said Jawad, former Afghan ambassador to the U.S.

 

The theme of the National Conference is US National Security: Six Top Issues for the President in 2013.  For the second year now, the World Affairs Councils of America’s council leadership has been voting on the Six Top National Security issues that the network leadership believes are the top issues that the network should debate and discuss in the upcoming year.  The National Conference launches that network wide discussion, which this year includes: US Economic Competitiveness, US Education-Competing Globally, Middle East, China, Afghanistan/Pakistan, and US Energy Policy.  The security challenges presented by nuclear weapons cross cut many of these issues, including US policy in the Middle East, China, Afghanistan/Pakistan and US Energy Policy.

This Plenary is intended to be a discussion of the current state of US-Pakistani relations, the complex problems that are having an impact on that relationship, and the implications of both success and failure in that relationship for stability in the region and beyond, particularly in the aftermath of US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014.

 

 

To contact WACA during the national conference (Nov 7-9), please call Althea Georgantas at 508-851-0887

Event: 2012 National Conference – Washington – Nov 7-9

August 26, 2012

Note: This exceptional opportunity is posted on behalf of the World Affairs Councils of America the centerpiece of the network of grass roots organizations focused on global awareness education. The Tennessee World Affairs Council is an independent member of the network. The National Conference is an outstanding opportunity for TNWAC members and others to immerse themselves in the global issues that challenge America in a dynamic world. Your membership in TNWAC will earn you a substantial discount on the conference fee. Please respond directly to the World Affairs Councils of America as indicated in the announcement.

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2012 National Conference

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The World Affairs Councils of America is proud to announce our Confirmed Speakers to date for the 2012 National Conference, U.S. National Security Policy: Six Top Issues for the President in 2013 (See list below). The conference commences at a very exciting time in Washington: one day after the election on Wednesday, November 7. Join us November 7-9, 2012 at the historic Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC for the launch of our network-wide discussion and analysis of the issues the President of the United States will face in 2013.

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Remember that in order to take advantage of early-bird registration rates, you must register by September 1 (see below). Register Now

As voted on by our World Affairs Councils leadership, the conference will focus on the Six Top Issues for 2013:

  • U.S. Economic Competitiveness
  • U.S. Education: Competing Globally
  • Afghanistan/Pakistan
  • U.S. Energy Policy
  • The Middle East
  • China

The National Conference, held annually for over two decades, gathers our regional leaders drawn from the business, civic, and education communities. Leading policymakers and national security experts lead the discussion on the critical national security challenges before us and help our council leaders plan their programming for their local communities in the coming year.

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Registration
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$430 World Affairs Council CEO/Staff/Board Member
$455 World Affairs Council Member ($495 after September 1)
$545 Non-Member

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Lodging at Mayflower Hotel
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Tentative Agenda

Wednesday November 7
9:00 am – 5:00 pm: Fall Leadership Meeting for Council CEOs, regional and national Board Members and Staff/Annual Membership Meeting

6:30 pm – 8:30 pm: Opening Dinner

Thursday, November 8
9:00 am – 5:00 pm: Main Plenaries
5:30 pm – 8:00 pm: Embassy Receptions

Friday, November 9
7:30 am – 8:45 am: 1918 Society Breakfast
9:00 am – 3:00 pm: Main Plenaries

Conference concludes at 3:00 pm

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Confirmed Speakers to Date

 

 

 

David Abney
Chief Operating Officer, UPS

Peter Bergen

Director, National Security Studies Program, New America Foundation; CNN National Security Analyst

Marcus Brauchli

Executive Editor of the Washington Post

 

Brandon Busteed

Executive Director, Gallup Education

Ashton B. Carter

Deputy Secretary of Defense

 

Jim Clifton 
CEO, Gallup

P.J. Crowley

Former Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs

 

Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky
Chair, WACA National Board of Directors; Distinguished National Security Chair, U.S. Naval Academy; former U.S. Special Envoy to Northern Ireland

Marc Grossman 

 

Ambassador Marc Grossman 

U.S. Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan

 

Stephen J. Hadley
Former National Security Advisor

 

 

Ambassador Robert M. Kimmitt

Senior International Counsel, WilmerHale; former U.S. Ambassador to Germany


Marc Lynch
Director, Institute for Middle East Studies, Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University; author of The Arab Uprising: The Unfinished Revolutions of the New Middle East

Daniel Markey

Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations

 
Ambassador Ashok Kumar Mirpuri
Singapore’s Ambassador to the United States, Embassy of the Republic of Singapore

Ambassador Cameron Munter

Former U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, 2010-2012


 

Terry Moran
Co-Anchor, ABC News Nightline

Daniel B. Poneman 

Deputy Secretary of Energy

Steven Rattner
Chairman, Willet Advisors, LLC; Columnist, Financial Times; former Obama Administration “Car Czar”
Jen’nan Read
Associate Professor of Sociology and DISC Assistant Director, Special Initiatives of Duke Islamic Studies Center, Duke University
Ambassador Dennis Ross 
Counselor, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; former U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East

Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy

Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars; former U.S. Ambassador to China

Gerald F. Seib
Executive Washington Editor, Wall Street Journal
Samer Shehata
Assistant Professor of Arab Politics, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli
Former Senior Adviser for Women’s Empowerment to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; former Special Assistant toᅠthe President and Senior Director for Democracy, Human Rights, andᅠInternational Operations at the National Security Council
Shibley Telhami
Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, College Park; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution
 

Ambassador João Vale de Almeida

Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United States

 

Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Ranking Member, House Budget Committee; Member, Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction

 

Tony Wagner
Innovation Education Fellow, Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard University; author of Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change The World

 

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Daniel Yergin

Chairman, IHS CERA; Pulizter Prize winning author of The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World


Confirmed Embassy Receptions


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