Counterinsurgency: America’s Strategic Burden

NYU

November 20, 2009

9:15 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks

Karen J. Greenberg

Executive Director, Center on Law and Security, NYU Law

9:30-11:00 a.m. Counterinsurgency Today: Theory vs. Reality

Panelists: Conrad Crane, Janine Davidson, Steve Fondacaro,

John Nagl, Adam Silverman

Moderator: Peter Bergen

11:00-12:30 p.m. Lessons from the Past: Counterinsurgency throughout History

Panelists: Thomas Johnson, Pat Lang, Michael Sheehan, Martin Stanton

Moderator: Stephen Holmes

12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch Break

1:30-3:00 p.m. Assessing Afghanistan

Panelists: David Barno, Christine Fair, David Kilcullen, Joanna Nathan,
Nir Rosen

Moderator: To be determined

3:00-4:30 p.m. What Lies Ahead

Panelists: Peter Bergen, Roger Cressey, Montgomery McFate, Steve
Simon, Ken Silverstein

Moderator: Karen Greenberg