Asia Society cordially invites you to a public program launching the Asia Society Independent Task Force Report:
Back from the Brink?
A Strategy for Stabilizing Afghanistan-Pakistan
Featuring:
Lord Paddy Ashdown, Author of “Swords and Ploughshares: Bringing Peace to the 21st Century”
Ambassador Francesc Vendrell, Former EU Special Representative for Afghanistan (2002-2008) and Visiting Professor at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University
Dr. Barnett Rubin, Director of Studies and Senior Fellow, Center for International Cooperation, New York University and Co-chair of the Asia Society Independent Task Force on Afghanistan-Pakistan
Steve Coll, Schwartz President & COO, The New America Foundation; and Staff Writer, The New Yorker (moderator)
Back from the Brink? A Strategy for Stabilizing Afghanistan-Pakistan, a new Asia Society task force report outlines a comprehensive strategy for the new U.S. administration to pursue a dramatically different course in Afghanistan-Pakistan. Both countries are now struggling to limit the spread of violent insurgencies, curb losses in public confidence, and address major weaknesses in governance while being faced with a growing economic crisis. These trends threaten not only the loss of control by the Afghan and Pakistani governments but also the spread of terrorist safe havens in the region. The panel will discuss and offer their views of the recommendations made in the task force report and the future of the region.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
8:00 – 8:30 a.m.: Registration & Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00 a.m.: Program
Asia Society
725 Park Avenue at 70th Street
Please join us at Asia Society’s New York City Headquarters or online via live Webcast. Internet listeners will be able to ask questions and offer comments via email during the webcast. Send your questions to moderator@asiasociety.org.
The Task Force was made possible with generous support from Asia Society Trustee and Task Force Member, Mr. Tom Freston and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
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