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Mershon Center Lecture Series: "The Changing Nature of the Afghan-Pakistan War"

Event: Mershon Center Lecture Series: "The Changing Nature of the Afghan-Pakistan War"
To reserve your spot for this event, please respond to Beth Russell at russell.16 by 5 p.m. on Monday, May 12, 2008.

Anthony Cordesman holds the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is also a national security analyst for ABC News. His analysis has been featured prominently during the Gulf War, Desert Fox, the conflict in Kosovo, the fighting in Afghanistan, and the Iraq War.

During his time at CSIS, Cordesman has been director of the Gulf Net Assessment Project and the Gulf in Transition Study, and principal investigator of the Homeland Defense Project. He also directed the Middle East Net Assessment Project and was co-director of the Strategic Energy Initiative. He has led studies on the Iraq War, Afghan conflict, armed nation building and counterinsurgency, national missile defense, asymmetric warfare and weapons of mass destruction, global energy supply, and critical infrastructure protection. He is the author of a wide range of reports on U.S. security policy, energy policy, and Middle East policy, which can be downloaded from the Burke Chair section of the CSIS Web site (www.csis.org/burke/).

Cordesman formerly served as national security assistant to Sen. John McCain of the Senate Armed Services Committee, as director of intelligence assessment in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and as civilian assistant to the deputy secretary of defense. In 1974, he directed the analysis of the lessons of the October War for the secretary of defense, coordinating U.S. military, intelligence, and civilian analysis of the conflict. He has also served in other government positions, including at the Department of State, Department of Energy, and NATO International Staff. He has had numerous foreign assignments, including postings in Lebanon, Egypt, and Iran, and he has worked extensively in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf.
Date and time:May 14, 2008
12:00 PM
Location:Area on Campus: Mershon Center, 1501 Neil Ave
Contact:Beth Russell
Phone Number:614.292.1681
Event category:International Affairs
Event Type:Lecture

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