Iraq: What Lies Ahead
Black Coffee Briefings on the War in Iraq
About This Event

The war has begun. Timely analysis of the rapidly advancing military campaign will be essential for understanding events as they unfold, as well as making the necessary policy decisions about rebuilding Iraq, regional stability, and relations with our European allies. With the war underway, what steps have been taken to ensure a federal, democratic Iraq replaces Saddam’s tyrannical regime?

A military briefing with AEI defense scholar Tom Donnelly will precede the 9:00-10:30 am briefing on Tuesday morning. Please join us at 8:30 a.m. on April 1 for analysis of military actions in Iraq, hard-hitting analysis, thoughtful criticism, and free-flowing strong black coffee.

Agenda
8:15 a.m. Registration
8:30 Military Operations Analysis: Thomas Donnelly, AEI resident defense and national security fellow
Michael Vickers, military analyst at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
9:00 Briefing: Rend Rahim Francke, Iraq Foundation, on the situation in southern Iraq
Reuel Marc Gerecht, AEI resident fellow, on the Sunni and the Shi'a
Qubad Talabany, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, on the situation in Northern Iraq
Moderator: Danielle Pletka, AEI
10:30 Adjournment
AEI Participants

 

Thomas
Donnelly

 

Danielle
Pletka
  • Danielle Pletka is the vice president for foreign and defense policy studies at AEI. Before joining AEI, she served for ten years as a senior professional staff member for the Near East and South Asia on the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. She writes frequently on national security matters with a focus on domestic politics in the Middle East and South Asia regions, U.S. national security, terrorism and weapons proliferation.
  • Phone: 202-862-5943
    Email: dpletka@aei.org
  • Assistant Info

    Name: Lazar Berman
    Phone: 202-862-5872
    Email: lazar.berman@aei.org
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