SAIS Hosted Nation-Building Conference on April 13
The Bernard L. Schwartz Forum on Constructive Capitalism at SAIS hosted a day long conference, "Nation-Building: Beyond Afghanistan and Iraq," on April 13. Said Jawad, Afghanistan's ambassador to the United States, was the keynote speaker at this forum. Click here for the agenda.  Click here for more information. Download prepared remarks in a PDF format.

Additional papers and remarks to download from this event:

* Afghanistan - S. F. Starr
* Iraq - James Dobbin
* Stabilization and Reconstruction Civilian Management Act of 2004 - James Dobbin
* The Dismantling of Nation Building - David Ekbladh
* A Scorecard on Iraq's Reconstruction Process - Johanna Foreman
* Nation Building in Afghanistan: Impediments, Lessons, and Prospects - Marvin G. Weinbaum
* Historical Lessons, Learned and Unlearned - Michele Flournoy
* Transition to Democracy in Iraq? - Larry Diamond

 

SESSION I, 8:40-10:15AM:  HISTORICAL LESSONS, LEARNED AND UNLEARNED

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Chair:   Francis Fukuyama, SAIS*
Speakers:
David Ekbladh, SAIS*
Frank Sutton, Ford Foundation*
Michele Flournoy, Center for Strategic and International Studies*
Commentators:
Steve Hosmer, RAND*
Amitai Etzioni, George Washington University*

SESSION II, 10:30AM-12:PM: AFGHANISTAN: LESSONS AND PROSPECT

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Chair:  Tom Keaney, SAIS*
Speakers:
Fred Starr, SAIS*
Marvin Weinbaum, Middle East Institute*
Larry Goodson, Army War College*
Commentators:
Barbara Haig, National Endowment for Democracy*

 SESSION III, 2:00-3:30PM:  IRAQ:  LESSONS FROM THE RECONSTRUCTION

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Chair:  Charles Doran, SAIS*
Speakers:
Kenneth Pollack, Brookings Institution*
Johanna Mendelson Forman, UN Foundation*
Larry Diamond, Hoover Institution*
Commentators:
Amb. Ryan Crocker, National Defense University*

 SESSION IV, 3:45-5:15:  IRAQ’S FUTURE AND THE TRANSITION TO SELF-SUSTAINING INSTITUTIONS

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Chair:  Tom Mahnken, SAIS*
Speakers:
Thomas Carothers, Carnegie Endowment*
Amb. James Dobbins, RAND*
Reuel Gerecht, American Enterprise Institute*
Commentators:
Abdulwahab Alkebsi, National Endowment for Democracy*

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