Future of Syria
Former U.S. government officials talked about Syria’s civil war. They focused on the future of Syria and why the U.S. and other countries must stay engaged and address the security challenge…
441 viewsFormer U.S. government officials talked about Syria’s civil war. They focused on the future of Syria and why the U.S. and other countries must stay engaged and address the security challenge…
441 viewsFormer U.S. Ambassadors James Jeffrey, who served in Iraq, and Robert Ford, who served in Syria, discussed the situation in the Middle East and the ongoing fight against the so-called Islami…
311 viewsKimberly Kagan talked about the escalating violence in Iraq. Topics included the fall of the major city of Mosul to Sunni militant forces. At the conclusion of the program, C-SPAN Radio’s…
694 viewsVictor Davis Hanson talked about his book, The Savior Generals: How Five Commanders Saved Wars that Were Lost - From Ancient Greece to Iraq, in which he profiles five generals, including Ame…
3,463 viewsStuart Bowen, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR), talked about lessons learned from the effort to rebuild Iraq and how to apply them to future U.S. endeavors. Amon…
225 viewsU.S. Army Major General James L. Huggins, Jr., and then U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel J.B. Vowell, talked about their experiences as commanders in Afghanistan in 2012. Kimberly Kagan moderate…
1,024 viewsFollowing a showing of a new documentary called The Surge: The Untold Story, panelists talked about the 2007 surge in Iraq. Speakers included two U.S. commanders who were stationed in Iraq d…
238 viewsKimberly Kagan talked about her book The Surge: A Military History (Encounter Books; October 25, 2008). The book is a history of “the surge” in Iraq which began in mid-2007. In her book Ms. …
536 viewsPanelists talked about the prospects for Afghanistan’s future, assessing the outcome of the Afghan presidential election, and the implications for future American policy in Afghanistan. They…
145 viewsKimberly Kagan talked about her reports on the progress of the war in Iraq. Since March 2007, she’s published several reports for her Institute for the Study of War and the Weekly Standard o…
2,068 viewsGathering of Eagles held a “Support the Troops” rally on the National Mall. The speakers included military veterans and family members.
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