Rethinking Civilian Stabilization and Reconstruction

8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., July 16, 2013 Center for Strategic and International Studies 1800 K St. NW, Washington, DC 20006 Syria and Mali are not the first foreign conflicts the United States has tried to avoid intervening in militarily. Nor will they be the last. Despite common beliefs, U.S. leaders rarely use military power to respond to foreign crises. When they do, it's only after exhausting civilian options. Do U.S. civilian institutions have the right mix of support, funding, and capabilities to respond to major crises and political transitions? Can the United States protect its interests and prevent conflicts without using its military? Join us to hear a distinguished group of U.S. experts and foreign recipients of U.S. assistance discuss where the United States stands in its civilian capacity for reconstruction and stabilizationand how important that capacity is to U.S. foreign policy. Agenda Stabilization and Reconstruction beyond Afghanistan James F. Dobbins, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan David Ignatius, Associate Editor of the Washington Post Robert D. Lamb, Director, Program on Crisis, Conflict, and Cooperation (C3), CSIS U.S. Support to Transitions Liliana Ayalde, DAS for Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. State Department John F. Blaney, Senior Advisor, Deloitte Consulting Juan Pablo Franco Jiminez, Director of Programs, IRD, Colombia Sean McFate, Vice President, TD International Franklin Moore, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for Africa, USAID Johanna Mendelson Forman, Senior Associate, CSIS Working with Donors: A Conversation with Recipient-Country Officials William Deng Deng, Chair, South Sudan National DDR Commission Enver Hoxhaj, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kosovo Hafiz Pasha, Chairman, Panel of Economists, Pakistan James Kunder, Senior Resident Fellow, the German Marshall Fund Overcoming the Operational Challenges to Donor Coordination Francois Grignon, Team Leader, Sudan/South Sudan, UN DPKO Jason Matus, Senior Sudan Coordinator, AECOM Jonathan Temin, Director, Horn of Africa Programs, Centers for Innovation, USIP Andrew Nastios, Executive Professor, Bush School of Government and Public Service The Future of Stabilization and Reconstruction Frederick Barton, Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict and Stabilization Operations
Please RSVP to csisc3@csis.org. Space is limited. Breakfast and lunch will be served.