Event Announcement: 11/30 at 7:30pm, Obama Advisor to Speak on US-Afghanistan Strategy

Monday, November 30, 2009
7:30 PM
Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute

“Obama's War: Finding the Right Strategy,” with Bruce Riedel '75, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution.
 
On the eve of President Obama’s expected address Tuesday on troop escalation in Afghanistan, presidential military advisor Bruce Riedel ’75 will give a talk on “Obama’s War: Finding the Right Strategy.” Riedel, who is senior Middle East foreign policy fellow at the Brookings Institution, co-chaired an interagency review of policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan for Obama when he first took office, and he remains a consultant to the president on Afghanistan.
 
A former CIA officer, Riedel focuses on political transition, terrorism and conflict resolution. He was an adviser to three U.S. presidents on Middle Eastern and South Asian issues. He is the co-author of Which Path to Persia: Options for a New American Strategy Toward Iran (2009), and The Search for al-Qaeda: It's Leadership, Ideology and Future.  Bruce Riedel is a 1975 graduate of Brown University.