Counterinsurgency: Implications in Afghanistan and Elsewhere with David Kilcullen
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The World Affairs Council presents Dr. David Kilcullen, author of Counterinsurgency, for an exploration of what is to come in Afghanistan, the complex interplay between local guerrillas and global terrorists, and the implications for U.S. defense strategies.
What does the replacement of General Stanley McChrystal with General David Petraeus mean for U.S. strategies in Afghanistan? What is the military strategy known as “counterinsurgency” and what are the prospects for it succeeding in Afghanistan? If the “Global War on Terror” is better described as a “global Islamic insurgency,” what are the implications for U.S. security and defense policies?
EVENT DETAILS
Date: Thursday, July 15, 2010
Time: Registration 6:30 p.m., Lecture 7:00 p.m.
Location: University of Washington, Miller Hall, room 301
Cost: $10 World Affairs Council Members/Students; $15 Non-Members
Dr. David Kilcullen, Former Senior Counterinsurgency Advisor to General David Petraeus in Iraq and General Stanley McChrystal in Afghanistan
A former Australian infantry officer with 22 years’ service, Kilcullen is one of the world’s most influential experts on counterinsurgency and modern warfare. He was seconded to the Pentagon from 2004 to 2005 during which he wrote the counterterrorism strategy for the 2006 U.S. Quadrennial Defense Review. He subsequently left the Australian Army to become the chief counter-terrorism strategist at the U.S. State Department, went on to serve as senior counterinsurgency advisor to General David Petraeus in 2007, and eventually served as Special Advisor for Counterinsurgency to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in 2008. Most recently has served as an advisor to General Stanley McChrystal in Afghanistan.
Dr. Kilcullen has a doctorate in politics from the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, focusing on the effects of guerrilla warfare on non-state political systems in traditional societies. He is the author of numerous articles on military strategy as well as the 2009 book The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One, and his most-recent book Counterinsurgency. Dr. Kilcullen is adjunct Professor of Security Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, a Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and the President & Chief Executive Officer of Caerus Associates.
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