Buzkashi: Afghanistan’s Recurring Great Game

February 19, 2010
Cabot Auditorium | 7:00pm9:00pm

 

Photography of Afghanistan
Nichole Sobecki (A’08, EPIIC’06, Exposure’05-’08)
Correspondent, GlobalPost.com

Introduction Kahran Singh (EPIIC 2009-10 Colloquium, Institute for Global Leadership)

Sarah Chayes
Former Special Advisor to General Stanley McChrystal, Commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan; Founder, Arghand Cooperative, Afghanistan

Introduction and Presentation of Dr. Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award
Mara James, EPIIC 2009-10 Colloquium, Institute for Global Leadership

Matthew Hoh
Former Senior Civilian Representative, US Department of State, Zabul Province, Afghanistan

Said Jawad
Afghanistan Ambassador to the United States of America

David Mansfield
Fellow, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Independent Consultant, for a range of organizations, including the UK Government and the World Bank, on illicit drugs in Afghanistan

Dipali Mukhopadhyay
Author, “Warlords as Bureaucrats: The Afghan Experience”; Jennings Randolph Dissertation Scholar, U.S. Institute of Peace; PhD Candidate, The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Noor ul-Haq Olomi
Former Chair, Armed Services Committee, Lower House of the Afghan National Assembly; Leader, United National Party of Afghanistan

Michael Semple
Fellow, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; former Deputy to the European Union Special Representative for Afghanistan 

Student Presentation
Julia Evans (A’13), Mara James (A’10), Iman Jawad (A’12), Lauren Milord (A’12), Katherine Monson (A’13), Emily Pantalone (A’12), Benjamin Perlstein (A’13) Patrick Schmidt (A’13) on “Comparing Soviet and American Strategies in Afghanistan” EPIIC Students, 2009-10 “South Asia: Conflict, Culture, Complexity and Change” Colloquium

Moderator Cody Valdes, EPIIC 2009-10 Colloquium, Institute for Global Leadership

 

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