The QDDR and The EU's Role in SSR

USIP featured an introductory briefing of the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) followed by a meeting of USIP's Security Sector Reform Working Group to discuss findings of a forthcoming USIP Special Report on "The European Union’s Experience With Security Sector Reform."

9:00am - 10:00am | A Special Introductory Briefing of the QDDR

Speakers

Anne-Marie Slaughter
Director of Policy Planning
U.S. State Department
Donald K. Steinberg
Deputy Administrator
U.S. Agency for International Development

10:00am - 12:00pm | The EU's Role in Security Sector Reform

Does the European Union (EU) have a comparative advantage in reforming security sector institutions? Over several decades, the EU has reformed defense and interior ministries in 21 new member states. The EU also deployed military and police missions in the Balkans and peace operations around the world. What can the United States learn from these examples?

In this meeting of the Security Sector Reform Working Group, a panel of distinguished experts will address these questions and discuss the findings of a forthcoming USIP Special Report on “The European Union’s Experience With Security Sector Governance."

Speakers

Hans Hoebeke
Senior Researcher, Central Africa Programme
Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations
Eva Gross
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for European Studies
Louis-Alexandre Berg
Former Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar
U.S. Institute of Peace
Robert Perito, Moderator
Director, Security Sector Governance Initiative
U.S. Institute of Peace