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Security Sector Transformation in North Africa and the Middle East - Session II Institute Roundtable

Experts: 
Daniel Brumberg
Robert M. Perito
Tara Sonenshine

 

On June 30, 2011, the U.S. Institute of Peace hosted an international conference on Security Sector Transformation in North Africa and the Middle East.  In the second session,  experts from international research organizations analyzed the prospects for security sector reform following the Arab Spring. 

This video recording

 

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Institute Roundtable

  • Daniel Brumberg, U.S. Institute of Peace
  • Timothy Edmunds, University of Bristol
  • Dale Eickelman, Dartmouth University
  • Alpaslan Ozerdem, Coventry University

 

Full Conference Agenda

 

9:00-9:30 | Welcome and introductory remarks

  • Tara Sonenshine, Executive Vice President, U.S. Institute of Peace
  • Robert Perito, Director, Security Sector Governance Center, U.S. Institute of Peace
  • Mark Sedra, Centre for International Governance Innovation

9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Country Profiles |  Watch a video recording of this panel

  • Ambassador James Larocco, National Defense University (Egypt)
  • Ambassador Mokhtar Lamani, Carleton University  (Tunisia)
  • Ambassador Barbara Bodine, Princeton University (Yemen)

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Institute Roundtable | See video recording above

  • Daniel Brumberg, U.S. Institute of Peace
  • Timothy Edmunds, University of Bristol
  • Dale Eickelman, Dartmouth University
  • Alpaslan Ozerdem, Coventry University

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | International Organizations' Perspectives

  • Ellen Laipson, The Stimson Center
  • Jared Rigg, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations
  • Catharina Wale-Grunditz, European External Action Service
  • Erwin Van Veen, OECD

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | U.S. Government Perspectives

  • Joseph McMillan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense
  • Charles Snyder, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics & Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State
  • Mara Rudman, Deputy Envoy & Chief of Staff to the Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, U.S. Institute of Peace

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Foreign Government Perspectives

  • Paul George, Foreign Affairs & International Trade, Government of Canada
  • Alex Martin, Coffey International Development
  • Joel Rubin, Ploughshares Fund

 

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