Post Event Summary and Resources

Summary

The new Administration will face extraordinary demands on American military and civilian resources in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The linkages and trade-offs among the three countries will require deft balance, clear decisions and difficult compromises. What are the causes of instability in each? Which deserve priority? What functions can be left to the host governments? What must the US due to ensure its own security? How can limited resources be deployed and used most effectively?

Rapporteur Summary Report

• Download and read (.pdf 250KB)

Multimedia

Full Session

• Watch on YouTube
• Video Recording of Session (.mp4 137.5MB)
• Video Recording of Session (.wmv 244.4MB)
• Audio Recording of Session (.mp3 28.78MB)
• Photo Gallery

By Speaker

• Moderated by Daniel Serwer, Vice President of USIP's Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations
• Zbigniew Brzezinski
  Former National Security Advisor
  Video Recording of Speaker (.mp4 30.82MB)
• Lakhdar Brahimi
  Former Special Advisor to the Secretary-General, United Nations
  Video Recording of Speaker (.mp4 43.97MB)
• Mowaffak al Rubaie
  Iraqi National Security Advisor
  Video Recording of Speaker (.mp4 32.1MB)
• Question and Answer Panel
  Video Recording of Panel (.mp4 23.54MB)

Related Resources

• Transcript of Panel (.pdf)
• USIPeace Briefing: "Iraq in the Obama Administration"
• Iraq Progress in Peacebuilding
• Fragile States Framework (.pdf .8MB)
• Iraq Study Group Report (.pdf)