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What went wrong in Afghanistan?

October 4, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Speakers

James Watt CVO is a British former diplomat who was ambassador to Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt. James Watt has nearly four decades of diplomatic experience, much of it working in support of humanitarian and development programmes serving refugees and the internally displaced and dealing with the wider phenomenon of migration. He is Chair of the International Advisory Boards of the Reseach for Health in Conflict, led by Kings College London.
James Watt CVOClosing Remarks
A Professor at the London School of Economics, author of over 25 books and former editor of the Atlantic Quarterly. He is a Director of LSE IDEAS the foreign policy think tank of the LSE. His most recent book Why War? was published earlier this year. He visited Afghanistan in 2006 and 2012.
Prof. Christopher CokerMain Speaker
James Watt CVO is a British former diplomat who was ambassador to Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt. James Watt has nearly four decades of diplomatic experience, much of it working in support of humanitarian and development programmes serving refugees and the internally displaced and dealing with the wider phenomenon of migration. He is Chair of the International Advisory Boards of the Reseach for Health in Conflict, led by Kings College London.
James Watt CVOClosing Remarks
A Professor at the London School of Economics, author of over 25 books and former editor of the Atlantic Quarterly. He is a Director of LSE IDEAS the foreign policy think tank of the LSE. His most recent book Why War? was published earlier this year. He visited Afghanistan in 2006 and 2012.
Prof. Christopher CokerMain Speaker

 

Speakers

Prof. Christopher Coker – Main Speaker
A Professor at the London School of Economics, author of over 25 books and former editor of the Atlantic Quarterly. He is a Director of LSE IDEAS the foreign policy think tank of the LSE. His most recent book Why War? was published earlier this year. He visited Afghanistan in 2006 and 2012.
James Watt – Moderator
James Watt CVO is a British former diplomat who was ambassador to Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt. James Watt has nearly four decades of diplomatic experience, much of it working in support of humanitarian and development programmes serving refugees and the internally displaced and dealing with the wider phenomenon of migration. He is Chair of the International Advisory Boards of the Reseach for Health in Conflict, led by Kings College London.

About the webinar

The blame game began even before the last flights out of Kabul but the disaster was predictable from the beginning. The US failed to understand 7 essential principles of strategy which is why it reached a strategic endgame this summer. So what did go wrong and has the debacle sounded the death knell of the American moment in history?

 

Details

  • Date: October 4, 2021
  • Time:
    5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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Venue

  • Online Webinar
  • United Kingdom

Organiser

  • Hume Institute for Postgraduate Studies