Tag: Camden Conference

Weekend Voices 3/27/10

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Topic: Paul Pillar Speaking at the 2010 Camden Conference
What is the U.S. policy in Afghanistan and how does it affect the region? In the opinion of the speaker, is our policy there succeeding?  What is the best course of action in Afghanistan given the situation there today?
Guest: Paul Pillar, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Center for Peace and Security Studies, Georgetown University. Former National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia.  Q&A included Paul Pillar, Ronald Neumann, Ahmed Rashid, Larry Goodson, Nicholas Burns

Weekend Voices 3/20/10

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

Topic: Camden Conference Presentation by Larry Goodson, Professor of Middle East Studies, Department of National Security and Strategy, U.S. Army War College.

What are the current U.S. objectives in Afghanistan?  What is the current U.S. strategy to achieve those objectives?   How likely is that strategy to be successful?

Weekend Voices 2/27/10

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

Topic: “Is There an Afghanistan?” 2010 Camden Conference Speaker: G. Whitney Azoy
When and how was modern Afghanistan formed?  What are the major ethnic groups in Afghanistan?  What is the relationship of the Taliban to the Pashtun in Afghanistan?

Weekend Voices 3/14/09

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell
Topic: 2009 Camden Conference
Guest: Nicholas Burns, Professor at the Kennedy School, xpeaking at the Camden Conference
Nicholas Burns on “A New Era of Diplomacy for the Obama Administration”
What does former Under Secretary Burns think are the major foreign relations opportunities facing the Obama administration? What does former Under Secretary Burns think are the major foreign relations challenges facing the Obama administration? Why is “soft power” so important for the U.S. today? T

Weekend Voices 2/28/09

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

Topic: Brent Scowcroft Camden Conference keynote Presentation
What are the key foreign policy issues facing the new administration? What is the hottest “hot spot” in the world now? What is the role of economics in foreign affairs?

FMI: http://www.camdenconference.org/

Note: On March 14, 21 and 28, 2009, 3-4p.m., Weekend Voices will be airing more audio from the Camden Conference, in a series produced by WERU’s Jim Campbell.