Coordination Mechanisms

The Next Phase in America's Relationship with Iraq

Posted Thu, 08/12/2010 - 10:34am
Date: 
Aug 17 (12:30pm - 2:30pm)

A conversation with:

Nathaniel Fick
CEO of Center for a New American Security

Michael Corbin
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq

Dr. Colin Kahl
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East

RSVP online here.   President Obama’s speech in early August heralded the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq, but U.S. engagement in the country is far from over. As the military draws down, our nation’s diplomats are preparing to expand their role and take the lead in providing guidance and assistance to Iraqis as they build a stable future for their country. However, the transition of responsibility from the Department of Defense to the Department of State in a resource-constrained environment presents challenges for the government in meeting U.S. foreign policy objectives and managing the thousands of contractors needed to provide security and other services necessary for State to operate in Iraq.

Next Tuesday, August 17, 2010, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) will host a moderated discussion that will address these questions with two leading Administration officials on Iraq: Michael Corbin, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq, and Dr. Colin Kahl, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East. CNAS Chief Executive Officer Nathaniel Fick, a national security expert and veteran of the Iraq war, will moderate the conversation.
 

Please note the event will begin promptly at 1:00 p.m.   RSVP:
RSVP online here.
Or, call 202.457.9427 ###
 The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is an independent and nonpartisan research institution that develops strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies that promote and protect American interests and values. CNAS leads efforts to help inform and prepare the national security leaders of today and tomorrow.

Social Sciences Underpinnings of Complex Operations

Posted Tue, 08/10/2010 - 10:29am
Date: 
Oct 18 (10:10am) - Oct 21 (10:10am)

This mini-symposium will serve to facilitate cross-disciplinary collaboration of social science research and complex operations, highlight current interagency complex operations processes and practices and the social theory and research upon which these are built, and discuss the emergence of methods and approaches that may help apply social science, regional expertise, and knowledge on current policy topics to studies and other analytic efforts.

The conference will feature a number of key speakers and panelists who are leading researchers and practitioners in applying an analytic response to the complex social, economic and behavioral challenges facing society today.  This will be a mini-symposium, not a workshop; all the sessions will meet in the same plenary room.  The presentations will all be tutorial-like and grouped into three topical areas:

Day 1 – Emerging Social Science Research

Day 2 – Interagency and Social Science Research

Day 3 – Interagency and Social Organizational Processes

Please visit the MORS website http://www.mors.org/events/2010soc_science.aspx  for the terms of reference, registration rates, and the latest updates.

Registration is now available online.  If you are traveling, please be aware that we have reserved a block of rooms at the Hilton Arlington  at a daily rate of $279.00.  MORS has reserved a block of rooms at the Hilton Arlington:

950 North Stafford Street
Arlington, Virginia 22203
703-528-6000

The Hilton Arlington is conveniently located only a few blocks from the meeting, and is accessible on the Orange Metro line (Ballston stop).  Please make your reservations by 18 September 2010 and mention MORS to receive the group rate.

As always the MORS office is here to assist you. If you have any questions, please contact us at morsoffice@mors.org or 703.933.9070.

The First National Security Professionals Symposium

Posted Thu, 07/22/2010 - 1:16pm
Date: 
Aug 4 (7:00am) - Aug 5 (4:15pm)

Executive Order 13434, issued in direct response to lessons learned from 9/11, Katrina and other disasters that have threatened our national security, calls for the establishment of a corps of National Security Professionals (NSPs); leaders who will be called upon to work across the interagency in response to various domestic and international crises.  Past responses have proven that working across departmental boundaries requires leadership capabilities derived from an interagency perspective.  To effectively serve in this capacity, NSPs must be prepared - trained, educated, and experienced.  They must be able to work together to respond quickly, efficiently, and effectively.

To aid in readiness, the DoD NSPD Implementation Office is conducting the first National Security Professional Development symposium, hosted by the National Defense University August 4 – 5, 2010.  The symposium, entitled, "National Security Professionals: Forming an Interagency Community," is intended to lay the foundation towards the development of a community of National Security Professionals. Enhanced awareness, expanded cultural acuity, collaboration and developed networks are critical characteristics demonstrating readiness and key outcomes of this symposium.

The DoD NSPD Implementation Office formed an interagency symposium working group responsible for developing the content.  Representatives on the working group are from participating agencies including Department of State, Energy, Justice, Commerce, Agriculture, National Defense University, Defense, NSPD Integration Office, and the United States Institute of Peace.

See link for more details.

Target Audiences

  • National Security Professionals
  • Organizational Leadership

Learning Objectives

 

  • Meet NSPs from various agencies
  • Enhance their interagency partnerships
  • Increase their awareness of the criticality of collaboration, and
  • Initiate and  sustain collaboration across government and between NSPs
  • Gain an understanding of partnering agency cultures
  • Learn strategies to build and develop interagency networks
  • Develop awareness of challenges hindering collaboration and ways to mitigate them, and
  • Form interagency alliances

 

Measuring Progress in Stabilizing War-Torn Societies

Posted Tue, 06/29/2010 - 3:00pm
Date: 
Jul 9 (1:00pm - 3:00pm)

Working in collaboration with the Department of State, Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute, the United States Institute of Peace has developed a framework for Measuring Progress in Conflict Environments (MPICE).  MPICE will enable national policy makers to obtain feedback on the impact and efficacy of their strategies, bring goals and resources into better balance, support realistic assessments of underlying sources of conflict, and enhance the prospects for achieving stabilization and lasting peace.

The MPICE Metrics Framework was designed to support strategic planning by the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) and it has been part of the discussions in the development and application of their Interagency Conflict Assessment Framework since the beginning. The MPICE Framework builds on the strategy for conflict transformation developed in The Quest for Viable Peace and addresses the five end states of USIP's "Framework for Success for Societies Emerging from Conflict." It is a companion to USIP's "Guiding Principles for Stabilization and Reconstruction."

The published version of the MPICE Metrics Framework will be released on July 9, 2010 at 1:00pm at USIP. The three editors of the MPICE Framework, Colonel John Agoglia, Michael Dziedzic and Barbara Sotirin, along with John McNamara from S/CRS, will discuss the following:

  • Planning for Afghanistan and Iraq in the absence of a metrics tool
  • The design and use of MPICE
  • The range of supplementary activities currently being undertaken
  • The future agenda for metrics at S/CRS

This event will feature the following speakers:

Colonel John Agoglia, Discussant
Director, Counterinsurgency Training Center - Afghanistan

Michael Dziedzic, Moderator
Senior Program Officer, U.S. Institute of Peace

Barbara Sotirin, Discussant
Deputy Director for Global Security Affairs, The Joint Staff

John McNamara, Discussant
Director, Office of Planning, Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization 

Directions

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Inquiries

Please contact Demis Yanco at 202-429-3833 or dyanco@usip.org " href="mailto:dyanco@usip.org">dyanco@usip.org with any general questions about this event.

Media

Journalists should contact Lauren Sucher at lsucher@usip.org or Allison Sturma at asturma@usip.org.

A CNP DISCUSSION SERIES: DISCUSSION 2: PRTs: Implementing Lessons Learned

Posted Tue, 12/29/2009 - 8:04am
Date: 
Jan 11 (12:30pm - 1:30pm)

A CNP Discussion Series


PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAMS: Evaluating their Role in Iraq, Afghanistan and Future Conflicts


Enhancing governance and development capabilities is vital to long term stability in Iraq and Afghanistan, and central to U.S. counterinsurgency strategy in both countries. With this in mind, the Center for National Policy continues its discussion series examining the role of PRTs from a number of a different angles. The discussions in this series cover topics including the strategic value of PRTs in Iraq and Afghanistan, lessons learned and their implementation and the applicability of PRTs to future conflicts. Please note: The discussions in this series will be off the record.


Discussion 2:


PRTs: Implementing Lessons Learned


FEATURING


Tod Wilson Deputy Director and Senior Advisor for Transitional Security Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS), Department of State


Michael Hallett CDR, US Navy NATO Allied Command Transformation Lessons Learned Staff Officer


Dan Madden Military Legislative Assistant, Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN)


Moderator: Dr. T.X. Hammes, Col USMC (Ret) INSS, NDU


 


Register At: http://www.cnponline.org/ht/d/RegisterForEvent/i/16871


 

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