The National Security program here at csis. Thank you so much for joining us today for the second portion of our rollout event for the oversight and accountability and security secretary assistant seeking return on investment report. Following the terrific remarks from representative smith this morning, we have gathered an Interagency Panel from several important notes of the vast Security Sector Assistance Community to enlighten us on some of the great work that they are doing behind the scenes on this on this enterprise. I did want to spend a few minutes at the outset noting the coauthors and great work and contributions of csis staff that worked on this project over the last nine months. My coauthors hijab shaw, Rebecca Hughes and Shannon Green contributed mightily to the successful outcome of this project. And none of this would have been possible without the tremendous engagement and support of Key Stakeholders throughout the ssa community, several of which are in the audience tod
Good afternoon, everyone. Im melissa dalton, a senior fellow in the Deputy Director of the National Security program here at csis. Thank you so much for joining us today for the second portion of our rollout event for the oversight and accountability and security secretary assistant seeking return on investment report. Following the terrific remarks from representative smith this morning, we have gathered an Interagency Panel from several important notes of the vast Security Sector Assistance Community to enlighten us on some of the great work that they are doing behind the scenes on this on this enterprise. I did want to spend a few minutes at the outset noting the coauthors and great work and contributions of csis staff that worked on this project over the last nine months. My coauthors hijab shaw, Rebecca Hughes and Shannon Green contributed mightily to the successful outcome of this project. And none of this would have been possible without the tremendous engagement and support of
Former producer for the bbc talks about americas use of drones in yemen, pakistan and somalia and reaction its caused. He says the targeted groups in the countries are figuring out ways to protect themselves from attacks and working on making their own drones. We changed our name and gave people many. Its wonderful that youve come here for this great events. Event. We are excited to have chris come and present his new book sudden justice, which i think is going to be probably the book for people who are interested in this important subject and of course, the book tour coincides with the very interesting moment in the tragic death and other recent revelations about the program that have come out in the last couple of weeks. Chris is a former senior producer at the bbc also ran the Drone Program in the Investigative Journalism which did anything work on the subject and hes going to talk about some of the themes and stories in his book and then we will open up to discussion. Thank you ver
Of the lead article in our junejuly issue. Professors. Peter is professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Duke University and he also directs the American Grand Strategy Program and the Triangle Institute for Security Studies from june 2005 to june 2007. He was on leave as is National Advisor for strategic running and as additional reform on the National Security staff of the george w. Bush white house. Hes the author or coauthor of five books including pain, the human costs of war. Published by princeton in 2009. And to my far left, dr. Hal brands is the Henry Kissinger distinguished of distinguished professor of Global Affairs of Johns Hopkins school of advanced studies. Hes also a senior fellow at the center for strategic and budgetary assessments. His most recent book is making , u. S. Ique polar moment Foreign Policy and the rise of the post cold war order from cornell. Book calledunning a america in the age of trunk which will be released next year. The title of their a
Good morning. Well, welcome to the Americas Office of the International Institute of statistics that these. My name is dana allen, i am a senior fellow at the london office, and also editor of the iiss journal, survival which is the reason we are here tonight. Next to me i have the coauthors of the lead article in our junejuly issue. Professors. Peter is professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Duke University and he also directs the American Grand Strategy Program and the Triangle Institute for Security Studies from june 2005 to june 2007. Studies from june 2005 to e 2007. He was on leave as is National Advisor for strategic running and as additional reform on the National Security staff of the george w. Bush white house. Hes the author or coauthor of five books including pain, the human costs of war. Published by princeton in 2009. And to my far left, dr. Hal brands is the Henry Kissinger distinguished of distinguished professor of Global Affairs of Johns Hopkins school of