Armed Intervention: Lessons from Afghanistan
Group of 78 Annual Foreign Policy Conference
September 28-30, 2012
Cartier Place Suite Hotel, 180 Cooper St.,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Conference Links
Armed Intervention: Lessons from Afghanistan Final Recommendations (summary)
Speaker Presentations and Related Articles
Ferry de Kerckhove Keynote Address
Philip MacKinnon Speaking Notes
Sadiqa Basiri Saleem Speaking Notes
Conference Photo Album
Background Materials
Reports/Submissions
May 15, 2012 – Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) – Afghanistan Paper #10, Afghanistan as a test of Canadian politics: What did we learn from the experience by Stephen M. Saideman
July 7, 2012 – Peacebuild and Care Canada – Afghanistan: Pathways to Peace – New Directions for an Inclusive Peace in Afghanistan on the Afghanistan: Pathways to Peace initiative.
December 1, 2007 – Afghanistan in Search of Peace, Group of 78 Submission to the Independent Panel on Canada’s Future Role in Afghanistan
Websites
Afpak Daily Brief – Foreign Policy magazine.
TomDispatch.com – Mission Failure: Afghanistan. A message written in blood that no one wants to hear.
Books
The Case for Withdrawal from Afghanistan – Nick Turse, editor.
No Sign until the Burst of Fire: Understanding the Pakistan-Afghanistan Frontier by Thomas H. Johnson and M. Chris Mason
Articles
October 2, 2012 – “Canada in Afghanistan: Assessing the Costs” by Daryl Copeland
New York Times – Audacious Raid on NATO Base Shows Taliban’s Reach by Alissa J. Rubin
The Atlantic – The Afghanistan-Shaped Hole in the Presidential Campaigns by Joshua Foust
Embassy Magazine – Let us not squander the last Afghan chance by Nipa Banerjee
The Mark – Seven Ways to Fix Afghanistan by Daryl Copeland
The Mark – Lawrence of Afghanistan by Daryl Copeland
The Mark – How to Stop an Insurgency by Daryl Copeland
The Mark – Diplomacy Today: Lessons from the Raj? by Daryl Copeland
The Mark – A Future Without Force by Daryl Copeland
The Mark – How to Stop an Insurgency by Daryl Copeland
Canadian International Council – What is the biggest lesson Canada can take from its experience in Afghanistan?
Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute – Lessons Learned? What Canada Should Learn from Afghanistan
Reviews
Afghanistan: Five Book Reviews by Yves Morneau
Videos
Canadian International Council – What Went Wrong in Afghanistan? And What Can We Learn From It?
Brave New Foundation – Rethink Afghanistan
BBC – The Power of Nightmares Part 3: The Shadows in the Cave by Adam Curtis
Restrepo: A documentary of a year with one platoon in the deadliest valley in Afghanistan directed by Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger.
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