This conference was held a few days before OBL assasination but still is a very interesting and comprehensive take on Al Qaeda and its affliates. A must watch for those interested in the breadth and depth of Al Qaeda and related groups. The full agenda is below. I have put the must important videos: The overall assesment of Al Qaeda, and its relationships in South Asia as well. For those interested, they can check out other videos from the link
Al Qaeda and Its Affiliates | NewAmerica.net
Agenda
8:30am to 9:00am - Registration
9:00am to 9:15am - Welcome
Steve Coll
President, New America Foundation
Author, Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, From the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2009
9:15am to 10:45am - Panel I: A Net Assessment of Al Qaeda
Bruce Hoffman
Director, Security Studies Program, Georgetown University
Author, Inside Terrorism
Peter Bergen
Director, National Security Studies Program, New America Foundation
Author, The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict Between America and Al-Qaeda
Juan Zarate
Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Former Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism
Glenn Carle
Former National Intelligence Officer for Transnational Threats
Author, The Interrogator: An Education (forthcoming)
Moderator
Steve Coll
President, New America Foundation
10:45am to 12:15pm - Panel II: Domestic Threats, Counter-radicalization and Resilience
Karen Greenberg
Executive Director, NYU Center on Law and Security
Author, The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo's First 100 Days
Peter Neumann
Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence, King's College London
Author, Old and New Terrorism
Juliette Kayyem
Former Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs, Department of Homeland Security
Former Homeland Security Advisor to Governor Deval Patrick (D-MA)
Barry C. Lynn
Director, Markets, Enterprise and Resiliency Initiative, New America Foundation
Author, End of the Line: The Rise and Coming Fall of the Global Corporation
Moderator
Patrick Doherty
Director, Smart Strategy Initiative
New America Foundation
12:15pm to 12:30pm - Break
12:30pm to 1:30pm - Lunch Address
Ambassador Daniel Benjamin
Coordinator for Counterterrorism, United States Department of State
Introduction
Steve Coll
President, New America Foundation
1:30pm to 2:45pm - Panel III: Al Qaeda Affiliates in South Asia
On Western recruits training in Pakistan's FATA region
Paul Cruickshank
Terrorism Analyst, CNN
Alumni Fellow, NYU Center on Law and Security
On Lashkar-e-Taiba
Stephen Tankel (paper)
Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Author, Storming the World Stage: The Story of Lashkar-e-Taiba (forthcoming)
On the security situation in Pakistan
Christina Lamb
Washington Bureau Chief, The Sunday Times
Author, The Sewing Circles of Herat
Moderator
Peter Bergen
Director, National Security Studies Program
New America Foundation
2:45pm to 4:15pm - Panel IV: Al Qaeda Affiliates in the Middle East and Africa
On Al Qaeda in North Africa and the Sahel
Jean-Pierre Filiu
Professor, Sciences-Po
Author, Apocalypse in Islam
On Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Christopher Boucek
Associate, Middle East Program
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
On al-Shabaab
Ken Menkhaus
Associate Professor of Political Science, Davidson College
Author, Somalia: State Collapse and the Threat of Terrorism
On the security situation in Somalia
John Sheehan
Former Researcher, UN Political Office for Somalia, Nairobi
Moderator
LTC Joel Rayburn
U.S. Army
Military Fellow, New America Foundation
Al Qaeda and Its Affiliates | NewAmerica.net
Agenda
8:30am to 9:00am - Registration
9:00am to 9:15am - Welcome
Steve Coll
President, New America Foundation
Author, Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, From the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2009
9:15am to 10:45am - Panel I: A Net Assessment of Al Qaeda
Bruce Hoffman
Director, Security Studies Program, Georgetown University
Author, Inside Terrorism
Peter Bergen
Director, National Security Studies Program, New America Foundation
Author, The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict Between America and Al-Qaeda
Juan Zarate
Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Former Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism
Glenn Carle
Former National Intelligence Officer for Transnational Threats
Author, The Interrogator: An Education (forthcoming)
Moderator
Steve Coll
President, New America Foundation
10:45am to 12:15pm - Panel II: Domestic Threats, Counter-radicalization and Resilience
Karen Greenberg
Executive Director, NYU Center on Law and Security
Author, The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo's First 100 Days
Peter Neumann
Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence, King's College London
Author, Old and New Terrorism
Juliette Kayyem
Former Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs, Department of Homeland Security
Former Homeland Security Advisor to Governor Deval Patrick (D-MA)
Barry C. Lynn
Director, Markets, Enterprise and Resiliency Initiative, New America Foundation
Author, End of the Line: The Rise and Coming Fall of the Global Corporation
Moderator
Patrick Doherty
Director, Smart Strategy Initiative
New America Foundation
12:15pm to 12:30pm - Break
12:30pm to 1:30pm - Lunch Address
Ambassador Daniel Benjamin
Coordinator for Counterterrorism, United States Department of State
Introduction
Steve Coll
President, New America Foundation
1:30pm to 2:45pm - Panel III: Al Qaeda Affiliates in South Asia
On Western recruits training in Pakistan's FATA region
Paul Cruickshank
Terrorism Analyst, CNN
Alumni Fellow, NYU Center on Law and Security
On Lashkar-e-Taiba
Stephen Tankel (paper)
Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Author, Storming the World Stage: The Story of Lashkar-e-Taiba (forthcoming)
On the security situation in Pakistan
Christina Lamb
Washington Bureau Chief, The Sunday Times
Author, The Sewing Circles of Herat
Moderator
Peter Bergen
Director, National Security Studies Program
New America Foundation
2:45pm to 4:15pm - Panel IV: Al Qaeda Affiliates in the Middle East and Africa
On Al Qaeda in North Africa and the Sahel
Jean-Pierre Filiu
Professor, Sciences-Po
Author, Apocalypse in Islam
On Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Christopher Boucek
Associate, Middle East Program
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
On al-Shabaab
Ken Menkhaus
Associate Professor of Political Science, Davidson College
Author, Somalia: State Collapse and the Threat of Terrorism
On the security situation in Somalia
John Sheehan
Former Researcher, UN Political Office for Somalia, Nairobi
Moderator
LTC Joel Rayburn
U.S. Army
Military Fellow, New America Foundation
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