Security Sector Transformation in North Africa and the Middle East

On June 30, 2011, the U.S. Institute of Peace hosted an international conference on Security Sector Transformation in North Africa and the Middle East.

Agenda

9:00-9:30 | Welcome and introductory remarks

Tara Sonenshine, Executive Vice President, U.S. Institute of Peace
Robert Perito, Director, Security Sector Governance Center, U.S. Institute of Peace
Mark Sedra, Centre for International Governance Innovation

9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Country Profiles | Watch a video recording of this panel

Ambassador James Larocco, National Defense University (Egypt)
Ambassador Mokhtar Lamani, Carleton University (Tunisia)
Ambassador Barbara Bodine, Princeton University (Yemen)

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Institute Roundtable | Watch a video recording of this panel

Daniel Brumberg, U.S. Institute of Peace
Timothy Edmunds, University of Bristol
Dale Eickelman, Dartmouth University
Alpaslan Ozerdem, Coventry University

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | International Organizations' Perspectives

Ellen Laipson, The Stimson Center
Jared Rigg, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations
Catharina Wale-Grunditz, European External Action Service
Erwin Van Veen, OECD

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | U.S. Government Perspectives

Joseph McMillan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense
Charles Snyder, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics & Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Mara Rudman, Deputy Envoy & Chief of Staff to the Special Envoy for Middle East Peace, U.S. Department of State

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Foreign Government Perspectives