Afghanistan 2001-2014: Hvad har vi lært af civil-militær samtænkning?

This provides a timely and essential opportunity to take stock of what has been learned from the past 13 years of comprehensive political, developmental and military engagement in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan 2001-2014 – Lessons learned from pursuing civil-military coherence

The conference will be conducted in English and live streamed on http://www.diis.dk

Participation is free of charge and includes sandwich lunch. 

Registration is required. Please use our online registration form on

https://conferencemanager.events/Afghanistan2001-2014/sign-up.html

And do so no later than Monday, 20 April at 12.00 noon.

Background

The seminar brings together international scholars, experts and practitioners with extensive knowledge on Afghanistan.

Focusing in particular on the interaction between civilian and military actors, the seminar zooms in one of the most fundamental, yet also contested, aspects of the intervention in Afghanistan: the suggestion that civilian and military instruments should be combined because armed conflicts cannot be overcome by military means alone.

By exploring the conceptual, the operational as well as the policy-oriented aspects of pursuing civil-military coherence, the seminar provides for a nuanced debate on lessons learned, as well as lessons-still-to-be-learned and lessons-lost, in Afghanistan 2001-14.

The seminar is part of a wider lessons learned study that was commissioned by the political parties behind the Danish engagement in Afghanistan in November 2014.

DIIS has been asked to draw up the international lessons learned from integrating political, developmental and military efforts, including how the military efforts have affected the prospects of winning Afghan hearts and minds. The deliberations at the seminar will feed into this study.
 

Speakers

* Barnett Rubin, Associate Director, Senior Fellow, Center on International Cooperation

* Finn Stepputat, Senior Researcher, DIIS

* Andrew Wilder, Vice President, United States Institute for Peace

* Astri Suhrke, Senior Researcher, Chr. Michelsen Institute

* Greville Bibby, CBE, Brigader (ret.) British Army

* Thomas Ruttig, co-director, Afghanistan Analyst Network

* Franz-Michael Skjold Melbin, EU Special Representative, Afghanistan

* Arne Vågen, Head of Disaster Management Department, Danish Red Cross

* Tom Rodwell, Conflict and Stabilisation Lessons Adviser, UK Stabilisation Unit

* Mats Berdal, Professor, Kings College

* Representative from NATO (TBC)

* Nanna Hvidt, Director, DIIS

Moderator: Charlotte Aagaard, Journalist, Information

Programme

Go to http://www.diis.dk/event/afghanistan-2001-2014