“Diplomacy, Alliances, and War” conference transcripts now available online
Aug 05, 2014
The conference explored how history shaped the respective responses of the U.S. and U.K. to September 11th, and considered what perspectives history might offer for policy in the present and future. Participants and speakers included prominent scholars and policymakers from the Bush Administration and Blair Government.
Please click on the links below to download a PDF transcript.
Keynote Remarks – Michael Gerson – November 1, 2013
Keynote Remarks – Melvyn Leffler – November 2, 2013
Panel 1: Historical Memories – Philip Bobbitt, Philip Zelikow, Colin Kahl, Timothy Lynch, Francis Gavin – November 1, 2013
Panel 2: History and Strategy – Sir Nigel Sheinwald, Douglas Feith, Bruce Jentleson, Alexander Evans, Celeste Ward Gventer – November 1, 2013
Panel 3: History, Intelligence, and the Law – John Bellinger, Sir David Omand, Theo Farrell, Mathew Burrows, Robert Chesney – November 1, 2013
Panel 4: History and the Special Relationship – Kurt Volker, James Ellison, Robert Singh, Tom Mahnken, Jeremi Suri – November 2, 2013
Panel 5: Present and Future – Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones, Kori Schake, Gary Schmitt, Martyn Frampton, John Bew – November 2, 2013