The Uses and Abuses of Expertise in War and Reconstruction in Iraq

Juan Cole and McGuire Gibson will speak on the U.S. government and its faltering efforts to mobilize sufficient expertise while planning the incursion into Iraq and its reconstruction. Cole and McGuire have a deep knowledge of Iraq and the surrounding region and have advised the U.S. or the U.N. in various capacities.

Lunch will be provided.

Participants

• Juan Cole
  Richard P. Mitchell Distinguished University Professor of History, University of Michigan
  Publisher, Informed Comment

• McGuire Gibson
  Professor in the Oriental Institute and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago;
  Former consultant on Iraqi antiquities, UNESCO

• Steven Clemons
  Director, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation
  Publisher, www.TheWashingtonNote.com