Next week, on Thursday, October 16 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM, I and some of my students will be participating in a Conference on Foreign Relations conference call with Robert Kagan. As you can see below, the topic to be discussed is one that should be of interest to a broad range
of students. I'd be happy to accommodate any and all students and faculty interested in listening in.
Dear Educator:
On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and Foreign Affairs, I invite you and your students to participate in the next session of the CFR Academic Conference Call Series on Thursday, October 16, at a special time,1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Robert W. Kagan, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, will discuss his recent Foreign Affairs
article, "The September 12 Paradigm: America, the World, and George W. Bush."
In addition to his position at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Dr. Kagan writes a monthly column on world affairs for the Washington Postand is a contributing editor at both the Weekly Standard and the New Republic. Dr. Kagan is the author of several books, including
The Return of History and the End of Dreams (Knopf 2008) and Dangerous Nation:
America's Place in the World from its Earliest Days to the Dawn of the 20th Century(Knopf 2006), which was the winner of the 2008 Lepgold Prize and a 2007 finalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize. He served in the U.S. State Department from 1984 to 1988 as a member of the policy planning staff, as principal speechwriter for Secretary of State George P. Shultz, and as deputy for policy in the bureau of Inter-American affairs.
