Zoom Program with Ambassador Ryan Crocker, “Stability and the Future of Afghanistan”

AAFSW cordially invites you to join us for a very pertinent and informative program with Ambassador Ryan Crocker, a career Foreign Service Officer who served six times as an American Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait and Lebanon. He is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Ambassador Crocker will share his unique expertise in international relations and conflict resolution and will provide insight in understanding the current situation in Afghanistan. His presentation titled “Stability and the Future of Afghanistan” will take place on Tuesday, October 5th, at 11:00 am Eastern Time via Zoom. If you would like to attend this Zoom Webinar, please register by Friday, October 1^st to receive the link. AAFSW members fee is $10.00; nonmembers fee is $15.00

There will be a Q/A after his presentation.

We look forward to seeing you.

Sheila Switzer

Ambassador Ryan Crocker is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Other academic appointments have included Diplomat in Residence at Princeton University, inaugural Kissinger Fellow at Yale University, the James Schlesinger Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Virginia, and TexasA&M where he was Dean of the Bush School of Government.

He was a career Foreign Service Officer who served six times as an American Ambassador: Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait and Lebanon. He serves on the Board of Advisors of No One Left Behind, an NGO dedicated to ensuring that America keeps its promises to Afghans and Iraqis who risked their lives to support us.He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, in 2009. Other recent awards include the West Point Association of Graduates Thayer Award in 2020 and the inaugural Bancroft Award, presented by the Naval Academy in 2016. Also in 2016, he was named an Honorary Fellow of the Literary and Historical Society at University College, Dublin where he was presented the annual James Joyce Award. He is an Honorary Marine.