Two Decades On: The 20th Anniversary of 9/11
On Thursday September 9, 2021 we hosted a half-day public discussion to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of 9/11. We examined the last twenty years of U.S. foreign policy and the implications of the withdrawal from Afghanistan, heard reflections on the 9/11 Commission, shared policy recommendations for the future, and more.
Speakers included: former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, MOBY Group Co-Founder and Chairman Saad Mohseni, former Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission Philip Zelikow, former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Jane Holl Lute, Wilson Center President Emerita Jane Harman, Taliban and Descent Into Chaos Author Ahmed Rashid, former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and North African Affairs Anne Patterson, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq Ryan Crocker, and more.
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Event Agenda
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Thursday, September 9, 2021
9:00 - 9:45 AM ET
Speaker: Lawrence Wright, Staff Writer, The New Yorker
Moderator: Nick Schifrin, Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent, PBS NewsHour
9:45 - 11:00 AM ET
Speaker: Ryan Crocker, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq
Speaker: P. Michael McKinley, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan
Speaker: Anne Patterson, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and North African Affairs
Speaker: Ahmed Rashid, Author, Descent Into Chaos and Taliban
Moderator: Kelly O'Donnell, White House Correspondent, NBC News
11:15 - 11:45 AM ET
Speaker: Philip Zelikow, former Executive Director, the 9/11 Commission
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM ET
Speaker: Robert Gates, former Secretary of Defense
Moderator: Anja Manuel, Director, Aspen Strategy Group
12:30 - 1:15 PM ET
Speaker: Jane Harman, Distinguished Fellow and President Emerita, the Wilson Center
Speaker: Jane Holl Lute, former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
Speaker: Frances Townsend, former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Moderator: Susan Glasser, Staff Writer, The New Yorker
11:00 - 11:15 AM ET
Speaker: Saad Mohseni, Chairman and Co-Founder, MOBY Group
Moderator: Niamh King, Deputy Director, Aspen Strategy Group
Event Videos
Speaker: Lawrence Wright, Staff Writer, The New Yorker
Moderator: Nick Schifrin, Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent, PBS NewsHour
Speaker: Ryan Crocker, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq
Speaker: P. Michael McKinley, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan
Speaker: Anne Patterson, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and North African Affairs
Speaker: Ahmed Rashid, Author, Descent Into Chaos and Taliban
Moderator: Kelly O'Donnell, White House Correspondent, NBC News
Speaker: Saad Mohseni, Chairman and Co-Founder, MOBY Group
Moderator: Niamh King, Deputy Director, Aspen Strategy Group
Speaker: Philip Zelikow, former Executive Director, the 9/11 Commission
Speaker: Robert Gates, former Secretary of Defense
Moderator: Anja Manuel, Director, Aspen Strategy Group
Speaker: Jane Harman, Distinguished Fellow and President Emerita, the Wilson Center
Speaker: Jane Holl Lute, former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
Speaker: Frances Townsend, former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Moderator: Susan Glasser, Staff Writer, The New Yorker