USIP: Passing the Baton (quite the line-up!)

[Rex Brynen]

Quite the line-up from USIP for their full-day "Passing the Baton" conference on 8 January:


The U.S. Institute of Peace is pleased to invite you to participate in
Passing the Baton (http://www.usip.org/BATON2009/?utm_source=bronto&utm_medium=email&utm_term=WWW.USIP.ORG%2fBATON2009&utm_content=rex.brynen%40mcgill.ca&utm_campaign=Baton), a one-day conference examining critical foreign policy challenges and opportunities facing the new administration as it transitions into power....

Confirmed speakers include:


Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
Former Secretary of Defense William Perry
Former Secretary of Defense William Cohen
Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski


Others invited include:


World Bank President Robert Zoellick
Commander of U.S. Central Command, General David Petraeus

… and many others.

[Ron Humphrey]

I just hope there will be some sort of access online afterwords for those of us who won't be able to attend. I'm quite sure that there will be quite a bit of really good information discussed.