‘Occupying Iraq: A Short History of the CPA Survival – Vol. 51, No. 3 – June-July 2009
James F. Dobbins,
Senior Fellow, RAND Corporation
Moderated by Dr Andrew Parasiliti
Executive Director, IISS-US
Corresponding Director, IISS-Middle East
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
Reception 4:45 – 5:00 p.m.
Discussion 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
1850 K Street NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006
On Wednesday, 22 July, James F. Dobbins, Senior Fellow at the RAND Corporation, spoke on his article ‘Occupying Iraq: A Short History of the CPA,’ in the June/July 2009 issue of Survival. Dr Andrew Parasiliti, Executive Director, IISS-US and Corresponding Director, IISS-Middle East, moderated the event. Dobbins outlined the history of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and presented the conclusions of the RAND report “Occupying Iraq: A History of the Coalition Provisional Authority”. Dobbins explained that a lack of communication with Washington left the understaffed CPA without adequate direction. As a result, many decisions were taken and implemented without the necessary coordination with Washington.
Ambassador Dobbins is a Senior Fellow at the RAND Corporation’s Washington, DC office. His research focus includes Afghanistan, the Balkans, Europe, Iraq, the Middle East, NATO, trends and issues in international security, US-foreign relations.
Formerly, he served as Assistant Secretary of State for Europe; Special Assistant to the President for the Western Hemisphere; Special Adviser to the President and Secretary of State for the Balkans; Ambassador to the European Community; Clinton administration's Special Envoy for Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo; Bush administration's first Special Envoy for Afghanistan; Bush administration's representative to the Afghan opposition in the wake of September 11, 2001
