The 9/11 Anniversary Workshop

Co-hosted by IOPGA in New York City in September 2021

After Afghanistan: American Foreign Policy after 20 Years of War

A Congressional Policy Forum. Twenty years after 9/11, America finally ended its longest war. But the precipitous fall of Kabul serves as a poignant reminder that the threats to American national security remain acute and are ever-evolving. Members of Congress reflect on the tumultuous past two decades and offer insight into the future of American foreign policy.

Speakers: Rep. Jim Himes (CT-D) and former Rep. Christopher Shays (CT-R)

Speakers: Former Rep. Steve Israel and Professor Sarah Kreps

The Future of U.S. Grand Strategy

This first of two workshop panels explores the past, present, and future of U.S. Grand Strategy in the two decades after 9/11. Panelists explore how polarization, public opinion, and recent experience will shape the future course of U.S. foreign policy.

Speakers: Dan Drezner (Tufts), Stephen Walt (Harvard), and Kori Schake (American Enterprise Institute)

Discussant: Ricky Clarke (Cornell)

Domestic Politics & U.S. Foreign Policy

This second of two workshop panels explores how domestic politics have shaped American policy since 9/11. Panelists explore how Congress has both abetted, but also constrained presidential conduct of foreign affairs; emerging legal battlegrounds; and how domestic politics has shaped the tools of foreign policy over time.

Speakers: Andrew Rudalevige (Bowdoin), William Howell (Chicago), Annie Pforzheimer (Center for Strategic & International Studies), and Jide Nzelibe (Northwestern)

Discussants: Douglas Kriner and Sarah Kreps (Cornell)

Financial support provided by the Charles Koch Foundation.