International Affairs

Panel on Withdrawing from Iraq and Afghanistan

Ivan Eland; Peter Galbraith; Charles Pena

About the Program

From the Independent Institute in Washington, DC, a panel discussion on the merits of withdrawing from Iraq and Afghanistan.  The panelists - Ivan Eland, Peter Galbraith, and Charles Pena - also talk about what did and did not work in Iraq and President Obama's plans for Afghanistan.  Includes audience Q&A. 

About the Authors

Ivan Eland

Ivan Eland is a senior fellow and director of the Center on Peace & Liberty at the Independent Institute.  He is the author of "Partitioning for Peace: An Exit Strategy for Iraq" and "The Empire Has No Clothes." 


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Peter Galbraith

Peter Galbraith, former U.S. ambassador to Croatia, served as U.N. Special Representative to Afghanistan from June 2009 to September 2009.  He is the author of "The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End."


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Charles Pena

Charles Pena, foreign policy advisor for the 2008 Ron Paul Presidential Campaign, is a senior fellow at the Independent Institute.  He is the co-author of "Exiting Iraq: Why the U.S. Must End the Military Occupation and Renew the War against Al Qaeda."


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Panel on Withdrawing from Iraq and Afghanistan

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Past Airings

  • Saturday, February 6th at 4:30pm (ET)
  • Saturday, February 6th at 11am (ET)
  • Sunday, January 31st at 8am (ET)
  • Saturday, December 19th at 11pm (ET)
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