Schieffer School/CSIS hosting dialogue on "What's next for Pakistan and Afghanistan"

Fort Worth, TX

5/19/2009

TCU's Schieffer School of Journalism and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. are holding a dialogue titled "What’s next for Pakistan and Afghanistan" on Wednesday, May 27 at 5:30 p.m. EST. The dialogue, hosted by Bob Schieffer, CBS News Face the Nation and TCU alumnus, will be broadcast live on the Schieffer School Web site at 4:30 p.m. local time. Go to http://www.schiefferschool.tcu.edu.

Featured speakers at the event are Rajiv Chandrasekaran, associate editor of The Washington Post and author of Imperial Life in the Emerald City; David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent of The New York Times; Lara Logan, chief foreign affairs correspondent of CBS News and correspondent of 60 Minutes; and Hisham Melhem, chief Washington bureau chief of Al-Arabiya.

The series of monthly dialogues feature top public policy experts, government officials, leading think-tank scholars, and prominent journalists discussing issues related to national security, foreign policy and global challenges.

CSIS is a bipartisan, independent, nonprofit organization that provides strategic insights and policy solutions to decision makers in government, international institutions, the private sector and civil society. It has earned the reputation of being one of the world's preeminent public policy institutions.

The Schieffer School is emerging as one of the world’s top journalism schools dedicated to preparing professionals in both journalism and strategic communications for the new media world, while maintaining the traditional standards of basic, straightforward reporting and ethics.

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