Event Description:
With the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion fast approaching, it is an appropriate moment to consider the lessons that can be drawn from the current conflict. Should the doctrine of preventive war remain a part of American foreign policy? What can we learn from the successes and failures of the American counter-insurgency effort? Must nation-building be a component of future national security strategies? To discuss these issues and more, please join Christopher Preble, Director of Foreign Policy Studies at the Cato Institute. To attend, please register emailing your name and affiliation to events@ypfp.org.

Christopher Preble

Christopher A. Preble is the director of foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute. Before joining Cato in February 2003, he taught history at St. Cloud State University and Temple University. Preble was a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy and is a veteran of the Gulf War, having served onboard USS Ticonderoga (CG-47) from 1990 to 1993. He is the author of Exiting Iraq: Why the U.S. Must End the Military Occupation and Renew the War against Al Qaeda, which examines U.S. strategic interests in Iraq, and John F. Kennedy and the Missile Gap, a book discussing the political and economic roots of national security strategy in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Preble's work has been published in major publications including USA Today, the Financial Times, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Orange County Register, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Washington Times, the New Republic, Reason, Political Science Quarterly, and the National Interest. He has also appeared on many television and radio news networks including CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, Fox News Channel, NPR, Voice of America, and the BBC. Preble holds a Ph.D. in history from Temple University.