Managing the Most Pressing Challenges of Our Time: Reflections on U.S. Afghanistan and Pakistan Strategy

Amb. Richard C. Holbrooke
US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan

Amb. Holbrooke served as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, where he was also a member of President Clinton’s cabinet (1999-2001).   As Assistant Secretary of State for Europe (1994-1996), he was the chief architect of the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement that ended the war in Bosnia.  He later served as President Clinton’s Special Envoy to Bosnia and Kosovo and Special Envoy to Cyprus on a pro-bono basis while a private citizen.  From 1993-1994, he was the US. Ambassador to Germany.