Jones Day
300 New Jersey Avenue, NW Washington, DC
May 23, 2019
3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
The National Security Institute and the Federalist Society co-hosted an event about U.S. strategy in Syria and the Middle East. This event brought together a range of experts who are at the center of thinking through how we can best proceed in this challenging region, followed by a reception.
Panels included:
- Panel 1: Legal Authorities for the U.S. Role in Syria: Does Congress Need to Weigh In? 3:05 – 4:05 PM:
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- Jennifer Daskal, Associate Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law
- Maj. Gen. Charles J. Dunlap, Jr., USAF (Ret.), Professor of the Practice of Law
Executive Director, Center on Law, Ethics and National Security - Jeremy A. Rabkin, Professor of Law at the Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
- Moderator: Matthew R.A. Heiman, NSI Senior Fellow, former lawyer with the National Security Division at the U.S. Department of Justice
- Panel 2: US Policy in Syria: Stay In, Get Out, or Triple Down? 4:15 – 5:15 PM
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- Norm Roule, NSI Visiting Fellow, Former Natl. Intelligence Mgr. for Iran Office of the DNI
- Dana Stroul, Senior Fellow in The Washington Institute’s Beth and David Geduld Program on Arab Politics
- Katherine Zimmerman, Research Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute
- Moderator: Jamil N. Jaffer, NSI Founder and Executive Director
- Reception to Follow