Young Professionals Event: Ten Years Later: How 9/11 Influenced a Generation and U.S. Foreign Policy

Ten Years Later: How 9/11 Influenced a Generation and U.S. Foreign Policy

Tuesday, September 13^th 

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Speakers:    Ross Douthat, The New York Times

Abe Greenwald, Commentary 

Moderator:  Jamie Fly, Foreign Policy Initiative

Speaker Biographies

Abe Greenwald

Abe Greenwald is senior editor of Commentary. His work has appeared in various publications including the New York Post, The Weekly Standard, Forbes, and National Review Online. In 2009, Mr. Greenwald was a policy advisor at the Foreign Policy Initiative. He is a regular contributor to Commentary's blog, Contentions.
 
Ross Douthat

Ross Douthat joined The New York Times as an op-ed columnist in April 2009. Previously, he was a senior editor at the Atlantic and a blogger for theatlantic.com. He is the author of "Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class" and the co-author, with Reihan Salam, of "Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream.” Mr. Douthat is a film critic for National Review and has also contributed to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Weekly Standard, the Claremont Review of Books, GQ, Slate, and other publications. In addition, he frequently appears on the video debate site Bloggingheads.tv. Mr. Douthat attended Harvard University and currently lives in Washington D.C.

Jamie Fly

Jamie Fly is the executive director of the Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI). Prior to joining FPI, Mr. Fly served in the Bush administration at the National Security Council (2008 to 2009) and in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (2005 to 2008). He was director for Counterproliferation Strategy at the National Security Council, where his portfolio included the Iranian nuclear program, Syria, missile defense, chemical weapons, proliferation finance, and other counterproliferation issues.  In the Office of the Secretary of Defense, he was an assistant for Transnational Threats Policy. For his work in the Department of Defense, he was awarded the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service. He blogs regularly at The Weekly Standard blog and Foreign Policy’s Shadow Government blog and his articles and reviews have been published in Commentary, National Review, POLITICO, The Weekly Standard, Forbes.com, USNews.com, and National Review Online. He is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He received a B.A. from American University and an M.A. from Georgetown University.