Afghanistan and the English-Speaking World since 1979:
from the Cold War to the Global War on Terror
L’Afghanistan et le monde anglophone depuis 1979:
De la Guerre froide à la Guerre contre le terrorisme
Université de Paris VIII
13-14 Octobre 2011
Salle B313
Thursday/Jeudi, 13 octobre
14 :00 Opening of Conference/Ouverture du colloque
I. Responses to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Chair/Président de séance: Beatrice Heuser, University of Reading
14:15 “‘Containment Has Now Been Fully Breached’: Brzezinski's Arc of Crisis and Carter's Decision to Aid the Afghan Rebels, 1977-1979”
Todd Anthony Rosa, Frostburg State University
15:45 “The Covert Cold War in Southwest Asia: U.S. Policy and the Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan, 1978-1981”
David Zierler, US State Department
16:15: “Presenting the Soviets with an exit strategy: British proposals for a neutral Afghanistan, 1980-81”
Richard Smith, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
16:45 Discussion
Friday/Vendredi, 14 octobre
II. Pakistan and Afghanistan
Chair/Président de séance: Jonathan Ludwig, Rice University
9:00. “How the US Sponsored and Encouraged Militant Islam to Counter the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan”
Salman Bangash, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
9:30. “Pakistani Godfather: The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Afghan Taliban”
Adrian Hänni & Lukas Hegi, University of Zurich
10:00 Discussion
10:30 Break/Pause
III. India and Afghanistan
Chair: Président de séance: Lori Maguire, University of Paris VIII
11:00 “‘India Cannot Remain Indifferent’: New Delhi and the Afghan Crisis, 1978-2010”
Artemy Kalinovsky, University of Amsterdam
11 :30 “Afghan Refugees in India”
Anne-Sophie Bentz, University of Toulouse I
12 :00 Discussion
IV. From One Conflict to Another
Président de séance/Chair: Artemy Kalinovsky, University of Amsterdam
14:00 “Sino-American Cooperation and Competition in Afghanistan”
Jonathan Ludwig, Rice University
14:30 “Interpreting Mine Risk Education: Power, Policy and Representation in Modern Mine Action”
Mathias Hagstrom, Roskilde University Denmark
15:00 Discussion
15:30 Break/Pause
V. The Military Conflict
Président de séance/Chair: Todd Anthony Rosa, Frostburg State University
16:00 “Insurgents, Accidental Guerrillas and ‘Valley-ism’: An Oral History of U.S. Soldiers Toward the ‘Enemy’ in Afghanistan”
Carl Mirra, Adelphi University
16:30 “Anglo-American Strategies in the Battle of Helmand: 2006-2010”
Christopher Griffin, University of Paris III
17:00 Discussion
17:30 Conference Conclusion
Lori Maguire, University of Paris VIII
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