{"id":718,"date":"2010-02-25T13:07:21","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T20:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/?p=718"},"modified":"2010-02-25T13:25:58","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T20:25:58","slug":"eventthe-iraqi-elections-the-changing-politico-security-environment-in-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/?p=718","title":{"rendered":"Event: The Iraqi Elections &#038; the Changing Politico-Security Environment in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_719\" style=\"width: 541px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Baghdad_03_dflood.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-719\" class=\"size-large wp-image-719    \" title=\"Iraq April 2003\" src=\"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Baghdad_03_dflood-1024x689.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"531\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Baghdad_03_dflood-1024x689.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Baghdad_03_dflood-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Baghdad_03_dflood-768x517.jpg 768w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Baghdad_03_dflood-1536x1034.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Baghdad_03_dflood-2048x1378.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;All Done, Go Home.&quot; Baghdad, Iraq, April, 2003. \u00a92003 Derek Henry Flood<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Washington D.C.-<\/strong> <a href=\"www.jamestown.org\" target=\"_blank\">The Jamestown Foundation<\/a> is hosting a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamestown.org\/media\/events\/single\/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=36049&amp;tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7&amp;cHash=9237a862a3\" target=\"_blank\">conference<\/a> on Thursday, March 4th at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carnegieendowment.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carnegie Endowment for International Peace<\/a> (at 1779 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest; <strong>Metro<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wmata.com\/rail\/station_detail.cfm?station_id=6\" target=\"_blank\">Dupont Circle<\/a>) on the country-wide elections to be held on March 7th and the future of the country&#8217;s stability and security. The lunch hour will feature keynote speakers <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zalmay_Khalilzad\" target=\"_blank\">Zalmay Khalilzad<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.defense.gov\/bios\/biographydetail.aspx?biographyid=204\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Colin Kahl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The topics will include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022The Iraqi Elections and the Shifting Political Landscape<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Iraq\u2019s Changing Security Environment<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Foreign Relations &amp; Energy Policy<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Future Challenges to Iraqi Stability<\/p>\n<h3><strong>To register for the conference, please click <a href=\"http:\/\/iraqconference.eventbrite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington D.C.- The Jamestown Foundation is hosting a conference on Thursday, March 4th at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (at 1779 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest; Metro Dupont Circle) on the country-wide elections to be held on March 7th and the&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/?p=718\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,40,32],"tags":[143,97,140,89,90,142,141],"class_list":["post-718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iraq","category-kurdistan","category-washington-dc","tag-carnegie-endowment","tag-glen-howard","tag-iraqi-elections","tag-jamestown-conference","tag-jamestown-foundation","tag-patrick-cockburn","tag-zalmay-khalilzad"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Event: The Iraqi Elections &amp; 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