Vygaudas Ušackas on Afghanistan Now, Until 2014 and Beyond
Channel: IIEA
Date: 2012-02-27

About the Speaker:

Former Foreign Minister of Lithuania, Vygaudas Ušackas, was named the European Union Special Representative and Head of the European Union Delegation in March 2010. He previously had a distinguished career in the Lithuanian foreign service and served as the Ambassador of Lithuania to the United Kingdom and to the United States of America. He was Chief Negotiator for Lithuania's Accession to the European Union.
 
About the Speech: 

As Allied troops prepare to hand full control of the country's persistently volatile security situation to the Afghan security forces by 2014, Vygaudas Ušackas gave a first-hand account of the prevailing political and security environment. Following the major international conference in Bonn in December 2011, he also assessed the current and prospective roles of different local, regional and international actors, and the outlook for Afghanistan to 2014 and beyond.