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Past Event
Seminar

Said Jawad: “Ending Terror without Embracing Tyranny Reconciliation with Taliban”

Open to the Public

Said Tayeb Jawad, former Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States  joined the Future of Diplomacy Project at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) as the inaugural Fisher Family Fellow last semester and returns to deliver a lecture titled, "Ending Terror without Embracing Tyranny Reconciliation with Taliban.”

Date: Time: - Location: Littauer Building - Room 280

About


Said T. Jawad served concurrently as Afghan Ambassador to the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Mexico from 2003-10. He returned to Afghanistan after September 11, 2001 to assist in the state-building process, where he played a versatile and crucial role in government, serving as President Hamid Karzai's Press Secretary, Chief of Staff and director of the Office of International Relations. In these positions, Jawad formulated and managed strategies, implemented policies, and worked closely with the international community to build and restore state institutions (including the Afghan National Army). He was also instrumental in prioritizing national reforms in Afghanistan, notably in the Ministry of Defense. In addition, he served as the president's principal liaison with the constitutional commission throughout the drafting of the Afghan Constitution and was instrumental in drafting Afghanistan's foreign investment laws.