Ambassador James Dobbins

U.S. special envoy James Dobbins (R) addresses reporters during a flag raising ceremnoy in U.S. embassy in Kabul December 17, 2001. The United States re-established a diplomatic presence in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Monday for the first time since its diplomats fled the city shortly before the end of the Soviet occupation in 1989.

A life in foreign service

Ambassador James Dobbins, Bill Finan, and Fred Dews

Friday, July 14, 2017

Foreign Service: Five decades on the frontlines of American diplomacy

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM EDT

U.S. soldiers from the 3rd Cavalry Regiment speak with Afghan National Army soldiers about their logistics while on an advising mission at the Afghan National Army headquarters for the 203rd Corps in the Paktia province of Afghanistan December 21, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY) - RTR4IUML

Forging an enduring partnership with Afghanistan

The Brookings Institution

Thursday, October 6, 2016

U.S. soldiers from the 3rd Cavalry Regiment speak with Afghan National Army soldiers about their logistics while on an advising mission at the Afghan National Army headquarters for the 203rd Corps in the Paktia province of Afghanistan December 21, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY) - RTR4IUML

Forging an enduring partnership with Afghanistan

Ambassador James B. Cunningham, Ambassador James Dobbins, Bruce Riedel, Clare Lockhart, David H. Petraeus, David Sedney, Earl Anthony “Tony” Wayne, General John F. Campbell, General Stanley McChrystal, John R. Allen, Lt. Gen. David Barno, USA (Ret.), Marc Grossman, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Robert Finn, Ronald E. Neumann, Amb. Ryan Crocker, Seth Jones, Vanda Felbab-Brown, and Zalmay Khalilzad

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Charting a way forward in Afghanistan

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT