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Washington Post National Editor to Speak at WSU on Peace and the War on Terror
Rajiv Chandrasekaran, national editor of The Washington Post, will speak at Washington State University. His public lecture is titled “Building Peace in the War on Terror: The Elusive Quest for Stability in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan.”
Chandrasekaran, who believes this is a decisive period for the countries involved with the war on terror, will speak about elections, martial law and militant violence in Pakistan, rising instability in Afghanistan, the uncertain future of the U.S. military surge and political developments in Iraq, and U.S. policymaking as we move toward electing a new president and Congress.
- Date: Friday, February 29
- Time: 7:00 p.m.
- Location: Smith Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE), Room 202
The event is free and open to everyone.
About Rajiv Chandrasekaran
In 1994 Chandrasekaran joined The Washington Post as a reporter on the Metropolitan staff and went on to serve as the Southeast Asia correspondent based in Jakarta, Indonesia; the bureau chief in Cairo, Egypt; and the bureau chief in Baghdad, where he was responsible for covering the American occupation of Iraq and supervising a team of correspondents.
In his current position as national editor, Chandrasekaran oversees the newspaper’s national news content, including coverage of the federal government and domestic politics, foreign policy, national security, social issues, science and medicine.
Chandrasekaran is the author of “Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone.” The best-selling book provides a firsthand view of life inside Baghdad’s Green Zone and has won the Overseas Press Club book award, the Ron Ridenhour Prize and Britain’s 2007 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. The New York Times named it as one of the 10 Best Books of 2007, and it was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2006.
Watch video interview
(Mr. Chandrasekaran on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart)
Lecture sponsored by the WSU Murrow School of Communication • Asia Program • Department of Foreign Languages and Cultures • Global Studies/ International Programs • Department of History • College of Liberal Arts
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