Michael Ware

Hosted by: AIIA Queensland

The event will start on: Tuesday, 08 March 2011 5:30 PM

And will end on: Tuesday, 08 March 2011 8:30 PM

At Brisbane Irish Club

175 Elizabeth St , Brisbane Queensland

    qld.branch@aiia.asn.au

Posted by: qld   

Discounted Parking at the Myer Centre will be available for Members if parking tickets are presented at the Club.

Membership of AIIA will be able to be effected on the evening on the spot--$65 normal membership including the subscription to Australian Journal of International Affairs and $15 for Students (without the Journal).

Event details

With a particular focus on the war in Afghanistan, there are great lessons to be drawn for Australian foreign and defence policy going forward. Within the current conflict in Afghanistan is the crucible of a New Asia in which future fault lines are being forged. Already, Australian policymakers have begun moving towards a new vision for Australian defence reliance, the elements and portents of which can be traced all the way from Australia’s battlespace in the rugged province of Uruzgan – a province Michael Ware knows like the back of his hand – across Asia and beyond.

Former CNN and Time correspondent, Michael Ware, is widely regarded as one of the foremost experts on the Middle East for his extensive analysis and coverage of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Michael Ware joined CNN in 2006 after spending five years reporting for Time Magazine. He was one of the few mainstream reporters to live in Iraq near-continuously since before the American invasion and gained early acclaim due to his willingness to travel to insurgent camps and establish contacts with the Kurdish Peshmerga.