Sunday, April 10, 2011

Annual Champagne Brunch for Bronze Partners

Peter Bergenauthor The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al Qaeda

Peter Bergen, director of national security studies at the New America Foundation, is also author of Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden (2001), which has been translated into 18 languages and The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of Al Qaeda's Leader (2006). Both books were named among the best non-fiction books of the year by The Washington Post, and documentaries based on the books were nominated for Emmys in 2002 and 2007. Mr. Bergen is CNN's national security analyst and a fellow at New York University's Center on Law & Security. He has written for many publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, Rolling Stone, The National Interest, TIME, Washington Monthly, The Nation, Mother Jones, Washington Times, The Times (UK), The Daily Telegraph (UK), and The Guardian (UK). He has testified on Capitol Hill on a number of occasions. He holds a M.A in modern history from New College, Oxford University.

Special Bonus: All couples at the event will receive a complimentary copy of his new book The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al Qaeda. For book information, visit: http://books.simonandschuster.com/Longest-War/Peter-L-Bergen/9780743278935

• Audio of Bergen address
• FPRI 2011 Champagne Brunch
• Welcoming remarks by by FPRI Vice President Alan Luxenberg
• Introduction by FPRI Senior Fellow, Walter A. McDougall

Select 2010 Partner Events

• April 2010 Champagne Brunch featuring George Friedman on U.S. Foreign Policy: Finding the Balance
• 2010 Annual Dinner with an address by Niall ferguson
• September 2010 Platinum Partners Dinner with Marc Sageman on Confronting Al Qaeda and the New Terror Networks