Schiller Institute International Conference
July 31, 2021

Afghanistan
A Turning Point in History
After the Failed Regime-Change Era

PROGRAM

Moderator: Dennis Speed (U.S.), Schiller Institute

Helga Zepp-LaRouche (Germany), Founder and President of the Schiller Institute
Keynote Address: “Afghanistan: The Bright Future for the Coming Cooperation of the Great Powers”

Pino Arlacchi (Italy), Sociology Professor, University of Sassari; former Executive Director of the UN Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention; and former European Parliament Rapporteur on Afghanistan
“Eradicate Opium in Afghanistan, Develop Modern Agriculture, Build the Nation, Now”

H.E. Ambassador Hassan Shoroosh (Afghanistan), Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to Canada
“The Way Forward for Afghanistan”

H.E. Ambassador Anna Evstigneeva (Russian Federation), Deputy Permanent Representative at the Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN
“Russia’s Outlook for Afghanistan and Eurasia”

Dr. Wang Jin (China), Fellow, Charhar Institute
“Afghanistan and the Belt and Road Initiative”

DISCUSSION PERIOD

Ray McGovern (U.S.), former Analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency, and Co-Founder of the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)
“The Real Interest of the United States in Asia”

Hassan Daud Butt (Pakistan), CEO, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment and Trade
“The Perspective from Pakistan: The Role of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) for Afghanistan Reconstruction”

Hussein Askary (Sweden/Iraq), Southwest Asia Coordinator for the Schiller Institute
“Put Afghanistan on the Belt and Road to Peace!”

DISCUSSION PERIOD