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07STATE81232
2007-06-11 23:00:00
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Secretary of State
Cable title:
EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON INSURGENCY OPENS DIALOGUE;
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 13 STATE 081232
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SENSITIVE SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR MOPS EAID EUN PGOV PINS PREL PTER PROP
NATO, KISL, AF
SUBJECT: EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON INSURGENCY OPENS DIALOGUE;
SUPPORTS NATO EFFORTS ON COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 13 STATE 081232
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR MOPS EAID EUN PGOV PINS PREL PTER PROP
NATO, KISL, AF
SUBJECT: EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON INSURGENCY OPENS DIALOGUE;
SUPPORTS NATO EFFORTS ON COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH
¶1. (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Not for
Internet distribution.
¶2. (U) SUMMARY: As part of the U.S. Government Interagency
Counterinsurgency Initiative, the State Department collaborated
with the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) to deliver a
European conference on insurgency in Munich, Germany in late
March. The event was entitled "A Comprehensive Approach to
Modern Conflict: Afghanistan and Beyond." The conference
succeeded in its goals of: 1) opening a discussion on a whole-
of-government, civilian-led approach to counterinsurgency with
NATO partners and other close allies, the European Union and
international organizations such as the World Bank; and 2)
supporting efforts at NATO to develop the Comprehensive
Approach. END SUMMARY.
¶3. (U) As part of the U.S. Government Interagency
Counterinsurgency Initiative, which seeks to socialize
counterinsurgency concepts across the civilian USG agencies and
to improve the USG's ability to help host nations defeat
destructive insurgencies, the Office of Plans, Policy and
Analysis in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM/PPA),
the Office of the Coordinator for Stabilization and
Reconstruction (S/CRS),and the Office of European Security and
Political Affairs in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
(EUR/RPM) organized the Comprehensive Approach to Modern
Conflict conference jointly with the Stability Operations and
NATO Affairs offices in OSD. The event was held under the
auspices of the Marshall Center in Munich on March 26-27. The
conference was not about Afghanistan specifically, but focused
on counterinsurgency and used Afghanistan as a contemporary and
compelling case study from which to initiate discussion.
¶4. (SBU) Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Ambassador Eric
Edelman, NATO Assistant Secretary General Martin Erdmann, and
former NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
Commander General David Richards delivered keynote addresses.
The audience of 180 senior policy makers was drawn mainly from
ISAF contributing countries, the Afghan government, NATO, the
EU, and major international organizations such as the World
Bank, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the NGO
and academic community. Government participants were mainly
from the