A Marshall Center Alumni Security Cooperation Roundtable was held in Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan, on 15 February 2007. The roundtable was organized jointly by the Office of Defense Cooperation, U.S. Embassy, Dushanbe, and the Marshall Center’s Graduate Support Program, with generous assistance from the Center for Civil-Military Relations. Dr. Roger Kangas, Marshall Center Professor, spoke on “Current Trends in U.S. Policy toward Central Asia.” Mr. Tom Hushek, U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission, gave opening remarks. Mr. Joseph Embler, Marshall Center Graduate Support representative, gave a brief presentation about the Marshall Center and opportunities for alumni. The roundtable was attended by more than forty Marshall Center alumni and other experts from an inter-ministerial audience.
Tajikistan’s Marshall Center alumni come from many different ministries and organizations, and are working in positions of increasingly greater responsibility.
MG Abdurahmon Azimov, Head of the Defense, Law, and Order Administration under the President (2nd from right, graduate of SES 1998-4 and 2006-3) with (left to right) Mr. Kutbiddin Hisaynov (LP 2004-7), Mr. Joe Embler, and LTC Kelsey Harris-Smith, Chief of the Office of Defense Cooperation.
Mr. Joe Embler and LTC Kelsey Harris-Smith with MG Nurali Nazarov, Deputy Head of the Emergency Situations Committee (and graduate of SES 2000-2, 2nd from left), and COL Nemat Abdurasulov, Chief of the Committee’s International Cooperation Department.
