The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, invites you to:

"The Northern Distribution Network to Afghanistan (NDN):
Strategic and Economic Implications”

Featuring

Dr. Andrew C. Kuchins, Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Mr. Thomas M. Sanderson, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Transnational Threats Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Monday, 28 September, 2009
5-7 PM
The Rome Auditorium, Rome Building
1619 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

The US/NATO plan to deliver supplies to Afghanistan via Central Asia, Russia and the Caucasus is far more than a scheme for provisioning armed forces. This CACI Forum will identify strategic and economic dimensions of the plan and will consider both its perils and potential. Our speakers, Dr. Kuchins and Mr. Sanderson, are completing a study of the proposed network.

The Forum opens with a reception and refreshments at 5 PM; the program will begin promptly at 5:30 PM and conclude at 7 PM. RSVP for this event is mandatory and will not be accepted after 10 AM on the day of the event. To register, please send an email with your name and affiliation to SAISCACIForums@jhu.edu or call 202-663-7723.

The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute is the primary institution in the United States for the study of the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Caspian Region. The Institute, affiliated with Johns Hopkins University-SAIS, forms part of a Joint Center with the Silk Road Studies Program, affiliated with the Stockholm-based Institute for Security and Development Policy. Additional information about the Joint Center, as well as its several publications series, is available at www.silkroadstudies.org