Moderated panel “Can NATO survive the Shifting Geopolitical Order?” including panelists J. Peter Pham, United States Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa; Vice President for Research and Regional Initiatives; Director, Africa Center, Atlantic Council; Michelle Ndiaye, Director Africa Peace, and Security Programme, Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS); Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, Former Foreign Minister, Republic of Mauritania; Bruno Tertrais, Deputy Director, Foundation for Strategic Research; Joao Vale de Almeida, Ambassador Head of Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations.
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Aspen Security Forum 2015
Dozier moderated “Special Operators and Intelligence Analysts: the 21st Century’s Lead Warriors,” with Michael Vickers, Former Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, Kathleen Hicks, Senior Vice President, Henry A. Kissinger Chair, and Director, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies and Eric Olson, former Commander of US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and a member of the Aspen Institute Homeland Security Group. Watch video of the program.
Red Cross StoryCorps Initiative
On May 8, 2015, the Swiss Embassy in Washington D.C. hosted a very special evening showcasing the Red Cross StoryCorps Initiative. Dozier emceed the event, which included a StoryCorps recording by her father Ben Dozier and sister MeiLee.
See more at: StoryCorps. https://vimeo.com/127581235.
As part of the Red Cross event, “Black Hawk Down” pilot and former POW, Mike Durant, was reunited for the first time in 20 years with the ICRC delegate, Suzanne Hofstetter, who risked her life to visit him in captivity during the infamous “Battle of Mogadishu” in Somalia. Dozier moderated the conversation.
Interviewing retired Gen. Stan McChrystal
Dozier interviews retired Gen. Stan McChrystal on the publication of his memoir, My Share of the Task. Read the stories, McChrystal takes blame for Rolling Stone article and McChrystal calls for enduring Afghan force. See excerpts of the interview.
It Takes A Nation premiere
Profiles in Service: It Takes a Nation premiere. The panel was moderated by Kimberly Dozier (whom also narrated the doc) and coordinated by Kristy Kaufmann and Alan Salisbury of Code of Support Foundation. See: http://codeofsupport.org/read-the-code/sign-the-code
Wounded Warrior Toast to the Heroes Gala
Emceeing in Virginia Beach, VA.
Virginia Festival of the Book
Addressed the Virginia Festival of the Book, where she will do a program for the Women’s Center and be a Guest of Honor at the Celebrate Women’s Writer Program.
On The Nightly Show
Kimberly Dozier appeared on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore & guests Michael McKean, Negin Farsad and Wes Moore, discussing ISIS and America’s foggy relationship with war. See the whole show, panel, and #KeepIt100 game.