Speeches, Publications and Commendations
 |
 |
Speaking Engagements: - Guest Lecturer on ISIS, UAC, Mexico, September 2014
- "Development with a Multicultural Perspective" at UPF Conference "Multiculturalism:
A Contribution to Peace? United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland, September 2011
- “Studying Diplomacy in Vienna after Afghanistan” at Humble Intercontinental and Houston Rotary
Clubs, September 2011
- Cultural Analysis in Support of Military Operations in Afghanistan” at European Leadership Conference:
Communicating Youth Perspectives on Peace, UN Year of the Youth, United Nations Office in Vienna, Austria, July 2011
- “Building Bridges in Afghanistan” at Rotary Club of
Wien-Graban, Vienna, Austria, June 2011
Commendations/Awards: - Paul Harris
Fellow, September 20, 2014
- Non-Article
5 NATO Medal for service with NATO in relation with the ISAF operation, December 7, 2012
- Recipient of 10,000 USD Humble and Houston Rotary Clubs district funds for
Master’s Degree at DA in Vienna, September 7-8, 2011
- Ambassador For Peace, Universal Peace Federation, Austria, July 2, 2011
- Brigadier General Pierre CHAVANCY, Task Force La Fayette
Commander, ISAF Regional Command East, October 26, 2010
- Brigadier General Marcel DRUART, Task Force La Fayette Commander, ISAF Regional Command East, April 26,
2010
- Chairman of Nijrab District
Council, Afghanistan (ASOP Shura), 2010
- Ed Roth, Special Agent, Office of Anti-Terrorism Assistance, Diplomatic Security Service, US Department
of State, June 7, 2007
- Ronald L.
Martinson, Staff Director, Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce and Agency Organization, US Congress, August 4, 2006
PAPERS & PUBLICATIONS 2016 2014 Why Join ISIS?-Published in Polemics, The Magazine of the Diplomatic Academy
of Vienna 2013 MASTER THESIS: "Don't let them rot." Battling for Minds in Afghanistan Fighting
with a velvet glove- Published in Polemics, The Magazine of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna Why
Democracy might not work in Afghanistan / Supporting Democracy through
Security, NATO’s Role in Afghanistan
2012 America, don't forget your backyard!- Published in Polemics, Volume III, Issue
I Can Germany Become a World Leader? Meet the Most Powerful Drug Cartels in Mexico Winning the Drug War in Mexico-Policy Paper for US Secretary of Defense Can Human Development Save Dictators? Colonel Gaddafi's case: a double standard of justice?- Published in Polemics, Volume II, Issue II Framing the Drug War in Mexico 2011 The UN's Role in Maintaining
Global Security with the Emergence of Trans-state Terrorist Actors Strategizing US-Taliban Negotiations in Afghanistan:
Post Osama Bin Laden Fujimori’s Evolving Leadership and Machiavellian Downfall- A Charismatic, Transactional
and Amoral Leader 2010 Strategy for Addressing Road Compensation Issues
in Nijrab District, Afghanistan; Female Engagement Strategy for Kapisa Province;The Nijrab Road Compensation Model;;Road Compensation
Final PaperRoad Maintenance Teams in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan;US Diplomatic Cable on Road Compensation 2009 Final Report
for Anticorruption Initiative Madagascar (AIM) Country Program- USAID 2008 Afghanistan Development Assistance Strategy;The Need to Refocus
Aid in Afghanistan: Women Empowerment Through Education;Why is Afghanistan a Failed State? Institutions, Culture and Traps;The
Women's Movement under the Islamic Regime: Leaders of a democratic political transition? ;The Cost of
China's One-Child Policy--What can China learn from India?
2007 Colombia and Venezuela- The Evolution of the Party System; Das demokratische Defizit der Europäischen Union
nach dem Reformvertrag; Der Konflikt in Sri LankaHow Nationalism Determines Outlooks on Immigration in the United StatesI;ran-
The Paradox of Pro-AmericanismIst die Politik in der EU mehr als die Summe ihrer Teile?;The Cuban and Singaporean Health Systems-How
Financing Affects Performance;The Evolution of the Relationship between Religion and Politics in Contemporary Iran 2006 FARC- Terrorists
or Not? History of the Middle Sector in Latin America;Iran and Turkey- The rise of Islam explained;Neo-Shiism- How did a theological
vision become a national agenda?; The Promotion of Islamic Culture through Iranian Films;United States’
Influence on the Establishment of Military Dictatorships in Latin America
|