Events
Prospects for Peace, Consequences of War: Iraq Four Years On
Dana Eyre presents on Iraq.
Thursday, May 3, 2007
12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
IPJ Room E/F
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
Dana Eyre, Ph.D., spent over two years working as Senior Advisor for the United States Agency for International Development (U.S.A.I.D.) Iraq reconstruction effort, with 17 months of service with the Mission in Iraq. He offered his analysis of the current situation in that country.
Eyre recently completed a Jennings-Randolph Fellowship at the United States Institute of Peace. Before accepting the Fellowship he spent over two years working as Senior Advisor for the U.S.A.I.D. Iraq reconstruction effort, with 17 months service with the Mission in Iraq. He finished his time with U.S.A.I.D. as inter-agency coordinator in the Office of Iraq Reconstruction in Washington D.C. Prior to his work in Iraq, he was senior policy advisor to the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary- General at the U.N. Mission in Kosovo, working in the European Union lead economic redevelopment effort. Eyre holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Stanford University. He has been on the faculty of the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, and the Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Center and the United States Military Academy. His research focuses on organizational learning and planning for conflict transformation missions. He currently consults in strategic communications, peacebuilding, defense, and development related areas.
“A gap in our theoretical understanding of the situation led to critical deficiencies at the operational level in the pursuit of democratization… The net result was that the Coalition missed the opportunity to engage the Iraqi people in a structured, transparent and understood transition process, and to shape the emerging political dynamics positively.” – Dana Eyre, Project Report Summary, “Re-Inventing Iraq: Understanding Iraqi Society and Coalition Democratization Efforts,” July 2006.
