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April 9-11, 2010

Language and Culture training with the Montana National Guard, Helena, Montana.

March 19-21, 2010

Language and Culture training with the Montana National Guard, Helena, Montana.

March 23, 2010

Counter Insurgency in Afghanistan

A Presentation by Owen Sirrs

 Todd 203-204, UM Campus

7:00 p.m.

Counterinsurgency is the declared strategy of the United States and its allies to reverse the recent successes of the Taliban and other groups in Afghanistan.  This lecture examines the fundamentals of the U.S.-led counterinsurgency strategy and explores its effects in the recent campaign in Afghanistan's volatile Helmand Province.  Finally, whether counterinsurgency is the appropriate strategy will be discussed in light of fading international support for the Afghan effort, the legitimacy of the Afghan government and America's competing domestic and international priorities.


February 19-21, 2010

Language and Culture training with the Montana National Guard, Helena, Montana.

January 4-22, 2010

Wintersession Courses taught by DCLCP Faculty

Religion and Culture of the Contemporary Arab World, taught by Prof. Noureddine Jebnoun

Culture and Politics of Afghanistan, taught by Prof. Owen Sirrs

January 22-24, 2010

Language and Culture training with the Montana National Guard, Belgrade, Montana.

November 13-15, 2009

Language and Culture training with the Montana National Guard, Missoula, Montana.

November 6-8, 2009

Language and Culture training with the Montana National Guard, Butte, Montana.

October 21-23, 2009

Redefining Defense Critical Language/ Culture Requirements: New Programs, Procedures, & Partnerships

At this fall workshop, a group of twenty professionals from around the country discussed the needs of the Department of Defense and other US Government entitities, with special emphasis on curriculum planning and implementation in light of current studies being done with returning servicemen and officers from the field.

Click here for Workshop Program

To read about our Spring 2009 symposium, New Avenues for U.S. Middle East Policy, click here.