Day One: Dialogue on War Legacies and Peace in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia

The process of postwar reconciliation between the United States, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia is one of the most remarkable stories of the 21st century. On October 11 and 12, USIP hosted a two-part event bringing together diplomats, advocates and authors to draw lessons from U.S. engagement in Southeast Asia that could apply to conflicts elsewhere in the world.

Panelists

October 11: Healing the Wounds of War

• Lise Grande, Opening Remarks
  President and CEO, U.S. Institute of Peace
• Michael Schiffer
  Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Asia, U.S. Agency for International Development
• Tôn Nữ Thị Ninh
  President, Ho Chi Minh City Peace and Development Foundation
• Jed Royal
  Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense
• Loung Ung
  Author, “First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers”
• Sera Koulabdara
  Executive Director, Legacies of War
• Brian Harding, moderator
  Senior Expert, Southeast Asia, U.S. Institute of Peace

For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/dialogue-war-legacies-and-peace-vietnam-laos-and-cambodia