On Tuesday 1 July 2008, Ahmed Rashid launched his new book entitled Descent into Chaos: How the War Against Islamic Extremism is Being Lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia, from 12:30pm.
In Descent Into Chaos Ahmed Rashid takes us to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia and the corridors of power in Washington and Europe to analyze the progress of the war against terror and the promised nation building in these countries.
The follow-up to Taliban - his international bestseller – Descent into Chaos is a comprehensive analysis of the entire region, which is now beset by a resurgent Taliban and al' Qaeda who have reorganized themselves in Pakistan's tribal regions. Rashid asserts that they now threaten Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia and the world more than ever.
Blending twenty-five years of on-the-ground reporting, with history, politics and analysis, Rashid paints a picture of the key decision makers and policies that were made but never implemented.
Ahmed Rashid is the author of three books, The Resurgence of Central Asia, Taliban, and Jihad. He writes regularly for The Daily Telegraph, The Washington Post, The International Herald Tribune, BBC Online and many other European and American dailies and websites. A scholar of the Davos World Economic Forum and a consultant for Human Rights Watch, he is currently on the Board of Advisers to the International Committee of the Red Cross. In 2002 he established the 'Open Media Fund for Afghanistan' (OMFA), which gives cash grants to newly starting independent print media in Afghanistan. So far it has distributed over $300,000 to over two dozen newspaper and magazine start ups all over Afghanistan publishing in Dari, Pushto and Uzbek.
This meeting was chaired by Sir Hilary Synnott, Consulting Senior Fellow and was held on the Fifth Floor at Arundel House, 13-15 Arundel Street, Temple Place, London WC2R 3DX.
