On Monday, October 30, the Strauss Center welcomed Christopher Kojm, former Deputy Staff Director of the 9/11 Commission, for a fireside chat with Strauss Center Director Adam Klein about “9/11: What Happened? What Changed?”
This talk was held at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and was part of the Strauss Center’s Brumley Speaker Series.
In their wide-ranging conversation, Kojm and Klein explored the context and events of September 11, 2001.
They delved into topics including the rise of al Qaeda, the roots of global terrorism, the shortcomings of the U.S. government in failing to stop the plot, and the crucial lessons that young people should grasp about the transformative impact the attacks had on our nation and the world.
For more information about this event, please contact Brittany Horton at brittany.horton@austin.utexas.edu.
Biography
Christopher Kojm serves as the Director of the Elliott School’s Leadership, Ethics and Practice Initiative and also serves as the Director of the MA Program in European and Eurasian Studies at George Washington University in Washington, DC. He re-joined the Elliott School as a Professor of Practice in International Affairs after serving as Chairman of the National Intelligence Council from 2009 to 2014. He taught previously at Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs.
In government, Chris served as a staffer on the House Foreign Affairs Committee from 1984-98 under Rep. Lee H. Hamilton, as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (1998-2003), and as Deputy Director of the 9/11 Commission (2003-04). He was also President of the 9/11 Public Discourse Project, the Commission’s follow-on public education organization (2004-05). He also served as a Senior Advisor to the Iraq Study Group (2006).
Chris received a master’s degree in Public Affairs from Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs.