Iraq's Green Zone: An Insider's Account
Featuring:
Rajiv Chandrasekaran, The Washington Post’s bureau chief in Baghdad from April 2003 to October 2004, will speak on his new book, Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone, an account of life in Baghdad’s Green Zone. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and internal documents, Chandrasekaran will tell the story of the people and ideas that inhabited the Green Zone during the occupation. Chandrasekaran highlights the startling contrast that exists between the realities inside and outside of the Green Zone bubble while noting the flaws in the execution of American foreign policy to implement democracy in the embattled Middle Eastern country.
Rajiv Chandrasekaran is an assistant managing editor for continuous news at The Washington Post, where he has worked since 1994. From April 2003 to October 2004, he was The Post's bureau chief in Baghdad, where he was responsible for covering the American occupation of Iraq. He returned to Baghdad in the months leading up to the Iraq to report on the United Nations weapons-inspections process and the build-up to the conflict. His previously assignments include serving as The Post’s bureau chief in Cairo and Southeast Asia, and as a correspondent covering the war in Afghanistan. He recently completed a term as journalist-in-residence at the International Reporting Project at the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies, and was a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center.
Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone will be available for sale after the event.
