AEI’s next Black Coffee Briefing will take place on Tuesday, December 2. Bernard Kerik-former interim interior minister of Iraq and senior policy adviser to L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. presidential envoy and administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq-will deliver a keynote address. Mr. Kerik will speak about his experiences leading the reconstitution and development of the Iraqi police, border control, and emergency management services.

The briefing will begin with a panel discussion featuring Salameh Nematt, bureau chief of Al Hayat; Fred Thompson, former U.S. senator and visiting fellow at AEI; and Michael Vickers, director of strategic studies at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. Thomas Donnelly, resident fellow at AEI, will serve as moderator.