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Considerations in Southwest Asia Regarding Stability in Afghanistan

Speaker(s):
COL Eero Keravuori
Date of Event:
April 24, 2018
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Considerations in Southwest Asia Regarding Stability in Afghanistan

Speaker: Keravuori, E. (CENTCOM Combined Strategic Analysis Group J5-G)

Date: 24 April 2018

Speaker Session Preview

SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Col Eero Keravuori (CENTCOM Combined Strategic Analysis Group J5-G) as a part of its SMA CENTCOM Speaker Series. Col Keravuori discussed the realignment of focus within CENTCOM — “a new great game”— looks at three factors that can be assessed to determine a pathway to Afghanistan’s stability (legacy of persistent instability, along with internal and external factors). Col Keravuori discussed each of these in turn, elaborating on internal factors (Afghan government, the Taliban, “power brokers,” and economics) and external factors (Afghanistan’s near neighbors and other powers) that have made stability difficult to achieve. Col Keravuori concluded by presenting a list of things that should be done to assist Afghanistan on its path towards stability and offering a series of relevant questions that SMA could help CENTCOM answer.

To access an audio file of the speaker session, please contact Ms. Nicole Omundson (nomundson@nsiteam.com).

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COL Eero Keravuori started his military servicein 1991 as a combat medic in the 2ND/325Airborne Infantry Regiment of the 82ND Airborne Division. In May 1997, he was commissionedas an officer in the US Army Adjutant GeneralCorps. COL Keravuori spent six years on activeduty based in Germany with deployments toBosnia, Kosovo, Poland and Kuwait in roles including Platoon Leader, TF Commander andCorps Battlestaff planner.

After Release from Active Duty, COL Keravuori Spent two years working with the Department of Justice on International Law Enforcement before mobilizing as a Civil Affairs officer in Iraq as the PRT Rule of Law Team Leader for Baghdad Provence. He then served as a Counterterrorism Operations Officer with Dept of State Counterterrorism Bureau, the G-3 Ops/Intel IntegrationBranch Chief with the Military Intelligence Readiness Command (MIRC),and as the MIRC Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1. In 2016, he joined the CENTCOM J-3 Joint Operations Center (JOC) as the JOC Team Chief.COL Keravuori is currently the Division Chief of the CENTCOM Combined Strategic Analysis Group.

COL Keravuori earned a Bachelor’s of Science Degree from the United States Military Academy, a Master’s Degree in International Relations from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA from Cameron University. He is a graduate of the Adjutant General, Military Intelligence, and Civil Affairs Schoolhouses, the Army Command and General Staff College, the Defense Strategy Course, and is currently attending the Army War College Distance Education Program.

COL Keravuori‘s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal,Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation, and the US and Finnish Airborne Badges among others.

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Region
Asia
Afghanistan
Methodology
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National Security Topic
Stability
Outcome

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