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Speaker: Dan Caldwell, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Pepperdine University
Presider: Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relation
April 21, 2011
Dan Caldwell, distinguished professor of political science at Pepperdine University, discusses the findings of his book Vortex of Conflict: U.S. Policy Toward Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq with students, as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.
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