Outlook for Critical Regions; Part of a CFR Center for Preventive Action Symposium
Watch CFR experts consider potential threats the Obama administration could face in South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, and suggest...
Speakers: Michelle D. Gavin, Adjunct Fellow for Africa, Council on Foreign Relations
Steven A. Cook, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Daniel Markey, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: Jane Holl Lute, Assistant Secretary-General for Mission Support, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations
December 9, 2008
This session was part of the Center for Preventive Action Symposium on Preventive Priorities for a New Era, which was made possible by the generosity of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
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