Speakers: Neil Crompton, Counselor and Joint Intelligence Committee Representative, Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Steven Simon, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: Gary Samore, Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair, Council on Foreign Relations
April 23, 2008
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