2008 Foreign Policy Symposium: The Greater Middle East (Audio)
Listen to experts discuss U.S. foreign policy with regard to the Middle East as part of a three-day symposium during the Republican National...
Speakers: Michael N. Barnett, Harold Stassen Chair of International Relations, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Steven A. Cook, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Vali R. Nasr, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
September 3, 2008
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