Historical Perspectives on the Middle East

This is the opening session of The Future of the Middle East symposium, which will convene CFR scholars and experts from think tanks and academic institutions to address the region's current political, economic, and security challenges.

For this event, the panel will discuss the past, present, and future of the Middle East.

Presider
Richard N. Haass
President, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order

Speakers
Lisa Anderson
Senior Lecturer and Dean Emerita, Columbia University; President Emerita, American University in Cairo

Howard Eissenstat
Associate Professor of Middle East History, St. Lawrence University; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Project on Middle East Democracy

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