Iran: The Year of Reckoning
Nicholas Burns, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics, Harvard Kennedy School and Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Michael Postl, Former Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to Iran; Shaul Bakhash, Chair and Commentator, Clarence J. Robinson Professor of History, George Mason University; Farideh Farhi, Independent Scholar and Affiliate Graduate Faculty, Political Science, University of Hawai'i at Manoa; Suzanne Maloney, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution; Kaveh Ehsani, Chair and Commentator, Assistant Professor, International Studies, DePaul University
Overview
8:30 – 9:00am
Coffee
Welcoming Remarks: Haleh Esfandiari, Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson Center
9:00 – 10:45am
PANEL 1
Nicholas Burns, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics, Harvard Kennedy School and Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Michael Postl, Former Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to Iran
Shaul Bakhash, Chair and Commentator, Clarence J. Robinson Professor of History, George Mason University
10:45 – 11:00am
Coffee Break
11:00am – 12:45pm
PANEL 2
Farideh Farhi, Independent Scholar and Affiliate Graduate Faculty, Political Science, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Suzanne Maloney, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution
Kaveh Ehsani, Chair and Commentator, Assistant Professor, International Studies, DePaul University
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