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A Look at Foreign Policy Challenges Facing the Next White House

Washington, DC
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

A former chief CIA analyst joined a group of foreign policy experts at the The Middle East Policy Council to look at some of the challenges facing the next White House, including Iran’s nuclear program, Israeli-Palestinian tensions and the continuing unrest in Egypt and Syria.

Participants include: Paul Pillar, former national intelligence officer at the National Intelligence Council; Scott McConnell, founding editor of The American Conservative; Jocelyne Cesari, co-director of SAIS Global Politics and Religion initiative; and Nathaniel Kern, president of Foreign Reports.

Middle East Policy Council Executive Director Thomas R. Mattair moderated the discussion.

Updated: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 3:44pm (ET)

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