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US - Iran: Lessons from the Pastfor the Present and Future

A discussion with: Giandomenico Picco, Former Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs, United Nations; John Tirman, Executive Director, Principal Research Scientist and Director of Persian Gulf Initiative, Center for International Studies, MIT and Signatory to the Joint Expert Statement on Iran; Robert Litwak, Director, International Security Studies, Woodrow Wilson Center Former Director for Nonproliferation, National Security Council; and Robin Wright, Journalist, Author and Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center

Date & Time

Friday
Feb. 27, 2009
8:00am – 10:00am ET

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Speakers:

Giandomenico Picco, Former Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs, United Nations

John Tirman, Executive Director, Principal Research Scientist and Director of Persian Gulf Initiative, Center for International Studies, MIT and Signatory to the Joint Expert Statement on Iran

Robert Litwak, Director, International Security Studies, Woodrow Wilson Center Former Director for Nonproliferation, National Security Council

Robin Wright, Journalist, Author and Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center

The panel will examine the successes and failures, myths and facts about US-Iran diplomacy over the past 30 years and draw lessons for the present and future efforts.

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Middle East Program

The Wilson Center’s Middle East Program serves as a crucial resource for the policymaking community and beyond, providing analyses and research that helps inform US foreign policymaking, stimulates public debate, and expands knowledge about issues in the wider Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.  Read more

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