"Iran on the Horizon," a special one-day conference of leading regional experts and U.S. Iran analysts, explored Iran's potential threat to the region and how the U.S. should deal with it. Academic and governmental officials from the U.S., France, Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon analyzed Iran's shifting internal power centers, Iran's relations with its neighbors in the Gulf and the Levant and the future of U.S. policy towards Iran. In addition to the four distinguished panels, Ambassador of France to the U.S., Pierre Vimont, gave the keynote luncheon address.
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Summaries, transcripts and podcasts of "Iran on the Horizon" are available below.
Introduction
Wendy Chamberlin, President of the Middle East Institute
Panel I: Assessing Iran's Intentions and Internal Power Centers
Kenneth Pollack, Brookings Institution
Gary Sick, Senior Research scholar at SIPA's Middle East Institute, Columbia University
Hooshang Amirahmadi, Founder and President, American Iranian Council (AIC)
John Limbert, US Naval Academy, former 14-month hostage in Iran
Panel II: Iran & The Gulf
Barbara Slavin, Senior Diplomatic Reporter for USA Today, USIP
Wahid Hashim, King Abdul Aziz University
Ibtisam Al-Kitbi, UAE University
Sami Al-Faraj, President of the Kuwait Centre for Strategic Studies
Luncheon Keynote Address
Ambassador Pierre Vimont, Ambassador of France to the United States
Panel III: Iran & The Levant
Trita Parsi, National Iranian American Council (NIAC)
Fares A. Braizat, University of Jordan's Centre for Strategic Studies
Murhaf Jouejati, MEI Adjunct Scholar, National Defense University
Judith P. Harik, President of Matn University
Panel IV: Iran: What does the U.S. do Now?
Ambassador David Mack, Vice President, Middle East Institute
Ray Takeyh, Council on Foreign Relations
Patrick Clawson, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Hillary Mann Leverett, STRATEGA