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MEI is honored to host Wendy Chamberlin, Phebe Marr and Elizabeth Ferris, to discuss the status of Iraq's refugees during a special launch of MEI Viewpoints: "Iraq's Refugee and IDP Crisis: Human Toll and Implications"

"Iraq's Refugee and IDP Crisis: Human Toll and Implications" is a wide-ranging collection of essays that explore the challenges facing Iraq, the international community, and the refugees themselves. Fifteen leading experts and practitioners from around the world provide thought-provoking commentaries on a wide range of issues, including the factors that triggered the refugee flow; the response of the US, Iraq, and the international community; the prospects for the refugees' return; the impact on Iraq's neighbors, and much more. This special edition of MEI's prestigious Viewpoints series also includes maps and statistics about the state of Iraq’s millions of refugees and IDPs as well as a comprehensive bibliography and the testimonies of refugees themselves.

In order to view "Iraq's Refugee and IDP Crisis: Human Toll and Implications", please our website:
http://www.mideasti.org/publications/iraqs-refugee-idp-crisis

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Bios of Participants:

Wendy Chamberlin

Ambassador Wendy Chamberlin has been President of the Middle East Institute since March 2007. Before leading MEI, she served as Deputy High Commissioner for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and as Assistant Administrator in the Asia-Near East Bureau for USAID. In addition to being US Ambassador to Pakistan and to the Laos People’s Democratic Republic, her assignments have included Deputy in the Bureau of International Counter-Narcotics and Law Programs, Director of Press and Public Affairs for the Near East Bureau, and Director of Global Affairs and Counter-Terrorism at the National Security Council. Wendy Chamberlin holds degrees from Northwestern and Boston University.

Phebe Marr

Phebe Marr is a prominent historian of modern Iraq. A retired professor, she was research professor at the National Defense University and a professor of history at the University of Tennessee and at Stanislaus State University in California. In 1999-2000, Marr was a senior scholar at the Wilson Center. She frequently contributes to media discussions about Iraq, has written numerous articles on Iraq, and has testified before many congressional committees in recent years. From 2004-2006, she served as a Senior Fellow, Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program at the US Institute of Peace. Marr received a Ph.D. in Middle Eastern history from Harvard University and a master's in Middle East studies from Radcliffe College.

Elizabeth Ferris

As co-director of the Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, Beth Ferris focuses on the international community’s response to humanitarian crises, with a particular emphasis on the human rights of internally displaced persons. She serves also serves as a Senior Fellow with the Brookings Foreign Policy Program and is fluent in Spanish, French and Portuguese.