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Join MEI for a discussion of Iranian politics and foreign policy at this crucial moment in its foreign policy. Both of our panelists will discuss their new books on contemporary Iran and how they illuminate Tehran’s path forward.
Kindly note all book purchases must be picked up at the Middle East Institute during the event.
Featured Speakers
Ross Harrison, Author of "Decoding Iran's Foreign Policy: Strategic Interests, Power and Influence"
Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute
Mohsen Milani, Author of "Iran's Rise and Rivalry with the US in the Middle East"
Executive Director, Center for Strategic & Diplomatic Studies, University of South Florida
Dr. Kenneth F. Pollack (Moderator)
Vice President for Policy, Middle East Institute
Extended Speaker Biographies
Ross Harrison is a senior fellow and book series editor at the Middle East Institute (MEI). He is also a faculty member in the Political Science Department at the University of Pittsburgh, where he teaches courses on Middle East politics and US foreign policy in the Middle East. From 2004 to 2020, he was the Professor in the Practice of International Affairs at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service.
Mohsen Milani is the Executive Director of the Center for Strategic & Diplomatic Studies and Professor of Politics at the University of South Florida. He served as a department chairman at that University from 1998 to 2012. He has served as a fellow at Harvard, Oxford, and Foscari University (Italy).
Dr. Kenneth M. Pollack, PhD., is Vice President for Policy at the Middle East Institute. Previously he was a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he worked on Middle Eastern political-military affairs, focusing in particular on Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf countries.