[URPE] [NYC] U.S.-Iran Crisis | Panel | New School | Friday 5:30 PM

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All,

The webpage and flyer for the event on the U.S.-Iran crisis at New 
School this Friday is at:  http://wikigpia.info/iran/

And:

The New School Graduate Program in International AffairsEvent
IRAN-U.S. RELATIONS: ON THE BRINK OF DISASTER?

Friday, December 7, 5:30 p.m.
The New School, 65 Fifth Ave, Swayduck Auditorium
Sponsored by the Graduate Program in International Affairs.
Admission: Free

Relations between the U.S. and Iran have long been marked by mutual 
acrimony, hyperbole and intransigence, and prospects appear grim. Is 
there a possibility for compromise and coexistence?

A panel of experts will reflect on the continuum of U.S.-Iran 
confrontations: from the 1979 Revolution against a U.S.-backed Shah to 
the present nuclear confrontation; from 12 years of U.S., and UN 
sanctions on Iran to recent collisions over Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and 
Israel. They will consider oil, religio-cultural factors, regional 
politics and domestic realities inside each country as factors impelling 
the present crisis, including the likelihood of U.S. military 
intervention as a second regional "war of choice", and means for its 
avoidance. Audience discussion follows.

Panelists:
Ervand Abrahamian (CUNY)
Michael Klare (Hampshire College)
Timothy Mitchell (NYU)
Tom O'Donnell (The New School)

Discussant:
Neguin Yavari (The New School)

Moderator:
Jonathan Bach, Associate Director of the New School Graduate Program in 
International Affairs

Free and open to the public. For more information contact 
gpiaevents at newschool.edu
Info website:  http://wikigpia.info/iran/

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  Tom O'Donnell, PhD     http://TomOD.com  --CV, writing, syllabi

   2008:      Fulbright Scholar, Venezuela (Research)
   Summer 07: The New School, NYC (Graduate International Affairs)
   2006-07:   The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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