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DESCRIPTION:Philip H. Gordon\, Senior Fellow\, Council on Foreign Relations
 \; former special assistant and White House Coordinator for the Middle Eas
 t\, North Africa and the Gulf Region from 2013-15Introduction by&nbsp\;Jam
 es Steinberg\,&nbsp\;Dean\, Maxwell School \nThe U.S. and the Crises in th
 e Middle East&nbsp\;Philip H. Gordon\, Senior Fellow at the Council on For
 eign Relations\, former special assistant to the president and White House
  Coordinator for the Middle East\, North Africa\, and the Gulf Region from
  2013-15 will deliver a lecture on The U.S. and the Crises in the Middle E
 ast.&nbsp\; This talk is free and open to the public.&nbsp\; James B. Stei
 nberg\, Dean of the Maxwell School and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Sta
 te will introduce Dr. GordonAs the most senior White House official focuse
 d on the greater Middle East\, he worked closely with the president\, secr
 etary of state\, and national security advisor on issues&nbsp\;including t
 he Iranian nuclear program\, Middle East peace negotiations\, the conflict
  in Syria\, security in Iraq\, U.S. relations with the gulf states\, the d
 emocratic transitions in North Africa\, and bilateral relations with Israe
 l\, Egypt\, Jordan\, and LebanonMehrzad Boroujerdi\, Chair of the Politica
 l Science Department at Syracuse University\, describes Dr. Gordon as one 
 of the most astute analyst of Middle Eastern affairs. “He has not been afr
 aid to think outside the box. For example\, he has argued that the U.S. sh
 ould rethink its position that President Assad must step down. &nbsp\;Gord
 on’s voice is one that needs to be heard as the U.S. government confronts 
 a multitude of crisis from Afghanistan to Libya.”Sponsored\nby the Middle 
 Eastern Studies program at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:MES presents: Philip H. Gordon
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p></p><p><b>Philip H. Gordon\,</b> <i>Senior 
 Fellow\, Council on Foreign Relations\; former special assistant and White
  House Coordinator for the Middle East\, North Africa and the Gulf Region 
 from 2013-15</i></p><p>Introduction by&nbsp\;<b>James Steinberg</b>\,&nbsp
 \;<i>Dean\, Maxwell School</i> </p><p>\n<b>The U.S. and the Crises in the 
 Middle East&nbsp\;</b></p><p>Philip H. Gordon\, Senior Fellow at the Counc
 il on Foreign Relations\, former special assistant to the president and Wh
 ite House Coordinator for the Middle East\, North Africa\, and the Gulf Re
 gion from 2013-15 will deliver a lecture on The U.S. and the Crises in the
  Middle East.&nbsp\; This talk is free and open to the public.&nbsp\; Jame
 s B. Steinberg\, Dean of the Maxwell School and former U.S. Deputy Secreta
 ry of State will introduce Dr. Gordon</p><p>As the most senior White House
  official focused on the greater Middle East\, he worked closely with the 
 president\, secretary of state\, and national security advisor on issues&n
 bsp\;including the Iranian nuclear program\, Middle East peace negotiation
 s\, the conflict in Syria\, security in Iraq\, U.S. relations with the gul
 f states\, the democratic transitions in North Africa\, and bilateral rela
 tions with Israel\, Egypt\, Jordan\, and Lebanon</p><p>Mehrzad Boroujerdi\
 , Chair of the Political Science Department at Syracuse University\, descr
 ibes Dr. Gordon as one of the most astute analyst of Middle Eastern affair
 s. “He has not been afraid to think outside the box. For example\, he has 
 argued that the U.S. should rethink its position that President Assad must
  step down. &nbsp\;Gordon’s voice is one that needs to be heard as the U.S
 . government confronts a multitude of crisis from Afghanistan to Libya.”</
 p><p><b><i>Sponsored\nby the Middle Eastern Studies program at the Moyniha
 n Institute of Global Affairs&nbsp\;</i></b></p><p></p>
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