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DESCRIPTION:Peer to Peer Series “Will Iraq be better or worse off after the
  U.S. withdrawal?” with Humphrey Fellow Hazim Mahmoud Hamed The U.S. troop
  withdrawal from Iraq was completed on December 18\, 2011. The following d
 ay\, an arrest warrant was issued for the Sunni Vice President Al-Hashemi.
  Other steps were taken by the government against other politicians like D
 eputy Prime Minister Saleh Al-Mutlaq and Finance Minister Rafi Al-Iswai\, 
 causing tensions among political parties and raising worries of a sectaria
 n civil war. Recently\, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned
  that escalation of ongoing political tension in Iraq could cause a civil 
 war and could have regional implications. This raises some questions: • Wh
 at is going on now in Iraq? • Was the U.S. war on Iraq worth this big sacr
 ifice in money and lives? • Was it a wise decision by the U.S. administrat
 ion to leave Iraq now? • Will Iraq be better or worse off after the U.S. w
 ithdrawal? Hazim Mahmoud Hamed is currently a Humphrey Fellow at Maxwell a
 nd most recently was an advisor to the Iraqi president. He served as Chief
  of Staff of the Office of the Iraqi Vice President from 2008-2011. He has
  been Chief of Staff for the Iraqi Ministry of planning\, a political advi
 sor in Baghdad to the United Nations and a news editor for the Chinese New
 s Agency in Beijing. Hazim has an interest in public policy\, public admin
 istration\, capacity building\, economic development and leadership. When:
  Wednesday\, January 25\, 2012 Where: 204 Maxwell Hall Time: 11:30 am – 12
 :30 pm Peer to peer is a series for Executive Masters in Public Administra
 tion students to share issues\, problems or successes with their fellow st
 udents. Each student guest speaker will speak for about 20-30 minutes and 
 then we will have a 20-30 minute discussion time. This event is open to al
 l students. Lunch will be provided at the start of the event. Please RSVP 
 to Kristina Donzella\, kedonzel@maxwell.syr.edu by Monday\, January 23rd. 
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SUMMARY:Peer to Peer
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Peer to Peer Series “Will Iraq be better or wo
 rse off after the U.S. withdrawal?” with Humphrey Fellow Hazim Mahmoud Ham
 ed The U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq was completed on December 18\, 2011
 . The following day\, an arrest warrant was issued for the Sunni Vice Pres
 ident Al-Hashemi. Other steps were taken by the government against other p
 oliticians like Deputy Prime Minister Saleh Al-Mutlaq and Finance Minister
  Rafi Al-Iswai\, causing tensions among political parties and raising worr
 ies of a sectarian civil war. Recently\, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayy
 ip Erdogan warned that escalation of ongoing political tension in Iraq cou
 ld cause a civil war and could have regional implications. This raises som
 e questions: • What is going on now in Iraq? • Was the U.S. war on Iraq wo
 rth this big sacrifice in money and lives? • Was it a wise decision by the
  U.S. administration to leave Iraq now? • Will Iraq be better or worse off
  after the U.S. withdrawal? Hazim Mahmoud Hamed is currently a Humphrey Fe
 llow at Maxwell and most recently was an advisor to the Iraqi president. H
 e served as Chief of Staff of the Office of the Iraqi Vice President from 
 2008-2011. He has been Chief of Staff for the Iraqi Ministry of planning\,
  a political advisor in Baghdad to the United Nations and a news editor fo
 r the Chinese News Agency in Beijing. Hazim has an interest in public poli
 cy\, public administration\, capacity building\, economic development and 
 leadership. When: Wednesday\, January 25\, 2012 Where: 204 Maxwell Hall Ti
 me: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Peer to peer is a series for Executive Masters in 
 Public Administration students to share issues\, problems or successes wit
 h their fellow students. Each student guest speaker will speak for about 2
 0-30 minutes and then we will have a 20-30 minute discussion time. This ev
 ent is open to all students. Lunch will be provided at the start of the ev
 ent. Please RSVP to Kristina Donzella\, kedonzel@maxwell.syr.edu by Monday
 \, January 23rd. <br>
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