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Evaluating the U.S. Role in the Levant

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Mon Jul 19, 2010
Washington, DC

Date

Mon Jul 19, 2010
8:00pm EDT

Location

Washington, DC, United States

Contact

    [email protected]

Hosts

U.S. – Lebanon Dialogue Program convened a panel discussion on objectives and results of current US policy on Lebanon and Syria. Both speakers dismissed the prospect of another Hezbollah-Israel conflict this summer.

Aspen’s Executive Director for Middle East Programs Toni G. Verstandig chaired and moderated the discussion between Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; and Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Former Senior Advisor on the Middle East to six U.S. Secretaries of State.

Speakers:

Mr. Elliott Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations,
Former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director of the National Security Council
Dr. Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Former Senior Advisor on the Middle East to six U.S. Secretaries of State