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Global Agenda 2009-Tinderbox – Fueling the Flames: the Politics of Oil

posted by jeffers at May 18th, 2009
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Global Agenda 2009-Tinderbox-Understanding The Middle East
Date & Time: May 20, 2009 – 4:30-6:00 PT (7:30pm ET)
This week #7 of 7:  Fueling the Flames: the Politics of Oil
Speaker: Jon B. Alterman – director and senior fellow of the Center for Strategic & International Studies Middle East Program
Location: http://slurl.com/secondlife/University%20of%20Delaware/56/150/26
For Questions or TP help: Firery Broome

This is a live simulcast, questions will be taken from the SL audience.

Jon B. Alterman is director and senior fellow of the Center for Strategic & International Studies Middle East Program. Prior to joining CSIS, a Washington think-tank, he served as a member of the Policy Planning Staff at the U.S. Department of State and as a special assistant to the assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs.

He served as an expert adviser to the Iraq Study Group (also known as the Baker-Hamilton Commission) and is a professorial lecturer at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and the George Washington University. Before entering government, he was a scholar at the U.S. Institute of Peace and at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. From 1993 to 1997, Alterman was an award-winning teacher at Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D. in history. He also worked as a legislative aide to Senator Daniel P. Moynihan (D-N.Y.), responsible for foreign policy and defense.

The series is hosted by Ralph Begleiter, Rosenberg Professor of Communication and Distinguished Journalist in Residence, and former CNN World Affairs Correspondent. 

Global Agenda speakers page: 
http://www.udel.edu/global/agenda/2009/Global_Agenda_2009/Speakers.html

John’s list of publications: http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_experts/task,view/id,8/