Significant differences of opinion today – but a civil discussion nonetheless at this New America Foundation/American Strategy Program forum on the Iran Elections.
Featured speakers were:
Ken Ballen
President, Terror Free Tomorrow: The Center for Public Opinion
Author, “Iranians Want More Democracy,” CNN, June 16, 2009
Steve Clemons
Director, American Strategy Program
New America Foundation
Publisher, The Washington Note
Flynt Leverett
Director, Geopolitics of Energy Initiative
New America Foundation
Author, “Ahmadinejad won. Get over it,” Politico.com, June 15, 2009
Afshin Molavi
Fellow, New America Foundation
Author, The Soul of Iran: A Nation’s Journey to Freedom
Nader Mousavizadeh
Consulting Senior Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies
Former Special Assistant to U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan
Author, “Option Ignore Ahmadinejad,” Washington Post, June 18,2009
moderator
Nicholas Schmidle
Fellow, New America Foundation
Former Student, University of Tehran
Author, To Live or to Perish Forever: Two Tumultuous Years in Pakistan
— Steve Clemons
Update: Here is a thoughtful piece at the Roosevelt Island blog sparked by the New America Foundation discussion today.
Also, here is a live twitter report of the New America Foundation event today as tweeted by the excellent Taylor Marsh. I particularly liked her last catch.
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