The Middle East: Crisis, Conflict, and Change

In the tumultuous Middle East, U.S. policy-makers face a daunting array of issues, ranging far beyond oil to countering terrorism and coping with Iraq to helping end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and encouraging reform in Arab states. Building better bridges of mutual understanding will be critical to our success in meeting these challenges.

Presenter: Walter Cutler ’53, President, Meridian International Center, Washington, D.C., formerly a career diplomat with the U.S. Foreign Service; twice Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Ambassador to Tunisia, and Ambassador-Designate to Khomeini's Iran; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations