Discussion on Iran

The Iraqi fiasco may very well become the Iranian crisis in the near future. The Center for American Progress gathered some of the best experts on the Middle East and Iran to discuss the situation. Excellent discussion on U.S. policy towards Iran and where we may be headed. (Video Links Below) From The Center for American Progress The Coming Crisis with Iran CAP Event Examines Engagement and Confrontation with Iran Against Backdrop of Local Elections December 19, 2006 Some of America’s most distinguished experts on Iran and the Middle East gathered late last week at the Center for American Progress to discuss the coming crisis with Iran. The five panelists, who discussed the findings in their set of white papers just published by The Century Foundation, took to the stage on the eve of important local elections in Iran—the results of which served to underscore some of the panelists’ most trenchant observations. [panelists] Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Thomas Pickering opened the discussion alongside the three other guest panelists: former National Security Council staff member and Middle East expert Flynt Leverett; Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and war strategist scholar Colonel Sam Gardiner; and Barry Posen, Director of Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. CAP’s Senior Vice President for National Security and International Policy, Joseph Cirincione, a nonproliferation expert, moderated the discussion. (To view the complete video of the event or the individual presentations of the participants, please see the video links at the end of this write up. The panelists’ white papers prepared for the event are also accessible online below. A complete audio presentation of the event is also available below.) Video Introduction Thomas Pickering Flynt Leverett Sam Gardiner Barry Posen Discussion Question and Answer Audio Complete Program Read the white papers by the participants.