Meeting

ISA Luncheon Discussion: Geopolitics in the Middle East

Friday, March 17, 2023
Speakers
Steven A. Cook

Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies and Director of the International Affairs Fellowship for Tenured International Relations Scholars, Council on Foreign Relations

Nicole Grajewski

Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University

Catherine E. Herrold

Associate Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, Syracuse University

Presider
Lawrence P. Rubin

Associate Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology

The CFR Academic luncheon event held in conjunction with the International Studies Association Convention featured a discussion on Geopolitics in the Middle East on Friday, March 17, in Montréal.

The conversation featured Steven A. Cook, Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies and director of the International Affairs Fellowship for Tenured International Relations Scholars at CFR; Nicole Grajewski, Stanton nuclear security postdoctoral fellow in the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University; and Catherine E. Herrold, associate professor of public administration and international affairs at Syracuse University. Lawrence P. Rubin, associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology, moderated the discussion. 

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