On May 21 there was a provocative town hall debate with foreign policy experts Kenneth Pollack, from the American Enterprise Institute, the National Defense University’s Denise Natali, and USIP's Sarhang Hamasaeed, moderated by Joshua Johnson of the public radio program 1A. The discussion focused on how Iraq’s leaders can overcome years of sectarian violence and find unity, as well as what a future alliance with the West may look like.
Joshua Johnson, Moderator
Host, NPR's 1A
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Sarhang Hamasaeed
Director, Middle East Programs, U.S. Institute of Peace
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Denise Natali
Director, Center for Strategic Research, National Defense University
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Kenneth Pollack
Resident Scholar, U.S.-Middle East Security and Foreign Policies, American Enterprise Institute
For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/after-isis-will-iraqs-elections-be-next-step-stability
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