“Obama's War: Finding the Right Strategy,” with Bruce Riedel '75, senior foreign policy fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC. A former CIA officer, Riedel focuses on political transition, terrorism and conflict resolution. He was an adviser to three U.S. presidents on Middle Eastern and South Asian issues. At the request of President Barack Obama, he co-chaired an interagency review of policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan for the White House that was completed in March 2009. He is the co-author of
Which Path to Persia: Options for a New American Strategy Toward Iran (2009), and
The Search for al-Qaeda: It's Leadership, Ideology and Future. Bruce Riedel is a 1975 graduate of Brown University.
Location: Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street.