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Episode 11: Choices Ahead: Exploring the Future of the Iran Deal

Guests: Ambassador Frank Wisner, Gary Sick, and Professor Joshua Stacher

As the U.S. prepares to elect a new president, our panel explored the status of the highly controversial Iran Deal and what its future holds with a new administration coming into the White House.  What are the common misconceptions of the Iran Deal and how has the deal impacted U.S. foreign policy strategy in the broader Middle East?

Panel members included Ambassador Frank Wisner, former U.S. Ambassador to India, Zambia, & Egypt, Gary Sick, former National Security Council Member for the Ford, Carter and Reagan administrations and senior research scholar and Professor at Columbia University, and Professor Joshua Stacher, Associate Professor at Kent State University. Join us for a lively discussion, moderated by Ambassador Heather Hodges, President and Ambassador-in-Residence of CCWA.

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Episode 58: Denuclearizing the Peninsula? Strategic Outlook for the U.S. and South Korea

The Republic of Korea has been a strategic U.S. military and economic ally since the 1950s. With regional tensions with China at an all-time high, a new Korean President since May, and global trade experiencing…

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Episode 57: Prosperity and Peace: A Hopeful Future for the Abraham Accords with Robert Greenway

Significant moves in both diplomatic and economic relationships are already bearing fruit after the historic signing in September 2020 of the Abraham Accords to jointly normalize relations between Israel, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates….

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Episode 56: Can the U.S. Reset the Agenda with Latin America? with Ambassador Michael McKinley

The Summit of the Americas, hosted in San Diego in June, brought about tense interactions between the U.S. and our hemispheric neighbors to the south. Debate about the guestlist, threats of boycott, and challenges to…

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