#18: How to Understand the Middle-East with Steven Cook, Council on Foreign Relations

Steven A. Cook is an Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is an expert on Arab and Turkish politics as well as U.S.-Middle East policy. Cook has published widely in foreign policy journals, opinion magazines, and newspapers, and he is a frequent commentator on radio and television. He also currently writes the blog From the Potomac to the Euphrates. His latest book, False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East will be available May 2017.

In this special edition of the IVY Podcast, Steven joined us at IVY HQ  for a live discussion on the current geopolitical climate in Syria and how to achieve peace in the middle east.

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