To incorporate your questions as time allows. You can submit those using the q a feature in zoom. We will record this session and post a video afterward to the benefit of everyone. Stay tuned for Upcoming Forum discussions, former under secretary of defense will join us next thursday, may 28 and now i will turn it to jim levinsohn, director of Yale Universitys Jackson Institute for Global Affairs to introduce our special guest. Thanks, ted, and welcome everyone. As we grapple with the ramifications of this pandemic, we are grateful jackson to have a Wonderful Group of faculty and senior fellows whose expertise we can draw. Is dr. H individual howard dean. Physician, six term governor of vermont, president ial candidate, president of the National Government association and the Democratic National committee. Much of that is well known. What may be less wellknown is in new haven, governor dean is professor dean and he teaches an incredibly popular undergraduate seminar on the politics of
Hello and welcome. To those whoul have joined us this afternoon. We will introduce him in a moment. Video is muted, but we are eager to incorporate your questions to the degree that time allows. Andill record the session posted the video afterwards to the benefit of everyone. Discussions with the former under secretary of defense next thursday, may 28. Now i will turn it over to the director of the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs to introduce our special guest. Thanks and welcome. As we grapple with the ramifications of this pandemic, we are grateful jackson to have a Wonderful Group of faculty and senior fellows whose expertise we can draw. Is dr. H individual howard dean. Physician, six term governor of vermont, president ial candidate, president of the National Government association and the Democratic National committee. Much of that is well known. What may be less wellknown is in new haven, governor dean is professor dean and he teaches an incredibly popular undergraduate sem
Everyone, andoon, welcome to our ninth jackson virtual discussion forum, our series of online gatherings on covid19 and Global Affairs exploring the farreaching impact of this pandemic. We are thankful to senator murphy and jackson senior fellow governor dean for joining us this afternoon. We will introduce them in a moment. Attendees, have your volume and video muted but we are excited to incorporate your questions as time allows. You can submit those using the q a feature in zoom. We will record this session and post a video afterward to the benefit of everyone. Stay tuned for Upcoming Forum discussions, former under secretary of defense will join us next thursday, may 28 and now i will turn it to jim levinsohn, director of Yale Universitys Jackson Institute for Global Affairs to introduce our special guest. Thanks, ted, and welcome everyone. As we grapple with the ramifications of this pandemic, we are grateful jackson to have a Wonderful Group of faculty and senior fellows whose ex
Collective memory in the middle east. I spent the weekend reading it. I couldnt put it down it was so interesting. If you havent read it after this evening im sure you will try to get the book if you havent already and i urge you to read it. Absolutely fascinating, very wellwritten, very well researched, there is a narrative flow to it and it is very troubling i have to say. I would like to announce unfortunately that our event in two days with ambassador dennis ross, is unable to come, he had a family emergency, so his lecture wednesday evening will be postponed until later. Wuhan is an Emmy Awardwinning journalist and writer on the middle east for 20 years for bbc, and the financial times. She reported from iraq, syria, lebanon and cover the war between israel and hezbollah earning enemy for International News coverage. She has also reported on the state department and american politics regularly traveling with secretaries of state including condoleezza rice, Hillary Clinton and john
The country a departure that could threaten the fight against Islamic State and iran announced that it would no longer be bound by key provisions of the 2015 Nuclear Agreement trump versus iran on the brink of war. Going. On. And its a pleasure to welcome our guests to discuss that question Matthew Carney chick is chief europe correspondent for politico and she says President Trump has restored a modicum of order to the middle east by making it clear to irans leadership that it cannot act with impunity and its a pleasure to welcome our lifo tolan a judge hes a german iranian political scientist working with the Brookings Institution in doha and he says so the money. Killing was a major blow to the Islamic Republic and it has opened to pandoras box leaving the middle east in uncharted territory and were very glad to have andrea Claudia Huffman with us she is a middle east expert from the german weekly magazine focused and she says killing general so the money has harmed u. S. Interests