Book, black waves, memory in the middle east. I spent the weekend reading it, i didnt quite get through it. I couldnt put it down, so interesting. If you havent read it, after this evening youll try to get the book if you havent already, but i would urge you to read it. Absolutely fascinating. Very wellwritten and wellresearched, theres a narrative flow to it and its very troubling, i have to say, but thats the purpose of the book, i think. I would like to announce, unfortunately, that our event in two days with ambassador dennis ross who is another expert in the middle east, is unable to come to college station. He had a family emergency and so his lecture wednesday evening will be postponed till later. Kim ghattas is an Emmy Award Winning journalist and writer covered the middle east for bbc and financial times. She reported from iraq, saudi arabia, syria, lebanon, and she covered the war between israel and hezbollah, earning an emmy for International News coverage. Shes also a repor
The book and panel is certainly timely given the rising crisis with iran. We will get to that subject eventually but the book entitled seven pillars in the discussion is to look more broadly and more deeply at the drivers of instability in the middle east. From yemen to syria to iraq and now with iran, the region more than ever seems in a permanent state of turmoil and has become a land of endless wars. And tragically, despite decades of intense and often wellmeaning american intention in the expenditure of billions of dollars, u. S. Policy has more often than not in a failure. Maybe to caveat more often than not is too kind, and absolute failure that one except the basic lane was the stability and a better life for the people in the region. Of course once ultimately responsible for our country success for failure are the people who lived there but the catastrophe of todays middle east raises a lot of questions about whether the United States should continue to be engaged in the region
Fortyyear rivalry that unraveled culture, religion and dollective memory in the middle east. I have to say i spend the weekend reading it. I couldnt put it down it was so interesting. If you havent read it after thisis evening im sure you will try to get it if you havent already. I would urge you to to read it. It is fascinating, very well researched and i that there is a narrative flow to it and it is very troubling i have to say that that is the purpose of the book i think. I would like to announce unfortunately our event in two days with ambassador dennis ross was another expert in the middle east is unable to come to the collegcollege station. He had a family emergency and so the lecture will be postponed until later. Kim ghattas is an Emmy Awardwinning journalist who covered the middle east for 20 years for bbc financial times. She reported from iraq, saudi arabia, syria, lebanon and the war between israel and hezbollah earning an emmy for International News coverage. Shes also re
Good evening. Im andrew, the director of the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at the bush school of government here e at texas a and m. University. I would like to welcome our special event this evening with kim ghattas who is going to speak of the recent book, black wave saudi arabia, iran and the fortyyear rivalry that unleashed collective memory in the middle east. I have to say i spent the weekend reading it. I didnt quite get through but i couldnt put it down it was so interesting. If you havent read it after this evening you can get the book if you havent already but i would urge you to read it to be at its fascinating and very wellwritten and very well researched. There was a narrative thats very troubling. I would like to announce that our event with ambassador dennis ross is another expert in the middle east is unable to come to college station. Hcollege station. He had a family emergency and so kim ghattas is an awardwinning journalist and writer covered the middl
[inaudible conversations] if i could have everybodys attention we would like to get started. I am brian anderson, editor of city journal and i want to welcome you on behalf of the Manhattan Institute. It is with pleasure that i introduce john tierney, a value contributing editor of the journal and coauthor of the fascinating and useful new book the power of bad how the negativity effect rules us and how we can rule it. It is on sale outside the room here. John has long been one of the nations leading voices on the intersection of science and Public Policy and make no mistake, however calmly, reasonably expressed, his is a very contrary and voice. Ons New York Times column the big city which ran from the mid90s until 2002 that made me a fan of his work, he took on any number of prevailing miss from the efficacy of rent control to the root causes of homelessness to environmental policy. One remarkable column was born from johns irritation that Rosie Odonnells ruling was public or schism