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LMC 2019

The Only Constant in Our Turbulent World Is Geography: The Middle East

Middle East

Speakers

Sanem Güner
Sanem Güner

Assistant Director of the Hollings Center for International Dialogue

Andrey Kortunov

Director General, Russian International Affairs Council

Ahmed Rashid

Journalist, Writer

Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh

Professor of Human Security at the Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po Paris)

Moderator

Kimberly Dozier

Global Affairs Analyst at CNN

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