{"id":381,"date":"2008-09-14T16:38:03","date_gmt":"2008-09-14T20:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/mesh\/?p=381"},"modified":"2008-09-25T01:52:47","modified_gmt":"2008-09-25T05:52:47","slug":"after_bush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/mesh\/2008\/09\/after_bush\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;After Bush&#8217; symposium at Harvard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/mesh\/members\/stephen_peter_rosen\/\" target=\"_self\">Stephen Peter Rosen<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/mesh\/members\/martin_kramer\/\" target=\"_self\">Martin Kramer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"float: right\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:9Csnd0115kN5aM:http:\/\/photos8.flickr.com\/10972021_1c8b6b1df7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"124\" height=\"91\" \/>Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH) has led a virtual existence since its inception last December. But on Tuesday, September 23, it becomes tangible at Harvard, where MESH will sponsor an afternoon symposium under the title &#8220;After Bush: America&#8217;s Agenda in the Middle East.&#8221; This is an opportunity for the Harvard community to sample current thinking from leading foreign policy think tanks, as represented by a selection of active MESH members.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The symposium will begin at 4:00 pm, and will divide into two panels:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <em>U.S. Interests: Problems of Definition<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/mesh\/members\/steven_a_cook\/\" target=\"_self\">Steven A. Cook<\/a>, Council on Foreign Relations<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/mesh\/members\/hillel_fradkin\/\" target=\"_self\"> Hillel Fradkin<\/a>, Hudson Institute<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/mesh\/members\/adam_garfinkle\/\" target=\"_self\"> Adam Garfinkle<\/a>, <em>The American Interest<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/mesh\/members\/martin_kramer\/\" target=\"_self\"> Martin Kramer<\/a>, Olin Institute, Harvard University<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <em>Does the Freedom Agenda Have a Future?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/mesh\/members\/j_scott_carpenter\/\" target=\"_self\">J. Scott Carpenter<\/a>, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/mesh\/members\/michele_dunne\/\" target=\"_self\"> Michele Dunne<\/a>, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/mesh\/members\/joshua_muravchik\/\" target=\"_self\"> Joshua Muravchik<\/a>, American Enterprise Institute<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/mesh\/members\/tamara_cofman_wittes\/\" target=\"_self\"> Tamara Cofman Wittes<\/a>, Saban Center, Brookings Institution<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Tsai Auditorium (S010), CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street (<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/mesh\/files\/2008\/09\/cgismap.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">map<\/a>). (Enter the building and go down the stairs.) Open to the public. Symposium ends at 6:45 pm.<\/p>\n<p>If you are at Harvard and want a reminder about this event, join MESH&#8217;s new Harvard-network <a href=\"http:\/\/www.new.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=33131352640\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u2022\u2022<\/p>\n<p>There are a limited number of places available to Harvard faculty and graduate students in a MESH-sponsored working session on security studies and the disciplines (with some reference to the Middle East). This session immediately precedes the public symposium described above, and will run from 2:00 pm to 3:45 pm. Presenters include:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/mesh\/members\/malik_mufti\/\" target=\"_self\">Malik Mufti<\/a>, Tufts University<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/mesh\/members\/stephen_peter_rosen\/\" target=\"_self\"> Stephen Peter Rosen<\/a>, Harvard University<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/mesh\/members\/philip_carl_salzman\/\" target=\"_self\"> Philip Carl Salzman<\/a>, McGill University<\/p>\n<p>If you wish to attend, write to this <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/mesh\/files\/2007\/10\/email.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">email address<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Stephen Peter Rosen and Martin Kramer Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH) has led a virtual existence since its inception last December. 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