Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East

Oct 29, 2008

Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs

Karl Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac talked about their book, Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East (W.W. Norton and Co.; June 17, 2008). In the book the authors present a history of the British and American involvement in the Middle East. From Lawrence of Arabia to Paul Wolfowitz, the authors recount how these officials .. Read More
Karl Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac talked about their book, Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East (W.W. Norton and Co.; June 17, 2008). In the book the authors present a history of the British and American involvement in the Middle East. From Lawrence of Arabia to Paul Wolfowitz, the authors recount how these officials shaped the region from the drawing of borders to the establishment of leaders. The authors responded questions from the audience following their remarks. Karl Meyer is the editor emeritus of the World Policy Journal. Mr. Meyer is the author of numerous books, including The Dust of Empire and Tournament of Shadows, co-authored with Shareen Blair Brysac. He is an editorial board member of the Washington Post and the New York Times. Shareen Blair Brysac is the author of Resisting Hitler and Tournament of Shadows, co-authored with Mr. Meyer. She was formerly a producer at CBS News.

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00:00:51 Unidentified Speaker AUTHORS OF 12 BOOKS TO MAKE READING HISTORY ALWAYS ACCESSIBLE AND VERY ENJOYABLE. CARL HAS WRITTEN...
00:03:46 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. WHAT I PROPOSE TO DO IS TALK WHAT I HOPE FOR NO MORE THAN 30 MINUTES THEN IT SHAREEN BLAIR...
00:31:11 Unidentified Speaker THEY GIVE FOR SHOWING IS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO PAY ATTENTION TO HIS THREE. PLEASE WAIT UNTIL THE ...
00:31:30 Unidentified Speaker MY NAME IS SUSAN. THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING AND FILLS IN SOME OF THE AREAS THAT SOME OF US ...
00:32:05 Unidentified Speaker BASRA.
00:32:07 Unidentified Speaker OF COURSE. THEY HAVE SEPARATE BACKGROUNDS PREPARE YOU ALSO INDICATED THERE WAS SOME TENSION BETWEEN...
00:32:20 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE TO SAY THIS IS A VERY TIMELY QUESTION BECAUSE SENATOR BIDEN A FEW YEARS BACK WROTE THE OP-ED...
00:33:46 Unidentified Speaker JUST TO ADDRESS ONE DAY WHICH IS THE CITY SHE IS SPLIT. IN 1990 WHEN THE BRITISH WERE TRYING TO WORK...
00:36:20 Unidentified Speaker I SHOULD ADD ONE OF THE QUOTES THAT WE CAME UPON IN THE RESEARCH IS "SHOW THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT...
00:36:33 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY ANNOYED GERTRUDE BELLE WHO WAS WELL-CONNECTED AND SHE KNEW CROMER, THE...
00:37:26 Unidentified Speaker THE DO DISCUSS THE COMPOSITION OF THE KURDS AND THE RACIAL BACKGROUND OF THAT AND THE SITUATION AND...
00:38:57 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE]
00:39:07 Unidentified Speaker OF THE PROBLEM THERE, THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT PRACTICALLY SAID THAT THAT WOULD BE A DECLARATION OF...
00:39:53 Unidentified Speaker WHEN OUR GOVERNMENT WENT INTO IRAQ, IT WAS A VERY CLEAR STATEMENT, MADE VERY CLEAR DENIAL THIS HAS...
00:40:20 Unidentified Speaker THE TWO OF US TOGETHER WERE ON THE SAME PAY JAN VOTE AGAINST THE WAR IN IRAQ FROM THE BEGINNING. ...
00:41:38 Unidentified Speaker IT IS CALLED BRITAIN IN IRAQ AND HE IS A PROFESSOR BRITISH-BORN AT UNIVERSITY OF UTAH AND HE SAID...
00:43:14 Unidentified Speaker HOW DO YOU SEE RELATIONS BETWEEN IRAN AND THEN SHE HAD DOMINATED GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ EVIL BEING? AND...
00:43:34 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS ON THE TABLE AND I THINK IN THIS IRONIC FACT THAT TO LOBBY THAT...
00:44:53 Unidentified Speaker ALSO, IN THE 1980'S, THE IRAQI SHIA NATIONALISM TRUMPED RELIGION. THEY WERE LOYAL TO THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT...
00:45:45 Unidentified Speaker THAT WAS QUITE MARVELOUS PART OF THINK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. I HAVE THE BOOK AND IT IS ON MY LIST NEXT...
00:46:46 Unidentified Speaker O DAE TO COMMENT FIRST, YES, I WOULD ADD TO THE LIST OF COUNTRIES THAT TIME, THE BAHRAIN HAS THE SHE...
00:49:47 Unidentified Speaker IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IT WAS OUT YESTERDAY WITH THE MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPER.
00:50:03 Unidentified Speaker I AM FROM THAT CARNEGIE COUNCIL PART BY NOTICES PASSING THE AMASSING OF FUNDS TO PUT HIS SON AT THIS...
00:51:17 Unidentified Speaker WE WERE JUST DEAD A COLUMBIA SEMINAR WHICH IT IS SEASONED DIPLOMAT IN THE AREA THERE'S A MANY THINGS...
00:52:00 Unidentified Speaker WHAT OF THE THINGS THAT HE SAID WHAT SHOULD BE THE FIRST THING THAT THE NEXT PRESIDENT DOES? HE SAID...
00:52:11 Unidentified Speaker THAT SHOULD BE HIS FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IS WHAT THIS SENIOR AMBASSADOR SAID.
00:52:21 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. PICKING UP ON THAT FROM YOUR EXTENSIVE TRAVELS IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD, I DO HAVE A ...
00:52:44 Unidentified Speaker SHAREEN AT AND I WERE IN CAIRO IN THE JANUARY AND I CAN HARDLY EXAGGERATES THE FASCINATED OBSESSION,...
00:53:29 Unidentified Speaker NINE OF US KNOW WHERE THE MIDDLE EAST WE'LL BE ON THE AGENDA OR HOW FAR UP IS. YOU LOOK AT GEORGIA,...
00:53:55 Unidentified Speaker NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, A GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THAT WAS A POWERFUL STATEMENT. MY QUESTION...
00:54:26 Unidentified Speaker CLOSED GUANTANAMO, BUT CLOSE GUANTANAMO, CLOSE GUANTANAMO. [LAUGHTER]
00:54:31 Unidentified Speaker THAT WOULD BE A STAR. TO BE A WONDERFUL THING THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WOULD SUMMON...
00:55:05 Unidentified Speaker YOU DO SEE IS HOW PERVASIVE IS THE CONSPIRACY THEORY AND WHAT USED TO BE THE BRITISH YOU SAID YOU...
00:56:15 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW, THERE IS A LOT OF HISTORY TO BE UNDONE. WHAT WE HEAR IS HOURS OF A...
00:56:56 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS A GREAT ASYMMETRY IN OUR RELATIONS BETWEEN CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL MATTERS. PEOPLE AROUND...
00:58:32 Unidentified Speaker THE LAST QUESTION?
00:58:37 Unidentified Speaker WHAT IS YOUR PROGNOSIS FOR THE AND ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PIECE? IF YOU THINK THAT IS POSSIBLE IN THE...
00:58:50 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS NO SHORT ANSWER TO THAT. I THINK THE PROBLEM IS COME AS WE ALL KNOW, THE SETTLEMENTS COME...
00:59:26 Unidentified Speaker I WILL PUT IN ONE SMALL GLEAM OF HOPE THAT IF THE ISRAELIS TO FORM A NEW GOVERNMENT, THAT THEY HAVE...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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