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Esfandiari, Haleh - Director
WHICH IS PART OF THE MIDDLE EAST FORUM OF THE MIDDLE EAST PROGRAM. OUR TOPIC TODAY IS DEFINING AMERICAN PRIORITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST WHEN WE DECIDED...
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| 00:03:24 |
Miller, Aaron David - Distinguished Scholar and V.P.
AS I SAID EARLIER, ADAM WILL MODERATE THIS MEETING. CAN I ASK YOU, PLEASE, TO CLOSE YOUR CELL PHONES AND YOUR BLACKBERRYS BECAUSE IT INTERFERES WITH...
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Laipson, Ellen - President and CEO
STAND TO PRESENT THIS IS NOT STATION IDENTIFICATION OTHER THAN MENTIONING YOUR NAME AND YOUR AFFILIATION AND THE MORE QUESTIONS YOU CAN ASK AND THE ...
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| 00:17:07 |
Malley, Robert - Program Director, Washington
ENGAGE MORE OPENLY WITH US? WE HAVE TO BE WILLING TO SUSPEND OR MODULATE THE TOUGH TALK ABOUT PRESSURE AND SANCTIONS RELENTLESSLY. I BELIEVE THAT THE...
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| 00:31:47 |
al-Muasher, Marwan Jamil - Vice President
HAS LIMITED INFLUENCE ON AND THE ECONOMIC POWER HAS BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE LIMITS AFTER THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS. IT IS MILITARY POWERS HAS BEEN SHOWN...
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| 00:42:39 |
Miller, Aaron David - Distinguished Scholar and V.P.
LOOKING AT THE ARC AND TRAJECTORY OF BARACK OBAMA'S DECISION MAKING AND ATTITUDES ON THIS ISSUE, THE MIDDLE EAST. HE CAME INTO OFFICE VERY MUCH A TRANSFORMATIONAL...
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Q&A
SPEAK LOUDLY ENOUGH. >> I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE CRISIS NOW IN GAZA TO THE THREE PANELISTS. DO YOU THINK OR DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE UNITED STATES...
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| 00:50:20 |
Malley, Robert - Program Director, Washington
IT'S CONCEIVABLE THE U.S. WAS ALERTED. IN ALL THESE CASES, YOU HEAR DISPUTED ACCOUNTS OF WHAT HAPPENED, THE EGYPTIANS AND HAMAS. THE EGYPTIANS ARE...
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| 00:51:29 |
al-Muasher, Marwan Jamil - Vice President
OF THINGS TO COME. YOU KNOW, THE REGION HAS CHANGED. WITH THAT AWAKENING, YOU START TO SEE COUNTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN COUNTED UPON IN THE PAST TO, YOU...
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| 00:53:47 |
Miller, Aaron David - Distinguished Scholar and V.P.
RIGHT. AND YOU OPENED THE DOOR. I WOULD ONLY ADD THIS. IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE THIS CRISIS BEYOND ANOTHER BAND-AID, TO USE ROB'S APPROACH, YOU BASICALLY...
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| 00:55:36 |
al-Muasher, Marwan Jamil - Vice President
I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK INTO THIS. >> I JUST -- I DON'T WANT TO BE STANDING HERE, ME OR ANYBODY ELSE, THREE YEARS FROM NOW AND TALKING TO YOU ABOUT...
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| 00:59:35 |
Miller, Aaron David - Distinguished Scholar and V.P.
NO ECONOMIC SOLUTION IN THE SHORT TERM. IT HAS TO BE POLITICAL. IT HAS TO RESULT IN OPENING UP THE SYSTEM IN THE SAME WAY THAT JORDAN DID 20 YEARS AGO...
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Laipson, Ellen - President and CEO
IN WAYHAT WAY COULD THE U.S. AND EU DEAL WITH TURKEY IN A WAY THAT WOULD MAKE THE TURKS MORE RESPONSIVE AND MORE WILLING TO SUPPORT SOME OF AMERICAN AND...
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| 01:06:47 |
Malley, Robert - Program Director, Washington
ADD ON TO THAT? I THINK THE REASON WHY PEOPLE ARE NOW FOCUSED ON 2013, MAYBE EARLY 2014 IS BECAUSE OF THE WAY -- AS TODAY LOOK AT SORT OF WHAT THEY...
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| 01:09:17 |
Miller, Aaron David - Distinguished Scholar and V.P.
INTEND TO GO NUCLEAR REGARDLESS OF AND PRETEND OTHERWISE REGARDLESS OF THE CON KWENS -- CONSEQUENCES, OR IS THIS AN ELEGANT BARGAINING CHIP? IF THE...
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| 01:12:03 |
Laipson, Ellen - President and CEO
WEAPONIZATION. SO I THINK THIS FATWA, WHICH PEOPLE LOVE TO MAKE FUN OF, I THOUGHT IT WASEXPLAINING TO THE IRANIAN PUBLIC THAT, YOU KNOW, MAKING AN...
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| 01:13:27 |
Malley, Robert - Program Director, Washington
OF LANGUAGE, ROB. NOW WE CAN HAVE TIME FOR TWO QUESTIONS. MELISSA. >> MELISSA, SENIOR RESOURCES. I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO GAZA, TOO, AT OUR OWN RISK....
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| 01:19:19 |
Miller, Aaron David - Distinguished Scholar and V.P.
COURSE DOESN'T. TUNISIA TUNISIA TUNISIA. THIS IS ONE ELEMENT OF EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE. YOU NEED A COHERENT, COHESIVE STATE WHICH HAS SOME RELATIONSHIP,...
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al-Muasher, Marwan Jamil - Vice President
MONARCHYIES MONARCHIES, AND CERTAINLY -- ALTHOUGH RICH MONARCHIES HAVE SOME TIME BUT NOT INFINITE TIME. IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE THE REACTION, FOR EXAMPLE,...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.