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Destabilizing and Re-stabilizing Iraq and Afghanistan
October 30, 2008
Noah Feldman professor, law, Harvard

Noah Feldman, a former constitutional advisor to the Iraqi Coalition Provisional Authority, identifies a radical shift in American foreign policy following the attacks of September 11th, and talks about how we might go about re-stabilizing a destabilized state.

This lecture is part of the 2008 IDEAS Boston conference.

Culture & Identity | History | People & Places | Politics & Public Affairs
Afghanistan | Al Gore | constitutional governance | Iraq | Yugoslavia | Military & Warfare | Middle Eastern | Muslim
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