“The Middle East and the Shifting Global Balance,”

For the past 35 years, the US has been unquestionably the dominant power in both the Middle East and the world. But now, the global balance is shifting rapidly; we are hurtling into a post-unipolar world. As during earlier periods of deep global change, developments in the Middle East have been intimately involved. (What comparisons are valid between the tripartite invasion of Egypt in 1956 and President Bush’s invasion of Iraq in 2003?). How might the present– and continuing– shift in global power affect the Middle East?

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Helena Cobban is an internationally known journalist and author, with a focus on the Middle-East. She has worked for several years as a Beirut-based correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor, and The Sunday Times of London. She is the author of “Re-engage America and the World After Bush.” Ms. Cobban received her B.A. and M.A. from Oxford University.

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