Sapir President, Prof. Shai Feldman, appeared on Thursday, February 18 on a zoom panel hosted by the prestigious Washington DC think-tank, the Center for the National Interest. The panel, titled "Biden, the Middle East, and Iran" focused on the Biden administration's policy regarding Iran's nuclear efforts. Feldman, a former director of Brandeis University's Crown Center for Middle East Studies, was joined on the panel by Gary Samore, former Assistant to President Barack Obama for Nuclear Security and the Crown Center's current director, and by Ellen Laipson, former Vice Chair of the U.S. National Intelligence Council.
The link to the panel discussion is: https://youtu.be/s0VkWow1g1E
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