The evolving strategy on iran with Chuck hagel
An installment of the Pacific Council x World Affairs Global Leaders Series featuring former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, on key questions for US policy against the backdrop of the shifting political landscape in Iran and the greater Middle East.
The Pacific Council, based in LA, and World Affairs, based in San Francisco, are California’s leading global affairs organizations. We have joined forces to bring our members exceptional opportunities to hear from global leaders throughout the year ahead. The Pacific Council x World Affairs Global Leaders Series features the world’s top thinkers and doers from government, business, and civil society.
Featuring:
chuck hagel, US Secretary of defense, department of defense (2013-2015)
Chuck Hagel served as the 24th Secretary of Defense from February 2013 to February 2015. During his tenure, he directed significant steps to modernize America’s partnerships and alliances, advance the rebalance in Asia-Pacific, bolster support for European allies, and enhance defense cooperation in the Middle East while overseeing the end of America’s combat mission in Afghanistan. Read more.
Moderator:
Barbara slavin, Director, Future of iran initiative, Atlantic council
Barbara Slavin is the director of the Future of Iran Initiative and a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, a lecturer in international affairs at George Washington University. The author of Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the US and the Twisted Path to Confrontation (2007), she is a regular commentator on US foreign policy and Iran on NPR, PBS, and C-SPAN. Read more.
Background:
US strategy on Iran and the greater Middle East is evolving in 2021 under new leadership in Washington and a new administration coming soon in Tehran. With the ongoing efforts to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the Iran nuclear deal) on the one hand, and Iran’s presidential elections slated for June 18 on the other, can we expect significant changes in US Iran relations?
