WASHINGTON , Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being release by The Century Foundation:
WHAT: Luncheon Discussion on escalating pressures on Iran
WHEN: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 , 12:00 p.m. - 2 p.m.
WHERE: Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Ave., NW, Washington , DC
FEATURING:
-- Samuel Gardiner, U.S. Air Force (Ret.) and author, Dangerous and Getting More Dangerous: The Delicate Situation between the United States and Iran -- Hillary Mann Leverett, CEO, Stratega (Strategic Energy and Global Analysis, LLC) and former Director for Iran and Persian Gulf Affairs, National Security -- Thomas Pickering, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations -- Geneive Abdo, Fellow, The Century Foundation, former correspondent in Iran for the Guardian, and author of Answering Only to God: Faith and Freedom in Twentieth Century IranRSVP: Laurie Ahlrich at [email protected] or 212-452-7722
Reluctant in its waning months to launch a full-frontal assault on Iran but convinced of its leaders' incorrigibility, the Bush administration has advanced, and its allies in Congress have proposed, a variety of escalating pressures against the Islamic republic. Among them, argues Col. Sam Gardiner in a new paper for The Century Foundation, are covert operations through proxy groups inside Iran . How well matched are U.S. goals to the various means planned or in place? And how do these new pressures expand or limit the choices of new leaders taking office in Washington -- and perhaps Tehran -- in winter and spring 2009?
COPIES OF THE PAPER WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE EVENT
The Century Foundation conducts public policy research and analyses of economic, social, and foreign policy issues, including inequality, retirement security, election reform, media studies, homeland security, and international affairs. The foundation produces books, reports, and other publications, convenes task forces and working groups, and operates seven informational Web sites (http://www.tcf.org). With offices in New York City and Washington, D.C. , The Century Foundation is nonprofit and nonpartisan and was founded in 1919 by Edward A. Filene .
SOURCE The Century Foundation
