Corporate Program Virtual Roundtable
Steven Cook discusses the modern history of U.S. involvement in the Middle East and how economic interests, including secure access to oil reserves, continue to influence U.S. priorities in the region today. In a preview of his forthcoming book The End of Ambition: America’s Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East, he provides his vision for the future of U.S.-Middle East relations and what that could mean for U.S. energy security and global trade.
Speaker
Steven A. Cook
Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies and Director of the International Affairs Fellowship for Tenured International Relations Scholars, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, The End of Ambition: America’s Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East
Presider
Helima Croft
Managing Director and Head of Global Commodity Strategy and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Research, RBC Capital Markets
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