Wednesday Lunch at Lowy: The Obama administration and the Middle East - Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer presentation

The Obama administration inherited a complex and interrelated set of problems in the Middle East - a prolonged war in Iraq, Iran's quest for a nuclear weapon capability and a moribund Middle East peace process. On 13 October in our Wednesday Lowy Lunch series, Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer examined the U.S. administration's efforts to deal with these issues and the prospects for success.Daniel Kurtzer