11
August 2022
Past Event
The Arc of a Covenant: A Conversation with Walter Russell Mead and Michael Doran

The Arc of a Covenant: A Conversation with Walter Russell Mead and Michael Doran

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August 11, 2022
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11
August 2022
Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:
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Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

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Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Please join Hudson Institute Distinguished Fellow Walter Russell Mead and Senior Fellow Michael Doran for a discussion centered on Mead’s recently released history of US-Israel relations, The Arc of a Covenant. Mead and Doran will discuss, among other things, the themes of the book, the current trajectory of US foreign policy in the Middle East, and the future of US grand strategy globally.

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