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Have We Reached an Inflection Point in the Middle East? | Conversations in the Digital Age

75 views · Published 5 February 2015 · 26:38 · Indexed 4 October 2026

Channel: CUNY TV · 2015 · News & Politics

Beheadings and air strikes in Syria, a 50-day war in Gaza with a debatable outcome, a continuing armed conflict with Islamic militants, we all wonder where American interests are headed in the Middle East. Former Bush administration adviser and Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations Elliott Abrams tells Jim Zirin he sees little change ahead as events unfold.

Taped: 09-23-14

With digital age technology rapidly altering how information is distributed and received, Conversations in the Digital Age with Jim Zirin is a talk show designed to illuminate the news by taking the time required to understand and interpret national and world events. The series features high-profile guests from the worlds of politics, law, business, foreign relations, national security, counterterrorism, media, lifestyles and the military. The series is helmed by Jim Zirin, a leading litigator with Sidley Austin LLP and a contributor to major publications including Forbes, the Daily Beast, the Nation, The Times of London and the Los Angeles Times. He is the author of The Mother Court – Tales of Cases That Mattered in America’s Greatest Trial Court. Jim served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York in the Criminal Division under the legendary Robert M. Morgenthau.

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Have We Reached an Inflection Point in the Middle East? | Conversations in the Digital Age

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