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Panel to discuss Middle East nuclear policy at BYU Oct. 29

Students can expect frank and interesting answers to questions when a panel of Middle East experts presents “Iran, Nuclear Non-proliferation and Middle East Policy,” Wednesday, Oct. 29, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studiesconference room (238 Herald R. Clark building) at Brigham Young University.

The panel will discuss continuing challenges to peace in the Middle East. Chad F. Emmett, Middle East Studies/Arabic program coordinator and associate professor of geography at BYU, will moderate the discussion.

The panel will include Amr al-Azm, visiting professor, University of Damascus, Syria; J. Phil Colton, senior officer (retired), International Atomic Energy Agency; Scott Cooper, associate professor of political science, BYU; and Eric A. Hyer, associate professor of political science, BYU.

This event will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu.

Writer: Brady Toone

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