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Stephen M. Walt: The Israel Lobby and the Prospects for Middle East Peace

October 23rd, 2009

10/22: Stephen M. Walt: The Israel Lobby and the Prospects for Middle East Peace Thursday, October 22, 7:30 PM Fleming Museum, Room 101, 61 Colchester Ave, Burlington, Vermont. Stephen M. Walt is the Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs at Harvards John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is a contributing editor at Foreign Policy magazine, co-editor of the Cornell Studies in Security Affairs, and cochair of the editorial board of the journal International Security. His book The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, co-authored with John J. Mearsheimer, was a New York Times best-seller and has been translated into more than twenty languages. Sponsored by: UVM Departments of Political Science, Geography, History, and Middle East Studies and Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel.

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