When: April 21st, 6:00pm
PLEASE RSVP (or send me an estimated timetable for your RSVP) by email or cell phone, 415.690.5293. If you already know whether or not you are coming, a sooner RSVP would be extremely helpful.
Location: TBD
Turkey and Egypt are two countries that typically figure minimally in the American international outlook, but the war in Iraq has put the region’s politics under the spotlight like never before. Each reveals a different side of the aspirations and troubles of the Middle East. What are the internal issues driving these two countries, and what role could they play in the near future? Both are significant players in a regional dynamic that will only become more chaotic as the nation formerly known as Iraq undergoes a wrenching civil conflict, and both are torn by significant internal divisions. The presenter and his colleagues have recently returned from a research trip to Istanbul and Cairo, where they interviewed leaders from business, government, media
and nonprofit organizations. He will reflect on the ideas he heard in each country and provoke a discussion about their potential implications for the region’s stability.
PRESENTER BIO: Noah Flower is co-organizer of the Club of Rome in San Francisco. He holds an A.B. in philosophy from Dartmouth College, where he graduated in 2004. He has since worked at the Global Business Network, a consultancy that uses scenario planning to help organizations think productively about the long-term future. GBN is part of the Monitor Group, one of the top five strategy consulting firms. His work with GBN has been as part of the a public-private partnership with the US government to teach its analysts how to deepen their understanding of international affairs by incorporating the long view and unorthodox perspectives.
PLEASE NOTE:
Please keep in mind that we manage the list to maintain the ideal size for a single group discussion led by the presenter, rather than a party-style constellation of private conversations. HENCE, PLEASE TREAT THE RSVP WITH RESPECT. As always, please remember that this is an invite only event, do not invite any others without letting me know. Rather, let me know if you want to bring a guest and I’ll get back to you if we have space.
Out of courtesy to the presenter and host, we do ask that people at least plan to stay the duration. People naturally leave when the evening feels over to them, but we ask that people not leave early to get to another engagement they’ve planned for the same evening. If you have another engagement that evening or would remain open to making one, please decline this one. As always, sooner RSVPs are very, extremely, extraordinarily much appreciated; they greatly simplify the organizing task.
We look forward to seeing you there!
