Throughout his term in office, President Obama has faced continuing crises in the Middle East: the Tunisian revolt, the Tahir Square demonstrations and turmoil in Egypt, the Libyan civil war and the Benghazi attack, the civil war in Syria, the rise of ISIS, the Gaza war, relations with Israel – the list is long. IIS is pleased to welcome Ambassador Frank Wisner to discuss this fraught area of the world and the obstacles President Obama faces as he seeks to define his legacy. Ambassador Wisner’s diplomatic experience spans four decades and eight American presidents during his extensive career in the State Department. In addition to his role as Ambassador to Egypt, India, the Philippines and Zambia, he has served as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and as Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs. He was also senior Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Director of Plans and Management in the Bureau of Public Affairs, Director of the Office of Southern African Affairs and special representative to the Kosovo Status Talks in 2005. He currently serves as International Affairs Adviser to Squire Patton Boggs in Washington, DC.

http://holloway.english.berkeley.edu/ JOHN TAGGART is the 2011 Holloway/Mixed Blood poet. Born in Iowa, raised in Indiana, and educated at Earlham College, University of Chicago, and Syracuse University. He edited the literary magazine Maps, and his first poems were published in Origin, thereafter, publishing fourteen books of poetry. A "selected" collection of the fourteen, Is Music, was published in 2010. His work includes a critical study of Edward Hopper and a collection of critical essays on contemporary poetry & poetics. His current projects: a study of Robert Duncan--and taking care of trees.

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