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"Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S., and the Twisted Path to Confrontation"

with Barbara Slavin

Asia Society

725 Park Avenue at 70th Street, New York City

Monday, December 17, 2007

6:00-6:30pm: Registration

6:30-7:30pm: Discussion / Q & A

7:30-8:30pm: Meet the Author & Book Signing Reception

$5 Members; $7 NGOs, Seniors, Students w/ID; $10 Nonmembers

Online: http://tickets.asiasociety.org

By Phone: (M-F 10am to 5pm) 212-517-ASIA (2742)

The complex relationship between the United States and Iran has been one of the most enduring foreign policy challenges for both countries over the last three decades. In her new book, Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S., and the Twisted Path to Confrontation, author Barbara Slavin provides a fascinating account of how opportunities to settle long-simmering disputes over the past decade were missed due to entrenched political interests and ideological short-sightedness among leaders in both countries. With unparalleled access to high level officials in the U.S. and Iran, Slavin breaks new ground in describing how Iran's reformist turn in the 1990s, the Clinton administration's failed efforts to improve relations, the Bush administration's rejection of serious Iranian overtures in the aftermath of 9/11, the war in Iraq, and the election of hard-line Iranian President Ahmadinejad have all contributed to the troubled state of U.S.-Iran relations.

Barbara Slavin has been the senior diplomatic correspondent for USA Today since 1996, covering foreign news and U.S. foreign policy. She is on leave this year as a senior fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace where she is continuing her research on Iran. Previously, Slavin was the Middle East correspondent based in Cairo for The Economist. Suzanne DiMaggio, Director of the Asian Social Issues Program at the Asia Society, will moderate the discussion.

**Copies of Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies will be available for purchase & signing. **

From: Azadeh <azadehf@asiasoc.org>

Posted by 7rooz () at December 17, 2007 6:30 PM