ORONO – Two U.S. diplomats with deep knowledge of contemporary issues in the Middle East will visit the University of Maine for a Tuesday, Feb. 13, forum, “The Middle East Conundrum: Diplomacy or Military Solution?”
Presented by the UMaine’s new School of Policy and International Affairs and its William S. Cohen Center for International Policy and Commerce, the session is scheduled 3-5 p.m. in the Buchanan Alumni House.
Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, the State Department’s foreign policy adviser to the Air Force chief of staff and ambassador and Philip C. Wilcox Jr., president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, will provide perspectives on current issues and potential solutions to some of the problems facing world leaders today.
Professor Bahman Baktiari, director of research and academic programming at the Cohen Center, will moderate the discussion, which will follow brief introductory remarks by UMaine President Robert Kennedy.
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