US Foreign Policy after the Iran Nuclear Deal & the Changing Geopolitics of the Middle East

9:30 AM
Welcoming Remarks by Ambassador Christopher Hill

Panel 1 (10:00 AM – 12:00 PM)
US–Iran Relations after the Nuclear Deal

Keynote Speaker: Mohsen Milani
Panelists: Ambassador Christopher Hill, Nader Hashemi, Gregory Gause
Moderator: Danny Postel

Panel 2 (2:00 PM – 4:00 PM)
US Policy, the Saudi-Iranian Rivalry & the Changing Geopolitics of the Middle East

Keynote Speaker: Gregory Gause
Panelists: Ambassador Christopher Hill, Ambassador Gary Grappo, Mohsen Milani
Moderator: Danny Postel

Speaker Bios

Ambassador Christopher Hill
Christopher Hill, Dean of the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies, was US Ambassador to Iraq, South Korea, Macedonia, and Poland, special envoy for Kosovo, a negotiator of the Dayton Peace Accords, chief US negotiator with North Korea, and US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia. He is a columnist for Project Syndicate and the author of Outpost: A Diplomat at Work.

Mohsen Milani
Mohsen Milani is the Executive Director of the Center for Strategic & Diplomatic Studies and Professor of Politics at the University of South Florida. He is the author of The Making of Iran’s Islamic Revolution: From Monarchy to Islamic Republic and is a frequent contributor to Foreign Affairs. He is currently at work on a book about Iranian foreign policy after the nuclear deal.

Gregory Gause
Gregory Gause is Professor of International Affairs and head of the International Affairs Department at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University. He is the author of The International Relations of the Persian Gulf, Oil Monarchies: Domestic and Security Challenges in the Arab Gulf States, and Saudi-Yemeni Relations: Domestic Structures and Foreign Influence. He is a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Doha Center.

Ambassador Gary Grappo
Gary Grappo, Distinguished Fellow of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies, is former US Ambassador to Oman, Charge d’Affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission in Riyadh, Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at the US Embassy in Baghdad, Director of Regional Affairs for the State Department’s Near East Bureau, and Envoy and Head of Mission for The Quartet in Jerusalem.

Nader Hashemi
Nader Hashemi is Director of the Center for Middle East Studies and an Associate Professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies. He is the author of Islam, Secularism and Liberal Democracy: Toward a Democratic Theory for Muslim Societies and co-editor of The People Reloaded: The Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran’s Future and The Syria Dilemma.

This event is free of charge and open to the public.