The Islamic State, Iran, and the Geopolitics of the Middle East

Adam Garfinkle March 17, 2015 Stan and Arlene Ginsburg Family Foundation Lecture Series To understand the Middle East, a region riven by conflict, you need an expert “geopolitician“ to explain the chessboard -- for example, in finding the balance to our interest in defeating the Islamic State with our interest in preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear weapons state or in exercising hegemony over the region. Few analysts are better able to explain the sources of conflict or their potential resolution in