Cornell University's Einaudi Center's Foreign Policy will host a lecture given by Abbas Maleki, Senior Associate with the International Security Program at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and Associate Professor of Energy Policy at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran. The talk, entitled "Iran's Foreign Policy and its Future," will be offered on Monday, March 12, 2012 at 4:30pm in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. The talk will be given as part of the Einaudi Center's Foreign Policy Distinguished Speaker Series at Cornell University.
About the speaker:
Abbas Maleki is a senior associate of the Belfer Center's International Security Program at Harvard University. He also serves as Director General of the International Institute for Caspian Studies and Chairman of the Research Center for Scientific, Technological, and Industrial Policy Making.
In addition to his academic work, Abbas Maleki has a distinguished record in public service. He served as Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran from 1989 to 1997, and was one of the members of negotiating team for ending Iran-Iraq War from 1987 to 1992. Recently, he was appointed as a member of the Network of Global Agenda Councils of the World Economic Forum (Davos) for 2011-12.
He has several publications on energy policy, energy security, public policy, Iran's foreign policy, Iran's Islamic Revolution, Central Asia, Transcaucasia, and Caspian Studies. He serves on the editorial board of the Central Asia and The Caucasus Journal and the Journal of Central Asia and Caucasus. Additionally, he co-authored Reading In Iran Foreign Policy After September 11 (2008). His most recent work, Iranian Foreign Policy: Past, Present and Future Scenarios, is due out November 2012.
The talk is organized by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies and co-sponsored by the Team Iran-Cornell and the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs.
The Foreign Policy Distinguished Speaker Series features prominent leaders in international affairs who can address topical issues from a variety of perspectives. The Speaker Series is part of the Foreign Policy Initiative at Cornell led by the Einaudi Center to maximize the intellectual impact of Cornell's outstanding resources in this area.
