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Gilles Kepel on Obama’s priorities for the Middle East

by Ruth Braunstein February 15, 2009

In a conversation with Mary-Lea Cox of the Social Science Research Council, French scholar and Middle East expert Gilles Kepel describes the challenges President Obama faces in the Middle East:

This interview is the first installment of Research Talks, an occasional video series of the Social Science Research Council.

Ruth Braunstein

Ruth Braunstein is the author of the forthcoming book, <ahttp://www.ruthbraunstein.com/my-tax-dollars.htmlMy Tax Dollars: The Morality of Taxpaying in America (Princeton University Press).

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