ADVISORY: Tom Friedman and Anne-Marie Slaughter on Climate Change and the Arab Spring

February 22, 2013

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Contact: Christina DiPasquale
Phone: 202.481.8181
Email: cdipasquale@americanprogress.org

Washington, D.C. — Please join the Center for American Progress, the Center for Climate & Security, and the Stimson Center on Thursday, February 28, for the release of a new volume on “Climate Change and the Arab Spring.” Panelists Tom Friedman, Anne-Marie Slaughter, and Michael Werz will parse out these complex interactions and discuss the implications for U.S. foreign and development policy.

Introduction:
Neera Tanden, President of the Center for American Progress
Caitlin E. Werrell and Francesco Femia, Founding Directors, Center for Climate & Security

Panelists:
Tom Friedman, New York Times columnist, bestselling author of From Beirut to Jerusalem and The World Is Flat, and winner of three Pulitzer Prizes
Anne-Marie Slaughter, Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, former Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. Department of State

Moderator:
Michael Werz, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

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February 28, 2013
10:00am ET – 11:30am ET

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