The Mideast at Telluride's Library: Lecture 2/1, 6 – 8 p.m.
[click "Play", Lawrence de Bivort discusses current Middle East affairs with Susan]
Outside the Telluride bubble, the New Year came in with a bang. Waves of unrest that began in Tunisia and spread to Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan and Yemen suggest the old order from might be ending.
In response to these seismic shifts in the global landscape,Telluride's five-star Wilkinson Public Library invited long-time (20 years) Telluride local Lawrence de Bivort to share his perspective on the Middle East. It is an opportunity for Telluride locals and guests to hear from the horse's mouth: in a career spanning 40 years+ years, de Bivort has worked as a consultant and policy maker on the Middle East to the Beltway, including to the White House, where he currently advises on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
De Bivort's talk, "What in the World is going on in the Middle East?," takes place Tuesday, February 1, 6 – 8 p.m. in the Library's hyperactive Program Room. Among the timely questions de Bivort plans to address: