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CIAO DATE: 12/2008

PolicyWatch #1431: Special Forum Report: The Future of the Middle East

Thomas Fingar

November 2008

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Abstract

On November 18, 2008, chairman of the National Intelligence Council Thomas Fingar addressed a Policy Forum luncheon at The Washington Institute to discuss the U.S. government report "Global Trends: 2025." Dr. Fingar served previously as assistant secretary at the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, principal deputy assistant secretary, deputy assistant secretary for analysis, director of the Office of Analysis for East Asia and the Pacific, and chief of the China division. The following is a rapporteur's summary of his remarks.

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