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CIAO DATE: 05/2010

Actions, Not Just Attitudes: A New Way to Assess U.S.-Arab Relations

David Pollock, Marc Lynch

March 2010

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Abstract

On March 11, 2010, David Pollock and Marc Lynch addressed a special Policy Forum luncheon at The Washington Institute to discuss Dr. Pollock's forthcoming study Actions, Not Just Attitudes: A New Paradigm for U.S.-Arab Relations. Dr. Pollock is a senior fellow at The Washington Institute and a former senior advisor for the Broader Middle East at the State Department. Dr. Lynch is director of the Institute for Middle East Studies and associate professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University. The following is a rapporteur's summary of their remarks.