Today’s discussion is on the record and the video and transcript will be available on our website, CFR.org/Academic, if you want to share it with your colleagues or classmates. I’m Irina Faskianos, vice president of the National Program and Outreach at CFR. Cook, Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies and director of the International Affairs Fellowship for Tenured International Relations Scholars at CFR, leads a conversation on geopolitics in the Middle East.įASKIANOS: Welcome to today’s session of the CFR Fall 2021 Academic Webinar Series.