Egypt's Turbulent Transition

Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Speakers
Michele Dunne

Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Michael Wahid Hanna

Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation

Presider
Isobel Coleman

Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Director, Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative, Council on Foreign Relations; Council on Foreign Relations

Michele Dunne, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Michael Wahid Hanna, senior fellow at the Century Foundation, discuss Egypt's turbulent transition, the prospects for stabilization and economic progress in the country, and possible U.S. foreign policy responses toward the ongoing political crisis.

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