"Up to the Minute: The Latest Political Developments in Syria"

Location

Richard Murphy, former U.S. Ambassador to Syria, will participate in an “Up to the Minute” panel discussion speaking on the latest developments in Syria. Ambassador Murphy will be joined in the discussion by Marwa Daoudy, visiting lecturer in international affairs and visiting research scholar at the Wilson School, and Karam Nachar, a graduate student in history and specialist on Syria. The discussion will be moderated by Daniel Kurtzer, lecturer and the S. Daniel Abraham Professor in Middle Eastern Policy Studies at the Wilson School, and former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and Egypt.

The event, which is free and open to the public, is presented by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies’ Workshop on Arab Political Development. A public reception will follow the discussion in Shultz dining room.

The “Up to the Minute” discussion is cosponsored with the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, the Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia; and the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies.

**Media who would like to attend should RSVP by February 6 to the Kathleen Allen at kballen@princeton.edu
or 609-258-5978**