11 am
World War I began one hundred years ago last month. By the time the Allies declared victory, an entirely new Middle East had emerged. It was a region that looks uneasily familiar today. We'll discuss the post-war convergence of nationalism and natural resources and a new political class that laid the foundation for current Mid-East conflicts.
Guests
- Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, fellow at The Baker Institute for Public Policy and author of The First World War in the Middle East
- Zachary Lockman, professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies and history at New York University