LECTURE: Lessons from Lebanon

The Centre for Muslim States and Societies (School of Social and Cultural Studies), and the Australian Institute of International Affairs (WA Branch), would like to invite you to a lecture by Ross Burns on Lebanon.

The latest conflict in Lebanon raises many questions about the consequences of the long-running Middle East confrontation. Ross Burns examines the likely implications for the region in the post-Iraq era and asks “How long can we afford to ignore the central issues of the Middle East equation?”

About the speaker: Ross Burns recently retired after 37 years in the Australian Foreign Service. As well as having headed the Middle East, Africa and South Asia Branch, he is a former Ambassador to Lebanon and Syria in the 1980s, South Africa & Greece in the 1990s and to Israel until 2003. He has also written and lectured on the history and archaeology of the area, especially Syria.

RSVP would be appreciated.