Stephen Kinzer, veteran New York Times correspondent and author of All the Shah’s Men as well as other books on U.S. foreign policy, spoke for Massachusetts Peace Action on February 16 at Suffolk University. “Americans see the world as a place to be managed– that is too egocentric,” said Kinzer, and urged that Americans think about foreign policy in terms of long-term interests, not short-term stability. He was introduced by Valerie Epps of Suffolk’s International Law concentration. Mahsa Rouhi, Harvard Kennedy School Ph.D. candidate, was respondent, and Shelagh Foreman of Peace Action moderated the conversation, which drew about 40 people.
Video of Kinzer’s talk is posted in two parts. Thanks to Joseph Ureneck for the video. Part 1 is below.
Here is part 2.