Vali nasr biography for kids
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Who is Vali Nasr, Former Senior Advisor at US State Department
Vali Nasr is an individual who has enjoyed long-standing trust and involvement within the United States government. He served on the United States Department&#;s Foreign Affairs Policy Board and held the position of senior advisor to Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, from to Currently, he is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and his foreign policy recommendations have garnered attention from numerous U.S. politicians, including Secretaries of State.
However, Vali Nasr also has another side to his career, one that is often overlooked in policy circles: His secret agenda to push the talking points of Iran’s regime in the U.S. Such efforts are coming under increasing scrutiny in light of the exposure of the Iran Experts Initiative (IEI), an effort by Iranian utländsk Ministry officials, starting in , to strengthen Tehran&#;s global image and posit
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May 21,
KRISTA TIPPETT, HOST: I&#;m Krista Tippett. Today, we seek fresh insight into the history and the human and religious dynamics of Islam&#;s Sunni-Shia divide. My guest, Vali Nasr, says that it is not so different from dynamics in periods of Western Christian history. But he says that by bringing the majority Shia to power in Iraq, the U.S. has changed the religious dynamics of the Middle East.
MR. VALI NASR: Iraq provided a model for all of the Shia communities — a transfer of power, getting more than what you have is actually possible. Now, I mean, obviously things in Iraq haven&#;t happened in a rosy fashion, but I still think that Iraq is an extremely powerful example. It&#;s the first Shia state in the Middle East. So there&#;s no way that it would not have a sort of jolting impact on the region.
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MS. TIPPETT: I&#;m Krista Tippett. The Sunni-Shia divide remains a stumbling block to t