"Forces of Fortune" -- The Rise of the New Muslim Middle Class
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Can capitalism be the key to political transformation in the Middle East? Vali Nasr, author of "The Shia Revival," thinks so and makes his case in his new book, "Forces of Fortune - The Rise of the New Muslim Middle Class and What It Will Mean for Our World."
Guest:
Vali Nasr, professor of international relations at Tufts University; adjunct senior fellow on the Council on Foreign Relations; senior fellow of The Dubai Initiative at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and senior advisor to Richard Holbrooke, Obama's special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan
- Patt Morrison for October 21, 2009
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