In this public panel discussion, organized on June 30th, 2010 by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Washington and the Project on Middle East Democracy, panelists discussed the foreign policy agenda of the Obama administration with regards to multilateral engagement, with a special focus on democracy and human rights issues in the Middle East.

Panelists: Suzanne Nossel (Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of International Organization Affairs), Neil Hicks (Human Rights First), Radwan Ziadeh (New York University), and Heather Hurlburt (National Security Network). The event was moderated by Knut Panknin (Friedrich Ebert Foundation).