Vermont Law School welcomes guest speaker Chris Wren, who was The New York Times' bureau chief in Cairo from 1977 to 1980. Wren reported and edited for the Times for nearly 29 years, including as a foreign correspondent in several locales around the world, and has written five books and co-authored three others.
Lecture Synopsis: The spontaneous uprisings across the Middle East have been prompted by popular demands for free elections, fair employment, term limits for rulers, the dismantling of institutional corruption and the ousting of brutal officials. Such reforms would hardly ruffle the West, but they are toppling Arab regimes and recasting the face of the Middle East. The Al-Jezeera television network and various social medias have given protesters instant communication. They are motivated neither by Islamist or Marxist ideologies, but by aspiration for the rule of law they see in the West. Arab people long feared their governments; now the same governments fear their people. Yet the triumph of rule of law is far from assured.
This event is free and open to the public.
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