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The Cape Ann Forum seeks to engage the public in conversations about the rapidly changing social and political environment in which we live and what we can do to make it a better, safer place. We present free, public forums that bring experience and perspectives not often represented in the mainstream media and that give voice to citizens whose concerns, hopes and fears are too often lost or ignored.

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U.S. Foreign Policy Challenges in the Obama Era

John Tierney
Congressman from Massachusetts’ Sixth District
March 7, 2010 - 7:00pm
Gloucester City Hall

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Iran Today: What’s Behind the Headlines

Farideh Farhi
Independent researcher and Affiliate Graduate Faculty and Lecturer at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa
December 6, 2009 - 7:00pm
Gloucester City Hall

Thirty years after the revolution that transformed Iran into an Islamic republic, the country is back on the front pages. One day the news is about the country’s nuclear program, the next its regional policies, then its fiercely contested political arena. What’s behind these multi-layered confrontations and conflicts, and how do they feed on each other? Who—or what forces—controls Iran today, and what does the future hold? If the United States is going to engage Iran, how should we do so, and what can we expect?  read more »

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