Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, left, addresses a regional security conference in Baghdad on March 10, while the countryís Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari looks on. Al-Maliki appealed for international help to cut off networks aiding extremists and warned that Iraqís growing sectarian bloodshed could spill across the Middle East. (AP Photo/Sabah Arar, Pool).

Searching for a Peaceful Solution

By Andrea De Marco

Is a diplomatic solution possible in the Middle East? While sectarian violence has spread through Iraq and new American troops have been committed to the war, Columbia University in New York brought together diplomats and academics of tomorrow to try to solve todayís challenge.

 

 
 
VIDEO: Students Search for Peace
 
 
Iraq Study Group Report
 
International Crisis Group