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Conference Call — November 20, 2013 — min

Instability and Inter-Religious Violence in Myanmar

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CFR Senior Fellow Joshua Kurlantzick leads a conversation on Myanmar's transition to democracy and the rise of inter-religious violence in the country, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.

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Joshua Kurlantzick

Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia, Council on Foreign Relations

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Irina A. Faskianos

Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations

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