Introductory Remarks by Walter A. McDougall at FPRI's Middle East History Institute on "Iran and the Geopolitics of the Middle East," in Pittsburgh, PA on October, 27-28, 2012. For more from this History Institute: www.fpri.org/events/2012/10/iran-and-geopolitics-middle-east For more about Walter A. McDougall: www.fpri.org/authors/walter-mcdougall