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The Middle East Program was launched in February 1998 in light of increased U.S. engagement and the profound changes sweeping across many Middle Eastern states. In addition to spotlighting day-to-day issues, the Program continues to concentrate on long-term developments and their impact on political and social structure, economic development, and relations with the United States.
The Middle East Program's conferences and meetings assess the policy implications of long-term political, social, and economic developments in the region and individual states; the Middle East’s role in the international arena; American interests in the region; the threat of terrorism; and strategic threats to and from the regional states.
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Woodrow Wilson Center’s Visiting Arab Journalist Program: 2009
The Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is pleased to announce the 2009 competition for the Wilson Center’s Visiting Arab Journalist Program. One Arab, Middle Eastern or North African journalist will be selected each year. Successful applicants will spend 3 months in residence at the Woodrow Wilson Center, in the heart of Washington, D.C., where they will carry out advanced, policy-oriented research and writing.
This program is made possible by generous financial support provided by Dr. David Ottaway, a Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center.
In the Aftermath of Gaza: Prospects for Mideast Peace
The Middle East Program held several meetings in recent weeks to discuss the grievances on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and prospects for peace in the region in the wake of the Gaza war.
Iran Passes Strategic Threshold in Nuclear Production
Iran has produced enough low-enriched uranium to theoretically manufacture a nuclear bomb, according to the latest report on Iran by the IAEA, the UN nuclear watchdog. Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar Michael Adler comments on the report's findings and on the United States' stance on Iran.
Israel, Hamas, and the War in Gaza
Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar Aaron David Miller, a 20-year veteran of Arab-Israeli negotiations, offers his brief and candid views on what’s happening in Gaza and how the incoming U.S. administration should deal with it.
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Upcoming Events
Vanguard: Women in the Iranian Election Campaign and Protest
Monday, July 13 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Pari Esfandiari, Founder and President, Eclectic Woman - IranDokht; Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, Former Member of Iranian Parliament and Visiting Scholar, Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Jaleh Lackner-Gohari, Physician and Vice President, innerCHANGE associates international (iCHai); Nayereh Tohidi, Chair and Professor, Gender and Women's Studies Department,
California State University, Northridge
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Reformist Women Thinkers in the Islamic World
Monday, May 04 2009, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Haleh Esfandiari, Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson Center; Margot Badran, Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center, Senior Fellow, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim Christian Understanding, Georgetown University; Amina Wadud, International Center for Islam and Pluralism, Jakarta; Robin Wright, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; Kecia Ali, Assistant Professor, Religion, Boston University; Lilia Labidi, Professor, Anthropology and Psychology, University of Tunis; Mahnaz Afkhami, President, Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace; Gadis Ariva, Professor, Philosophy and Gender Studies, University of Indonesia; Ousseina Alidou, Director, African Languages and Literature, Rutgers University; Ann Mayer, Associate Professor, Legal Studies and Business Ethics, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
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Breakthrough or Breakdown: The Obama Administration and the Arab-Israeli Peace Process
Monday, May 11 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Shai Feldman, Judith and Sidney Swartz Director, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University; Ghaith al-Omari, Advocacy Director, American Task Force on Palestine and Former Adviser to President Mahmoud Abbas; Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
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Panel Discussion: Conflict Resolution in the Middle East: Capacity Building to Promote Peace and Security
Friday, January 23 2009, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Carla Koppell, Director, Institute for Inclusive Security and Hunt Alternatives Fund; Jinane Doumit, Permanent Peace Movement, Lebanon; Rawan Natsheh, UNESCO; Welfare Association, Palestine; Anat Reisman-Levy, Citizens Accord Forum, Israel; Luna Saddeh, Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counseling, Palestine
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Iran: International Pressure
and an Economic Crisis
Thursday, December 11 2008, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Speakers: Stuart Levey
Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence,
Department of the Treasury;
Robin Wright
Journalist and Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center;
Jahangir Amuzegar
International Economic Consultant and Former IMF Executive
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Book Talk - Iran's Long Reach: Iran as a Pivotal State in the Muslim World
Monday, December 08 2008, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Speakers: Suzanne Maloney, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Saban Center for Middle East Policy; David Ignatius, Washington Post Columnist, Associate Editor and Novelist; Daniel Brumberg, Acting Director of USIP’s Muslim World Initiative and Co-Director, Georgetown University’s Democracy and Governance Program; and chaired by Haleh Esfandiari, Director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center
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Book Launch: The King’s Messenger:
Prince Bandar bin Sultan and
America’s Tangled Relationship with Saudi Arabia
Wednesday, November 12 2008, 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Speakers: David Ottaway, Author, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center and Former Investigative/Special Projects Reporter, The Washington Post; Jean-Francois Seznec, Visiting Associate Professor, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University; Robert Vitalis, Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center and Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania.
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Secularism in the Muslim Diaspora
Monday, October 27 2008, 8:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Speakers: Haleh Esfandiari, Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson Center; Bassam Tibi, Professor of International Relations and Director of the Center for International Affairs, Göttingen University; Jean-Pierre Filiu, Visiting Professor, Georgetown University; Associate Professor, Political Science and Chair, Middle East Studies, Sciences Po, Paris, France; Philippa Strum, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; Maajid Nawaz, Director, The Quilliam Foundation, London, England; Afshin Ellian, Professor of International Criminal Law, University of Leiden, Netherlands; and Cheryl Benard, Director, Initiative for Middle Eastern Youth, Center for Middle East Public Policy, RAND Corporation; Jonathan Laurence, Coeditor, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boston College; and Peter Mandaville, Associate Professor in the Department of Public and International Affairs and Co-Director of the Center for Global Studies at George Mason University.
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Woodrow Wilson Center
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