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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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Articles from Visiting Arab Journalist Program journalist Rachid Ould Boussiafa
Rachid Ould Boussiafa published his project, “The Reality of Algerians in America and their Role in Rapprochement with the Islamic World” as a series of articles on the web site of Echorouk Al Yaoumi.
Saudi Arabia's Ailing Gerontocracy
The age and illness of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia have raised anew the concern that the fate of the world’s key oil producer is now in the hands of an ailing gerontocracy. Wilson Center Senior Scholar David Ottaway analyzes the line to the Saudi crown.
Spring 2011 Internships with the Middle East Program
The Middle East Program is currently accepting intern applications for Spring 2011.
The Iran Primer: Power, Politics and U.S. Policy
The Woodrow Wilson Center and the United States Institute of Peace announce the release of The Iran Primer: Power, Politics and U.S. Policy, an unprecedented project by 50 of the world’s top scholars on Iran, edited by USIP-Wilson Center Distinguished Scholar Robin Wright.
Woodrow Wilson Center’s Visiting Arab Journalist Program: 2010
The Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is pleased to announce the 2010 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.
On the 30th Anniversary of the Iranian Hostage Taking
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Event Summaries
Iran Primer II: The Nuclear Controversy
Thursday, January 13 2011, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Michael Adler, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; David Albright, President, Institute for Science and International Security; Michael Elleman, Senior Fellow, Regional Security Cooperation, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Bahrain; Robert Litwak, Vice President for Programs and Director, International Security Studies, Woodrow Wilson Center
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The Crisis in the Arab World's Aging Leadership
Wednesday, January 05 2011, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
David Ottaway, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center, and Former Cairo Bureau Chief, The Washington Post
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Muslim Women in Europe:
Strategic and Cultural Challenges
Thursday, December 16 2010, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Senay Özdemir, Senior Fellow, Osgood Center for International Studies
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Iran Primer I: Domestic Politics
Wednesday, December 15 2010, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Geneive Abdo, Director, Iran Program, The Century Foundation; Shaul Bakhash, Clarence J. Robinson Professor of History, George Mason University; Robin Wright, USIP-Wilson Center Distinguished Scholar
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Ahmadinejad’s Confrontation with the Iranian Parliament
Tuesday, December 07 2010, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Bahman Baktiari, Director, The Middle East Center, University of Utah
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The Sixth Crisis: Iran, Israel, America, and the Rumors of War
Monday, November 22 2010, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Steven Simon, Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Dana Allin, Senior Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies
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A Conversation With Saeb Erakat
Thursday, November 04 2010, 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Saeb Erakat, Chief Palestinian Negotiator and Director, Negotiations Affairs Department; Moderator Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
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America and the Peace Process: A View from the Region
Friday, October 29 2010, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Nabil Fahmy, Dean, School of Public Affairs, American University in Cairo, and former Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United States; Marwan Muasher, Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and former Ambassador of Jordan to the United States and Deputy Prime Minister; Ephraim Sneh, Chairman, S. Daniel Abraham Center for Strategic Dialogue, Netanya Academic College and former member of the Knesset, and Deputy Defense Minister; Moderator Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
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Paradise Beneath Her Feet: How Women Are Transforming the Middle East
Wednesday, October 27 2010, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
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An Assessment of Ahmadinejad's Trip to the U.S.
Friday, October 08 2010, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Robin Wright, Joint Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center and United States Institute of Peace; John Limbert, Distinguished Professor of International Affairs, United States Naval Academy and former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iran in State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
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Tunisia and the Arab Malaise
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
(4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
Losing Hearts and Minds: From Bush to Obama
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
(12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.)
Ensuring Compliance: Strategies for Popular Cooptation by the Party and State Security in Communist Europe and in Ba'thist Iraq
Thursday, January 27, 2011
(4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.)
Iran Primer III: Iran’s Economy/Sanctions Regime
Friday, February 18, 2011
(12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.)
Iran Primer IV:
Iran and Its Neighbors
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
(12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.)
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Middle East Program
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
Email: mep@wilsoncenter.org
Tel: 202/691-4252
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