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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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The Iran Primer Blog: Contributions from Current and Former Wilson Center Experts
Below are pieces from current and former Wilson Center experts available on the Iran Primer blog website at http://iranprimer.usip.org/blog.
Summer 2011 Internships with the Middle East Program
The Middle East Program is currently accepting intern applications for Summer 2011.
Of Revolutions, Regime Change and State Collapse in the Arab World
David Ottaway, Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and Marina Ottaway, Director of the Middle East Program at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, published a piece for Carnegie Endowment and for the Middle East Program at the Wilson Center on "Of Revolutions, Regime Change and State Collapse in the Arab World."
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.
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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The Mideast on Fire: What Happens Next?
Wednesday, March 16 2011, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Dalia Ziada, Blogger and Egypt Office Director, American Islamic Congress; Robin Wright, USIP-Wilson Center Distinguished Scholar
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Iran Primer IV: Iran and Its Neighbors
Tuesday, March 15 2011, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Michael Eisenstadt, Director, Military & Security Studies Program, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Mark Katz, Professor of Government and Politics, George Mason University; Afshin Molavi, Senior Research Fellow, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation
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Tunisia’s Democratic Transition: Challenges & Perspectives
Wednesday, March 09 2011, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Nazeh Ben Ammar, President of the Tunisian American Chamber of Commerce (TACC); Issam Belhaj, TACC Delegate and Founder and CEO of IB Consulting; Maher Kallel, TACC Delegate and Co-Founder and Executive Vice President for International Investment, Poulina Group Holdings
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Human Rights and the Arts in Iran Today
Friday, March 04 2011, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Jasmin Darznik, Assistant Professor, Washington and Lee University; Farhad Khosrokhavar, Professor, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France; Ahmad Kiarostami, Entrepreneur and Videographer, Fotomoto; Pardis Mahdavi, Former Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center; Associate Professor, Pomona College; Sohrab Mohebbi, Curatorial Fellow, Queens Museum of Art, NY; Contributing Editor, Bidoun Magazine; and Musician; Roberto Toscano, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center and Former Italian Ambassador to India and to Iran; Chairs: Farzaneh Milani, Professor of Persian Literature and Women’s Studies, University of Virginia; Haleh Esfandiari, Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson Center
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Iran Primer III: Iran’s Economy/Sanctions Regime
Friday, February 18 2011, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Suzanne Maloney, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution; Kevan Harris, Doctoral Candidate in Sociology, Johns Hopkins University; Moderator Robin Wright, USIP-Wilson Center Distinguished Scholar
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From 1910 to 2010: Understanding the Causes and Consequences of Youth and Adult Grievances that Drive the Second Arab Revolt
Thursday, February 17 2011, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Rami Khouri, Former Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; Director, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, American University of Beirut; and Visiting Scholar, Fares Center, Tufts University
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Religious Revival in the 21st Century: What Impact on Politics?
Monday, February 14 2011, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Robin Wright, USIP-Wilson Center Distinguished Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; Roger Hardy, Former Middle East and Islamic Affairs Analyst, BBC World Service; André Laliberté, Full Professor, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa; Daniel Levine, Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan; José Casanova, Professor of Sociology and Senior Fellow, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, Georgetown University
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Losing Hearts and Minds: From Bush to Obama
Wednesday, January 26 2011, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Roger Hardy, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center, and Former Middle East and Islamic Affairs Analyst, BBC World Service
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Tunisia and the Arab Malaise
Tuesday, January 25 2011, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Alan Goulty, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
and former British Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia
David Ottaway, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
and former Bureau Chief, Washington Post, Cairo
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Can Women Help Make Peace Agreements Sustainable?
Thursday, January 20 2011, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Jacques Paul Klein, Former United Nations Secretary General’s Special Representative and Coordinator of United Nations Operations, Liberia; Suaad Allami, Director, Sadr City Women’s Center and Legal Clinic, Iraq; Luz Mendez, Member of the Advisory Council of the Global Fund for Women, Guatemala; Alice Nderitu, National Cohesion and Integration Commission, Kenya; Roxana Cristescu, Project Manager and Mediation Adviser, Crisis Management Initiative; Carla Koppel, Director, Institute for Inclusive Security
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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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Women and Entrepreneurship: Perspectives from the Middle East and the United States
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
(8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.)
New Media and Political Change in Egypt:
Causes, Implications and Communication Strategies
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
(12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.)
Iran: From Civil Society Protest to Political Alternative?
Monday, April 04, 2011
(12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.)
Youth Activism, the January 25 Revolution, and Egypt’s Transition
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
(3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
Iraqi Women Leaders in Engineering and Applied Sciences
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
(10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.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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