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Middle East Policy Forum Events

The Middle East Policy Forum is presented with the generous support of Exxon Mobil.

The Middle East Policy Forum presents a series of events that bring leading scholars, analysts, journalists, diplomats, and policymakers to campus to discuss current and emerging issues in the region.

April 2, 2008
Iran Elections 2008 — Domestic, Regional, and International Consequences

  • Afshin Molavi, Fellow, New America Foundation; author of Persian Pilgrimages: Journeys Across Iran
  • Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; author of Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic

March 5, 2008
Saudi Arabia: Legacy, Stability, and Destiny

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  • Amb. Edward W. Gnehm (Ret.), Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsular Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University; former Ambassador to Kuwait, Australia, Jordan and Deputy U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations; former Director General of the Foreign Service

February 26, 2008
Israel, Iran and the U.S.: Is Conflict Inevitable?

  • Trita Parsi, Co-Founder and President of the National Iranian American Council

January 15, 2008
Partition Iraq? Imperial Iraq Strategies from Suleiman the Magnificent to Joseph Biden

  • Reidar Visser, Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

November 13, 2007
Iran's Role in the Post 9/11 Middle East

  • Kayhan Barzegar, Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

October 29, 2007
Iraq: Today's Reality — Tomorrow's Horizons

  • Bruce Riedel, Senior Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution; former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Near East and North African Affairs, National Security Council; former U.S. Government official at the Pentagon and CIA
  • Christopher Kojm, Professor of the Practice of International Affairs and Director of the U.S. Foreign Policy Institute, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University; former Senior Advisor to the Iraq Study Group; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research; former senior staff if the Committee of Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives
  • Judith Yaphe, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defense University; Adjunct Professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
  • Amb. Edward W. Gnehm (Ret.), Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsular Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University; former Ambassador to Kuwait, Australia, Jordan and Deputy U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations; former Director General of the Foreign Service

October 4, 2007
Turkey's View of Its Southern Neighbors

  • Bulent Aliriza, Senior Associate and Director of the Turkey Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

April 20, 2007
His Excellency Sallai Meridor, Ambassador of Israel

  • His Excellency Sallai Meridor, Ambassador of Israel

March 29, 2007 – Inaugural Lecture
The Arab States of the Gulf: Under Pressure

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  • Amb. Edward W. Gnehm (Ret.), Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsular Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University; former Ambassador to Kuwait, Australia, Jordan and Deputy U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations; former Director General of the Foreign Service

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