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.

Iran and Gulf Security
Thursday, November 12, 2009

• Sami M.K.M. Al-Faraj, President, Kuwait Center for Strategic Studies

Underexposure: Baghdad Spring 2003
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

• Ziad Turkey Jazzaa, Iraqi Director, cinematographer and photographer

Mayor of Jerusalem
Friday, November 6, 2009

• The Honorable Nir Barkat, Mayor of Jerusalem

Palestinians in Israel: Predicaments, Opportunities, and Challenges
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

• Raef Zreik, Georgetown University
• Ori Nir, Americans for Peace Now

The Annual Kuwait Chair Lecture — The Gulf: Searching for a New Balance
April 14, 2009

• Amb. Edward W. Gnehm Jr. (Ret.), Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs

Israel's Future in the Middle East: A Conversation
April 1, 2009

• Menachem Klein
• Shai Feldman
• Moderator:Nathan Brown

Jerusalem Women Speak: Hope for Peace
November 20, 2008

• Leila Shelimar Mosenson
• Taghreed El Khodary
• Lucy Talgieh

The Future of World Energy Markets: the United States and the Middle East
October 14, 2008

• Richard Sawaya, Executive Director, U.S.-Venezuela Business Council
• Frank Verrastro, Director, Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Jon Alterman, Director, Middle East Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Public Diplomacy and the War of Ideas: Agendas for the Next Administration
September 30, 2008

• Hady Amr, Director, Brookings Doha Center; Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution; co-author of Engaging the Muslim World: A Communication Strategy to Win the War of Ideas
• Michael Doran, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Support to Public Diplomacy, U.S. Department of Defense
• Kristin Lord, Fellow, Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, The Brookings Institution; author of the forthcoming Voices of America: U.S. Public Diplomacy for the 21st Century
• Marc Lynch, co-director of the Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communications, George Washington University; author of Voices of the New Arab Public

September 25, 2008

• John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of State

September 18, 2008

• Shaikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Prime Minister, State of Kuwait

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

• 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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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

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

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

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

• His Excellency Sallai Meridor, Ambassador of Israel

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

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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