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Legal and policy planning experts talked about the future of political stability and security in the Middle East as the U.S. and its allies combated ISIS* militants. They focused on the poli…

Panelists talked about the coalition of countries in the Middle East participating in the fight against ISIS* militants. Former Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher said Jordan was a wi…

Undersecretary David Cohen talked about U.S. strategy to undermine the financing of *ISIS militants in Syria and Iraq. He discussed the group’s diverse sources of revenue and the strategies …

Iraqi Ambassador to the U.S. Lukman Faily spoke about the future of Iraq. Ambassador Faily said his country desperately needed more American military assistance. He also said that because of…

Marwan Muasher, former Jordanian Foreign Minister and ambassador to the United States, talked about his book, The Second Arab Awakening: And the Battle for Pluralism, in which he takes a cri…

Former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Martti Ahtisaari of Finland and former Algerian Foreign Minister Lakhdar Brahimi talked about the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. They discussed the top…

Analysts from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace talked about the political developments and institutional dynamics in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia since the “Arab Spring” that bega…

Linda Bilmes spoke about the costs of the war in Iraq, which she projected to reach $5 trillion. Those projections exceed the original figures in her book The Three Trillion Dollar War, whic…

Panelists talked about the challenges in the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy in President Obama’s second term. Topics included the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, tensions over Iran’s nucl…

Business leaders from Tunisia and Egypt outlined economic plans for the two nations to move forward in the aftermath of the “Arab Spring” uprisings of 2011. They also responded to questions …

Representatives from Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, and Morocco gave updates on the ongoing reforms happening since Middle East uprisings that started in Spring 2011. Topics included elections, the…

Libyan Prime Minister Abdel-Rahim El Keib talked about his country’s political transition and the future of U.S.-Libya relations. In his remarks he said many challenges lie ahead in the tran…

A group of scholars discussed the Turkish Model for Democracy

Panelists talked about the transitions happening in Iraq and other Middle East countries, in particular those countries that experienced political upheaval during 2011 uprisings across North…

Panelists talked about the results of a recent Arab American Institute poll on current attitudes in Iraq and countries undergoing political transition. James Zogby said the poll found diverg…

Middle East scholars talked about the impact of political uprisings and demonstrations across the Arab world during the spring of 2011. They focused on the rule of monarchies in Jordan, Bahr…

Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, discussed the impact of the recent political unrest in the Arab world on the Palestinians as well as the Middle East peace pro…

Lisa Anderson, president of the American University in Cairo, gave her perspective on the origins of political unrest in the Middle East, focusing on Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya. Among her rem…

Marwan Muasher talked about The Arab Center: The Promise of Moderation. He argues in the book that moderate-minded leaders in the Arab world are losing ground to those whose views are more e…

Ambassador Musher talked about the situation in the Middle East, including operations in Iraq and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Following his remarks he answered questions from the …