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Why Arab States Fear Islamist Regimes: Threat Perception and Soft Power Politics

Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building-5th Floor
November 30, 2009
12:15-2:00 p.m.

Speaker: Lawrence Rubin, Research Fellow, Dubai Initiative

Related Projects: International Security, The Dubai Initiative

The Islamist regimes that seized power in Sudan (1989), Afghanistan (1996), and Iran (1979) did not have significant military capabilities when they came to power, and in some cases never achieved it. Yet these Islamist regimes were regarded by neighboring states, including Muslim-majority countries, as serious national security threats. Using comparative case studies of Egyptian and Saudi Arabian responses to the rise of Islamist regimes in Sudan and Iran, this project examines why Arab states regard Islamist regimes with limited military capabilities as threats to their security and analyzes how this threat perception affects domestic and international politics.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

Youth Civic Engagement & Diversity through Social Entrepreneurship in Egypt

BIG EVENT
Open to the Public - Starr Auditorium
November 30, 2009
4:00 p.m.-5:30 a.m.

Ehaab will speak about the prospects for social entrepreneurship in the Region based on his experience over the past 16 years as co-founder of several civil society organizations in Egypt and the Middle East.  A singer-songwriter and co-founder of the Ana Masry band which aims to promote tolerance and diversity in Egypt, he will also share insights on music as a tool to promote interfaith dialogue.

REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN EUROPE: Immigration, Islam, and the West

Non-Belfer Event

Seminar
Open to the Public - MIT
November 30, 2009
4:30-6:00 p.m.

EFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN EUROPE
Immigration, Islam, and the West


Monday, November 30, 2009
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
MIT Bldg E25-111 | 45 Carlton St, Cambridge

http://web.mit.edu/cis/eventposter_113009_migration_caldwell.html



Christopher Caldwell, author of Reflections on the
Revolution in Europe, is a senior editor at The Weekly
Standard and a regular contributor to the Financial
Times and Slate. His essays and reviews appear in the
New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the
Washington Post.

This event is free and open to the public | Light refreshments will be served

Sponsored by the MIT Center for International Studies, Inter-University Committee on International Migration, MISTI-France, and MISTI-German