Winter 2007/2008
Issues of War and Peace in the Middle East: A Few Remarks
Media Feature
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Tarik Yousef, Senior Fellow, Dubai Initiative; Dean of the Dubai School of Government; Associate Professor of Economics, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Vali Nasr, Senior Fellow, Dubai Initiative; Adjunct Sr. Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; and Professor of International Politics & Assoc. Director, Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Fletcher School, Tufts University, Nabil Ali Alyousuf, Assistant Director General, The Executive Office and Lakhdar Brahimi
"The Middle East: Between Progress and Conflict," an inaugural conference jointly hosted by The Dubai Initiative and the Dubai School of Government, was held on November 8, 2007 at the Kennedy School of Government.
The conference opened with remarks by Graham Allison, Nabil Ali Alyousuf, Tarik Yousef, and Vali Nasr. Lakhdar Brahimi, former Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General, opened the conference with his keynote speech, "Issues of War and Peace in the Middle East: A Few Remarks."



