FACT SHEETS AND HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW
September 28, 2011
Israel and the Arab Transformation: Assessing Dynamics and New Relations
By Will Cook
The Middle East Initiative co-sponsored a lecture on Israel and the Arab Transformation by Dr. Yoram Meital on Tuesday, September 27.
Marcus Halevi
September 20, 2011
Video: Inside the Arab Awakening
By Noelle Janka, Former Program Coordinator, Middle East Initiative
September 19, Professor Nicholas Burns led a conversation in the John F. Kennedy Forum with Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, UAE-based columnist; Rami George Khouri, Director, Issam Fares Institute, American University of Beirut; Dr. Karim Makdisi, Associate Professor, American University of Beirut; and Diana Buttu, Joint Fellow with the Middle East Initiative and Harvard Law School’s Human Rights Program.
September 14, 2011
An Academic Approach to the 10th Anniversary of 9/11
By Paul Beran
In the rightly placed memorials to the victims of 9/11 this last week, was an academic take on the 10-year anniversary by three Harvard faculty, organized by the Outreach Center at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and co-sponsored by the Middle East Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program.
Charita Law, 2011
June 7, 2011
Middle East Uprisings: Options for the United States
By Noelle Janka, Former Program Coordinator, Middle East Initiative
On May 31, the Middle East Initiative and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace co-hosted a half-day conference about the forces shaping the Middle East and the options for the United States.
Sharon Wilke
April 27, 2011
Ambassador Meera Shankar: India-US Relations in an Asian-Pacific Century
In a public address for the Belfer Center and the Future of Diplomacy Project entitled “India-US relations in a Pacific Century,” Meera Shankar, the Indian Ambassador to the United States explained that the current Indian foreign policy priority is “peace, progress, and prosperity.” As the Asia Pacific region becomes the new locus of power, Ambassador Shankar stated that India has become more aware of its “Asian Pacific identity.”
Noelle Janka, 2011
April 13, 2011
Isobel Coleman On Women, Islam, and Reform in the Middle East
By Noelle Janka, Former Program Coordinator, Middle East Initiative
On April 5, Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy; Director of the Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative; and Director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program, spoke at an event entitled Women, Islam, and Reform in the Middle East at the Harvard Kennedy School.
davidmiliband.net
April 13, 2011
David Miliband: "The War in Afghanistan: Mending it not just Ending it"
By Sarah Kneezle, Coordinator, The Future of Diplomacy Project
David Miliband, former UK Foreign Secretary, was a guest of the Future of Diplomacy Project on April 14, 2011 and discussed his vision of the global village with degree students from the Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard faculty and experts. He also answered questions on his vision of a political solution in Afghanistan, which he detailed in a public speech delivered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on April 13, 2011. The following is the full transcript of his speech, which he has allowed the Future of Diplomacy Project to reproduce
Noelle Janka, 2011
April 11, 2011
Islam and Muslim Societies Conference April 8 & 9
“Islam and Muslim Societies: An Analytical Examination” was the focus of a conference organized in part by the Belfer Center’s Middle East Initiative.
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April 4, 2011
"The Prospect of Iran-US Relations in the Iranian New Year"
By Kayhan Barzegar, Former Associate, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program, 2010–2011; Former Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/international Security Program, 2007–2010
"...[T]wo important issues i.e. the Arab-Israeli peace process and Iran's nuclear program, have the potentials of creating opportunity and establishing new rivalry between Iran and Egypt. Among the reasons the Egyptian public challenged the Mubarak regime was the country's inactive position on the peace process. A nationalistic-ideological government in Egypt will surely seek more active role of Egypt in the peace process. On the other side, during past years and in the course of the regional political-security developments, Iran has established and developed a strong and specific approach in influencing the peace process. Now Iran and the new government in Egypt should harmonize their policies so that they could make a new coalition to deal with the peace process."
Noelle Janka, 2010
March 18, 2011
MEI Co-Hosts Event on Dissent in Arabic Literature
As part of a continued effort to respond to the on-going changes in the Middle East, the Middle East Initiative co-sponsored an event Wednesday, March 9 on political dissent in Arabic literature. The event featured four Harvard scholars discussing popular works of dissent and their relevance to current political uprisings in the Arab world.
