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The Middle East Program was launched in February 1998 in light of increased U.S. engagement and the profound changes sweeping across many Middle Eastern states. In addition to spotlighting day-to-day issues, the Program continues to concentrate on long-term developments and their impact on political and social structure, economic development, and relations with the United States.
The Middle East Program's conferences and meetings assess the policy implications of long-term political, social, and economic developments in the region and individual states; the Middle East’s role in the international arena; American interests in the region; the threat of terrorism; and strategic threats to and from the regional states.
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Spring 2011 Internships with the Middle East Program
The Middle East Program is currently accepting intern applications for Spring 2011.
The Iran Primer: Power, Politics and U.S. Policy
The Woodrow Wilson Center and the United States Institute of Peace announce the release of The Iran Primer: Power, Politics and U.S. Policy, an unprecedented project by 50 of the world’s top scholars on Iran, edited by USIP-Wilson Center Distinguished Scholar Robin Wright.
Woodrow Wilson Center’s Visiting Arab Journalist Program: 2010
The Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is pleased to announce the 2010 competition for the Wilson Center’s Visiting Arab Journalist Program. One Arab, Middle Eastern or North African journalist will be selected each year. Successful applicants will spend 3 months in residence at the Woodrow Wilson Center, in the heart of Washington, D.C., where they will carry out advanced, policy-oriented research and writing.
This program is made possible by generous financial support provided by Dr. David Ottaway, a Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center.
On the 30th Anniversary of the Iranian Hostage Taking
Taking America Hostage and Radicalizing a Revolution
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A Conversation With Saeb Erakat
Thursday, November 04 2010, 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Saeb Erakat, Chief Palestinian Negotiator and Director, Negotiations Affairs Department; Moderator Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
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America and the Peace Process: A View from the Region
Friday, October 29 2010, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Nabil Fahmy, Dean, School of Public Affairs, American University in Cairo, and former Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United States; Marwan Muasher, Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and former Ambassador of Jordan to the United States and Deputy Prime Minister; Ephraim Sneh, Chairman, S. Daniel Abraham Center for Strategic Dialogue, Netanya Academic College and former member of the Knesset, and Deputy Defense Minister; Moderator Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
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Paradise Beneath Her Feet: How Women Are Transforming the Middle East
Wednesday, October 27 2010, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
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An Assessment of Ahmadinejad's Trip to the U.S.
Friday, October 08 2010, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Robin Wright, Joint Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center and United States Institute of Peace; John Limbert, Distinguished Professor of International Affairs, United States Naval Academy and former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iran in State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
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A Modern Narrative for Muslim Women in the Middle East
Thursday, September 30 2010, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Fawziah Al-Hani, Manager, Gherass Center for Social Education, Saudi Arabia; Rana Husseini, Human Rights Activist, Author and Journalist, Jordan; Zainab Al-Suwaij,Executive Director, American Islamic Congress
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Envisioning the Two-State Solution:
Young Political Leaders from Israel and Palestine
Wednesday, September 29 2010, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Ahmad Omeir, Youth Leader, OneVoice Palestine and Acting Director, Young Entrepreneurs Palestine; Danny Shaket, Youth Leader, OneVoice Israel and Head, OneVoice Israel’s Tel Aviv University Chapter
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Egypt at the Tipping Point?
Friday, September 17 2010, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
David Ottaway, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center and Former Bureau Chief, Cairo, The Washington Post
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Deterring a Nuclear Iran: Can It Be Done?
Tuesday, September 14 2010, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Amitai Etzioni, University Professor and Professor of International Affairs and Director, Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies, The George Washington University; Robert Litwak, Vice President for Programs and Director, International Security Studies, Woodrow Wilson Center; Ray Takeyh, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
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Demography and Women's Empowerment: Urgency for Action?
Monday, September 13 2010, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Nadereh Chamlou, Senior Advisor, The World Bank
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Progress and Challenges to Women's Empowerment: Lessons from Tunisia
Wednesday, September 08 2010, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Nabiha Gueddana, President and Director-General, National Agency for Family and Population, former Secretary of State in charge of Women and Family Affairs and former chair of “Partners in Population and Development: South-South Initiative”
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Middle East Program
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
Email: mep@wilsoncenter.org
Tel: 202/691-4252
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