Recent Events
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The Middle East after Khashoggi
On November 2, the Center held a discussion on “The Middle East After Khashoggi.” The panelists were Chas W. Freeman, Jr., former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia and a Senior Fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University; and Dennis Ross, a former Middle East advisor to four American presidents and a distinguished fellow
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Russian Intervention in Syria
On October 29, 2018, the Center held an event to discuss Russian intervention in Syria. The panelists were Paul J. Saunders, Executive Director at the Center; Michael Kofman, Senior Research Scientist at CNA and a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute; and Colonel (ret) Robert Hamilton, an Associate Professor of Eurasian Studies at
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The Downturn in U.S.-Turkey Relations
The Center hosted a panel discussion on the recent downturn in U.S.-Turkey relations and its implications for U.S. policy on Thursday, October 4. The panel included two leading experts on Turkey, Henri Barkey, an adjunct senior fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and the Bernard L. and Bertha F. Cohen
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U.S.-Iran Relations and the Impact of Sanctions
On Tuesday, October 2, the Center held a panel discussion on U.S.-Iranian relations and the impact of U.S. sanctions. The panel featured Geneive Abdo, a resident scholar at the Arabia Foundation and longtime Middle East correspondent; Patrick Clawson, the Morningstar Senior Fellow and director of research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy; and
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Water Crises, Security and Climate Change
On Wednesday, September 26, the Center hosted a launch for its new monograph on Water Crises, Security and Climate Change. The discussion featured the report’s lead editor, Geoffrey Kemp, Senior Director for Regional Security Programs at the Center; Sherri Goodman, a Senior Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center and a former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense
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