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The Middle East Policy Council held a discussion on U.S. engagement in the Middle East. Former officials from the Reagan and Obama administrations as well as a current State Department offic…

Shai Feldman, director for the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University, spoke about the upcoming Israeli elections on April 9, 2019. Mr. Feldman also discussed the corrup…

Panelists that included two former diplomats from the Reagan and Obama administrations talked about the future of the Iran nuclear agreement. They discussed ways the President Trump was like…

Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad talked about Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, as well as the likelihood that President Obama’s successor will inherit the co…

A panel discussion on the future of Lebanon was held. Originally the discussion was titled “Lebanon on the Brink.” However, in light of Lebanese leaders reaching an agreement this week to e…

Israeli Ambassador Sallai Meridor talked about internal and external challenges facing Israel. Among the issues he addressed were political turmoil in Palestinian territories, security threa…

Geoffrey Kemp of the Nixon Center moderated a panel on the connections between Syria, Iran and Hezbollah. They talked about the roles these countries would play in a cease-fire between Israe…

Leon Hadar talked about his book Sandstorm: Policy Failure in the Middle East, published by Palgrave Macmillan. In his book he surveyed the historical evolution of what he called the U.S. “M…

Thomas Pickering, formerly an ambassador to India, talked about U.S. policy toward India. Topics included India’s relationship to China and its military cooperation with the U.S. as well as …

Moderated by Mr. Gvosdev, experts participated in a panel discussion about the future of Iraq. Topics included efforts to combat terrorism, the U.S. strategy, the feasibility of democracy, t…

The Nixon Center held a forum on Iran’s election and the likely short and long-term consequences. Mr. Takeyh argued that the elections invalidated two tenets of U.S. analysis of Iranian elec…

The panelists in this discussion hosted by the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. talked about the international political implications of Iran’s nuclear quest. Shahram Chubin of the …

In a forum sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute, participants talked about nuclear programs in Iran and an upcoming report on the subject by the International Atomic Energy Agency.…

Witnesses testified about possible military action in Iraq in order to facilitate a change of regime. Among the topics addressed were Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction building program, mil…

Participants talked about U.S. foreign policy in the Persian Gulf and Middle East. Among the topics addressed were relations with Iran, future policy toward Iraq, efforts to combat terrorism…

The Nixon Center hosted a forum where military experts and officials suggested strategies to combat terrorism.

Participants discussed the intersection of oil politics and the economy. They analyzed the countries in the Persian Gulf and how they must act as businesses with regards to oil production. T…