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WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar

2020 Apr 09

**POSTPONED** How the US Turned Iraq into Iran’s Client State: The Unintended Consequences of a Myopic Foreign Policy

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar presents

Henry MunsonHenry L. Munson
Professor of Anthropology Emeritus, University of Maine; author, Islam and Revolution in the Middle East... Read more about **POSTPONED** How the US Turned Iraq into Iran’s Client State: The Unintended Consequences of a Myopic Foreign Policy

2020 Apr 02

**POSTPONED**: Yemen at the Crossroads: Present Conditions, Future Prospects

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar presents

Steven C. CatonSteven C Caton
Khalid Bin Abdullah Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud Professor of Contemporary Arab Studies, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University; author, Yemen Chronicle: An Anthropology of War and Mediation... Read more about **POSTPONED**: Yemen at the Crossroads: Present Conditions, Future Prospects

2020 Mar 12

**POSTPONED** Peace in the Era of Post-Truth: The Logic of Fragmenting Palestine

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar presents

Amira HassAmira Hass
Journalist & correspondent for the Occupied Territories, Haaretz; Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative Fellow, Religious Literacy Project, Harvard Divinity School

Please note: due to University precautions surrounding the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID 2019) outbreak, this event has been **POSTPONED**  ... Read more about **POSTPONED** Peace in the Era of Post-Truth: The Logic of Fragmenting Palestine

Erdogan with crowd

"Erdoğan the Good" or "Erdoğan the Bad?" A Conversation with Soner Çağaptay on US-Turkey Relations Following US Withdrawal from Syria

October 25, 2019

Reilly Barry, a first-year AM student at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Middle Eastern Politics and Policy (JMEPP) at Harvard Kennedy School, sat down with Soner Çağaptay after his WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar talk to discuss what underlying factors are most influential for policymakers on US-Turkey relations right now, especially in light of Turkish troops’ entry into northeast Syria and targeting of former American partners the YPG.... Read more about "Erdoğan the Good" or "Erdoğan the Bad?" A Conversation with Soner Çağaptay on US-Turkey Relations Following US Withdrawal from Syria

2019 Nov 14

Schools for Conflict or for Peace in Afghanistan: Jihad literacy, community-based education, and the shifting goals of US foreign policy in the region

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar presents

Dana Burde, PhdDana Burde
Associate Professor and Director, International Education Program, International Education & Politics, New York University; Research Fellow, Center for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP); Editor in Chief, Journal on Education in Emergencies... Read more about Schools for Conflict or for Peace in Afghanistan: Jihad literacy, community-based education, and the shifting goals of US foreign policy in the region

2019 Oct 17

‘Erdogan’s Empire’: continuity and ‘revolution’ in Turkish foreign policy in the Middle East?

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel 262, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar presents

Soner CagaptaySoner Cagaptay
Director, Turkish Research Program, Beyer Family Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy; author: 'Erdogan's Empire': Turkey and the Politics of the Middle East, www.erdogansempire.com... Read more about ‘Erdogan’s Empire’: continuity and ‘revolution’ in Turkish foreign policy in the Middle East?

2019 Mar 12

DATE CHANGE: Just Don't Know What To Do With Turkish-American Relations

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building, Harvard Kennedy School of Govt, Eliot St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar presents

Soli ÖzelSoli Ozel
Tom and Andi Bernstein Human Rights Fellow, Schell Center, Yale Law School; Lecturer, Political Science Department and International Relations Department, Kadir Has University, Istanbul

Please note: this Middle East Seminar will take place on Tuesday, March 12 at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government
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