The CMES/WCFIA Middle East Seminar presents

Dr. Jillian Schwedler
Professor of Political Science, City University of New York's Hunter College and CUNY's Graduate Center; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Crown Center, Brandeis University

Discussant: Molly Hickey, PhD Candidate, Department of Government, Harvard University... Read more about Protesting Jordan: Geographies of Power and Dissent

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Basileus Zeno
Sessional Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, York University

Discussant: Rami Khouri, Director of Global Engagement and Senior Public Policy Fellow, American University of Beirut; and Nonresident Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School 

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3hOyHds​​​​​​​
... Read more about The Responsibility to Protect and What it Means: The Case of Libya and Syria (on Zoom only)

This event has been postponed.

The WCFIA and CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Trita Parsi
Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

Discussant: Stephen Kinzer, Senior Fellow, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University; Author, All the Shah's Men, and former New York Times correspondent... Read more about *POSTPONED* Biden, Iran and the Nuclear Issue - Can the US-Iran Enmity be Buried?

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar is pleased to present

Toby Matthiesen
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow, Ca’ Foscari University and Visiting Fellow at the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies at Stanford University

Discussant: Sultan Alamer, Visiting Fellow, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University... Read more about Saudi Arabia and the World: From the Cold War to MBS

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar is pleased to present

Ersin Kalaycıoğlu
Professor Emeritus, Sabancı University, Istanbul

Discussant: Soli Ozel, Senior Lecturer, Kadir Has University, Istanbul
... Read more about Competitive Elections in a Hybrid Case

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar is pleased to present

Sharan Grewal
Assistant Professor, Department of Government, College of William and Mary

Discussant: William Granara, Research Professor of the Practice of Arabic on the Gordon Gray Endowment, Harvard University... Read more about Democratic Backsliding in Tunisia

The CMES & WCFIA Middle East Seminar presents

Michelle Bradford
International Development Professional & Former Team Leader for multi-donor funded stabilization programming in Syria, US Department of State and UK Department for International Development

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3imzbVl​​​​​​​... Read more about From Policy to Practice: A Critical Review of United States Government Stabilization Efforts in Syria

The WCFIA & CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Martha Myers
International and Humanitarian Development Assistance Professional & Former Chief of Party, Iraqi Durable Communities and Economic Opportunity Project, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Register in advance:  https://bit.ly/3t2ih3h​​​​​​​​​​​​​​... Read more about The Fractured Iraqi Community: Rethinking Development

The WCFIA & CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Carol R. Saivetz, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor, MIT Security Studies Program; Research Associate, Davis Center, Harvard University

Discussant: Mark N. Katz, Ph.D., Professor of Government and Politics, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3u5Livx​​​​​​​... Read more about Can Russia Manage its New Role in the Middle East?

The WCFIA & CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Asher Orkaby, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scholar, Transregional Institute, Princeton University

Discussant: Afrah Nasser, Yemen Researcher, Human Rights Watch

** PLEASE NOTE: this talk will now take place from 2-3:30pm ET **

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3rRpK5Q... Read more about The Political Economy of Humanitarian Aid in Yemen: Benefit or Detriment?

The WCFIA & CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Frederic Wehrey, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/3tVTmAw​​​​​​​... Read more about What Went Wrong in Libya? Foreign Meddling and Local Agency in Libya's Civil Wars

CMES & WCFIA present the Middle East Seminar with

Nicholas Danforth, Ph.D.
Senior Non-Resident Fellow, The Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy  (ELIAMEP)

Discussant: Dr. Jesse Howell, Academic Programs Manager and Associate Director of the MA Program, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/338W9Lz... Read more about Misunderstanding Mid-Century Turkey: Ottomania, Academia and the rise of Erdogan

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Carmen Geha
Visiting Fellow, Weatherhead Center For International Affairs, Harvard University; Associate Professor of Public Administration, Department of Political Studies and Public Administration; Founding Member, Center for Inclusive Business and Leadership (CIBL) for Women, American University of Beirut

Discussant: Rami G. Khouri, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School; Director of Global Engagement and Adjunct Visiting Professor of Journalism, American University of Beirut

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/2YcKTLU​​​​​​​... Read more about Implosion and Collapse: Lebanese Women in Revolution, Civil Resistance, and Reconstruction

The Harvard Asia Center's Asia Beyond the Headlines Seminar Series presents

Panelists: 
Shirin Jaafari, Reporter, The World, USA
Shubhanga Pandey, Chief Editor, Himal Southasian, Sri Lanka
Nasim Zehra, Senior Anchor, Analyst & Executive Producer, Channel 24, Pakistan

Moderator: James Robson, James C. Kralik, and Yunli Lou Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations; Victor and William Fung Director, Asia Center, Harvard University

To attend, register here: https://tinyurl.com/dm2k9e5v... Read more about Implications: Regional Perspectives on the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan

The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents

Kristin Fabbe
Jakurski Family Associate Professor, Harvard Business School

Discussant: Andrew O'Donohue, PhD candidate, Department of Government, Harvard University

Register in advance: https://bit.ly/2XVdXa6... Read more about The Politics of ‘Enemies within’: Collusion, Subversion and Loyalty Signaling by Religious Groups in Erdogan’s Turkey