On December 1, AGSIW will host a discussion with Courtney Freer and Alanoud Al-Sharekh examining the roles that tribes play in popular participation in government and policymaking in the Gulf. Kristin Smith Diwan will moderate the discussion.
General Mazloum Abdi expressed hope that the United States will use its presence in the ongoing fight against ISIL as leverage to push for a political solution for Syria.
There is a recent culture of promoting women’s workforce participation in the Middle East and North Africa, but looking solely at the data misses some of the broader discussion on women’s empowerment.
نظرًا لأن دول الخليج العربية أكدت دورها الفاعل في تشكيل الأمن الإقليمي، فإن خبرتها العسكرية، وجهودها في تنويع الموردين، وتطورات الصناعات المحلية - إلى جانب سطوتها المالية التقليدية - أكسبتها نفوذًا أكبر على شركائها الأمنيين الأوروبيين
On November 16, AGSIW hosted a conversation with Bernard Haykel, AGSIW board member, professor of Near Eastern studies, and director of the Institute for Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia at Princeton University, on the state of U.S.-Saudi relations and the latest social, political, and economic developments underway in Saudi Arabia. Kristin Smith Diwan moderated the discussion.
University of St. Andrews:Ambassador Douglas A. Silliman delivered a lecture on civil-military cooperation in Iraq in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.
Embassy of Egypt: Silliman spoke to a class of diplomats from the Egyptian Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Training Institute about U.S. policy in the Middle East.
Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations:Hussein Ibish participated in a roundtable discussion on regional security in the Gulf.
B’nai David-Judea, Los Angeles: Ibish gave a talk on Middle East historical parallel narratives.
