Shake-Up in the Middle East: How Will Regional Powers Respond?
On May 23, AGSIW hosted a panel discussion exploring the implications of major developments for the Gulf Arab countries and the rest of the region.
With the U.S. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, crucial elections in Iraq and Lebanon, and intensifying hostilities between Iran and Israel over Syria, the Middle East’s strategic landscape is being rapidly redrawn. On May 23, AGSIW hosted a panel discussion exploring the implications of these and other major developments for the Gulf Arab countries and the rest of the region.
Speakers
F. Gregory Gause, III, Head of International Affairs Department, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University
Feisal Amin Rasoul al-Istrabadi, Founding Director, Center for the Study of the Middle East, Indiana University
Gönül Tol, Founding Director, Center for Turkish Studies, Middle East Institute
Hussein Ibish, Senior Resident Scholar, AGSIW (Moderator)
Speakers
Ambassador Feisal Amin Rasoul al-Istrabadi
Non-Resident Fellow, AGSIW; Founding Director, Center for the Study of the Middle East, Indiana University Bloomington
Gönül Tol
Founding Director, Turkey Program and Senior Fellow, Black Sea Program, Middle East Institute
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