27 Events

Brazilian Cabinet Meeting

Radiobrás

Seminar - Open to the Public

Brazil's Middle East Policy: A Conversation with Hussein Kalout

Fri., Apr. 7, 2017 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

Hussein Kalout, Special Secretary for Strategic Affairs of the Brazilian government and Associate at the Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center’s Iran Project, will be discussing Brazil's Middle East policy and its implications for the rapidly-changing balance of power in the region. The event will be co-sponsored by Harvard's Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) and moderated by the Iran Project Director Payam Mohseni.

President Rouhani and his cabinet after a meeting in Saadabad Palace - 03/17/2016

Seminar - Open to the Public

Revisiting Rouhani’s School of Thought: A Discussion on the Iranian President’s Developmental and Foreign Policy Doctrines

Fri., Mar. 24, 2017 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

Ali Fathollah-Nejad (Associate, Iran Project, HKS; Associate Fellow, German Council on Foreign Relations) will discuss the main intellectual pillars underpinning the current Iranian administration and its school of thought, with a focus on issues pertaining to economic development as well as international relations. The event will be moderated by Iran Project Director Payam Mohseni.

Protest in Tehran against execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr in 2016.

Wikimedia Commons

Seminar - Open to the Public

Saudi Arabia and Iran: Rivalry and Fragmentation after the Arab Uprisings

Mon., Feb. 27, 2017 | 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

Simon Mabon (Lecturer, Lancaster University), will explore the rivalry between two major Gulf powers, Saudi Arabia and Iran, after the Arab Uprisings. With the fragmentation of a number of states across the region in 2011 and political dynamics challenged in a range of different ways, Riyadh and Tehran found opportunities to improve their standing across the Middle East, often in zero sum ways. Moderated by Iran Project Director Payam Mohseni.

Power and Political Change in Today's Iran

Seminar - Open to the Public

Power and Political Change in Today's Iran

Fri., May 6, 2016 | 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

Drawing from their contributions to the recently published book,Power and Change in Iran: Dynamics of Contention and Conciliation, Daniel Brumberg, Shadi Mokhtari, and Payam Mohseni, will shed light on political and social struggles that are shaping Iran's domestic politics and its evolving engagement in the Middle East and wider global arena.

 

President Obama Speaks at a Press Conference with Heads of State of GCC countries at Camp David, May 2015

AP Images

Seminar - Open to the Public

Iran and the Arab World after the Nuclear Deal

Wed., Sep. 23, 2015 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Taubman Building - Nye A, B, & C, 5th Floor

A panel discussion on the impact of the Iran nuclear deal on the Arab world with Hussein Kalout, Associate Fellow at Harvard Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Research Affiliate at the Belfer Center’s Iran Project; Ibrahim Fraihat, Senior Foreign Policy Fellow, Brookings Doha Center; and Abdulwahab Al-Qassab, Associate Research Fellow, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies.

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Iranian Presdent Hassan Rouhani pose for cameras before a meeting in Ankara, Turkey.

AP Images

Seminar - Open to the Public

Regional Responses to the Iran Nuclear Deal

Wed., Sep. 16, 2015 | 4:00pm - 5:30pm

A panel discussion with Robert M. Danin, MEI Senior Fellow and Senior Fellow, Middle East Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Gonul Tol, Founding Director, Center for Turkish Studies, Middle East Institute; and Nasser Hadian, Professor of Political Science, University of Tehran.

Secretary of State Kerry, Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif, and other diplomats from the P5+1 announce the framework agreement on Iran's nuclear program.

U.S. State Dept.

Seminar - Open to the Public

The Edge of Success? The Iranian Nuclear Negotiations and the Future Regional Order

Fri., Apr. 10, 2015 | 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Taubman Building - Wiener Auditorium, Ground Floor

The news released April 2nd about a framework agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1 heralds an important success in the diplomatic process to prevent Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapon. However, many questions about the deal's parameters, implementation and effects. This seminar will explore these questions and others relating to the announcement of the framework agreement.

This seminar will be open to Harvard students, staff, and faculty only, and will require an RSVP.