Join us for a panel discussion featuring Amaney Jamal, Princeton University, David Makovsky, The Washington Institute, Khalil Shikaki, Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, and Shai Feldman, Brandeis University, moderated by MEI Faculty Chair Tarek Masoud, about the recent tragedies facing the Israeli and Palestinian peoples, the historical and current factors that led to this conflict, and the broader geopolitical implications.

MEI will host a panel discussion moderated by Tarek Masoud on the recent events in Israel and Gaza with Edward P. Djerejian, Shai Feldman, Abdel Monem Said Aly, and Khalīl Shikaki, with an introduction from Meghan O’Sullivan. 

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Join the Middle East Initiative for a conversation with Israeli entrepreneur, executive, and MEI Fellow Avner Halperin on the war, its impact on Israel, and the future of coexistence with Professor Tarek Masoud, MEI Faculty Chair and Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Governance.

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Join the Middle East Initiative for a conversation with Dr. Salam Fayyad, Former Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority, about the war and its impact on Gaza and the West Bank, Palestinian fragmentation, and prospects for Palestinian statehood with Professor Tarek Masoud, MEI Faculty Chair and Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Governance.

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Professor Shibley Telhami of the University of Maryland, Professor Shai Feldman of Brandeis, and Former Ambassador to Israel and Syria Edward Djerejian will discuss the ongoing events in Israel/Palestine with MEI Faculty Chair Professor Tarek Masoud.

The Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School invites you to join us for an event featuring His Excellency Saeed Al Nazari, Secretary General of the Great Arab Minds Initiative, hosted by MEI Faculty Chair Professor Tarek Masoud.

Marking the passage of 20 years since the onset of Operation Iraqi Freedom, MEI Faculty Director Professor Tarek Masoud will moderate this panel featuring: Meghan O’Sullivan, Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, HKS; Kanan Makiya, Professor Emeritus of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Brandeis University and author, Republic of Fear: The Politics of Modern Iraq (University of California Press, 1989); and Emma Sky, OBE, founding Director of Yale’s International Leadership Center and former political advisor to the Commanding General of U.S. Forces in Iraq.

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Dr. Kadir Yildirim will discuss his recent research on Muslim responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, and how the pandemic affected religious practice and religiosity in parts of the Muslim world. In discussion with event moderator MEI Faculty Director, Professor Tarek Masoud, Dr. Yildirim will outline key findings from an online public opinion survey conducted in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan, and Indonesia and review the social and political implications of the pandemic. 

Dr. Yildirim is a fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute. His main research interests include politics and religion, political Islam, the politics of the Middle East, and Turkish politics.

Dr. Yildirim is the author of two books: "Muslim Democratic Parties in the Middle East: Economy and Politics of Islamist Moderation" (2015) and a forthcoming book, "The Politics of Religious Party Change: Islamist and Catholic Parties in Comparative Perspective," for which he received a Smith Richardson Foundation’s prestigious Strategy & Policy Fellows grant.  He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the Ohio State University, where he also earned an M.A. degree. Yildirim received his B.A. from Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey.
 

Join the Middle East Initiative for a presentation by and conversation with Kelsey Norman, moderated by MEI Faculty Director Professor Tarek Masoud, on her latest book, Reluctant Reception: Refugees, Migration and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa.

Following the 2011 Arab uprisings, policy makers, constitutional negotiators and drafters did little to address the demands of the millions of protesters across the region. The result has been a generalized regression in democratic governance throughout the region, in some cases far beyond the already poor standards that caused the 2011 uprisings in the first place. Author and lawyer Zaid Al-Ali will discuss the constitutional processes that followed the 2011 Arab uprisings and whether we are likely to see more protests in the coming years.