Middle East Policy has been one of the world’s most cited publications on the region since its inception in 1982, and our Breaking Analysis series makes high-quality, diverse analysis available to a broader audience.
MEPC Staff
This year started with a series of significant political developments in the Middle East. The Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia, the collapse of the Lebanese government and the revolution in Egypt demonstrate the need for timely, thoughtful analysis of these turbulent political transitions. The archives of our journal Middle East Policy provided ample perspective on these complex events — from French foreign policy in Tunisia, to the internal challenges facing the Egyptian military, to the history of U.S. aid to Cairo. Our leadership has also spoken publicly about these events, including a recent interview by Executive Director Thomas Mattair with Russian Television.
Our first Capitol Hill Conference Series of 2011 convened leading experts including Bruce Riedel (Brookings), Ambassador Philip Wilcox (Foundation for Middle East Peace), Brian Katulis (Center for American Progress) and our president Frank Anderson to expand upon the status of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and their relationship to U.S. national interests. For the first-time ever, this conference was live-streamed to audiences around the world through the Council web site, greatly expanding our reach and the ability of global audiences, particularly those in the Middle East, to participate.
Our ongoing efforts to educate U.S. audiences about the complex political, economic and social fabric of the Middle East will continue in 2011 through both our educational and policy arms. Our TeachMideast education program will conduct around 60 workshops in 2011, reaching an estimated 1,800 teachers in school systems across the United States. On the policy side, our new series Middle East In Focus is published weekly and summarizes viewpoints from Middle East media outlets on the most important news of the week. And our visiting scholar Mark Katz (George Mason University) just finished a 22-part series titled “The ‘War on Terror’ in Perspective,” providing one of the most thorough recollections to date of the different dimensions to the U.S. led “War on Terror.”
We are looking forward to these continuing programs in the coming months along with the publication of our spring 2011 journal and our 64th Capitol Hill Conference this April. The Middle East Policy Council will also celebrate its 30th anniversary this year and we look forward to celebrating that milestone with our friends, colleagues and generous donors.
Middle East Policy has been one of the world’s most cited publications on the region since its inception in 1982, and our Breaking Analysis series makes high-quality, diverse analysis available to a broader audience.
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MEPC Staff
This year started with a series of significant political developments in the Middle East. The Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia, the collapse of the Lebanese government and the revolution in Egypt demonstrate the need for timely, thoughtful analysis of these turbulent political transitions. The archives of our journal Middle East Policy provided ample perspective on these complex events — from French foreign policy in Tunisia, to the internal challenges facing the Egyptian military, to the history of U.S. aid to Cairo. Our leadership has also spoken publicly about these events, including a recent interview by Executive Director Thomas Mattair with Russian Television.
Our first Capitol Hill Conference Series of 2011 convened leading experts including Bruce Riedel (Brookings), Ambassador Philip Wilcox (Foundation for Middle East Peace), Brian Katulis (Center for American Progress) and our president Frank Anderson to expand upon the status of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and their relationship to U.S. national interests. For the first-time ever, this conference was live-streamed to audiences around the world through the Council web site, greatly expanding our reach and the ability of global audiences, particularly those in the Middle East, to participate.
Our ongoing efforts to educate U.S. audiences about the complex political, economic and social fabric of the Middle East will continue in 2011 through both our educational and policy arms. Our TeachMideast education program will conduct around 60 workshops in 2011, reaching an estimated 1,800 teachers in school systems across the United States. On the policy side, our new series Middle East In Focus is published weekly and summarizes viewpoints from Middle East media outlets on the most important news of the week. And our visiting scholar Mark Katz (George Mason University) just finished a 22-part series titled “The ‘War on Terror’ in Perspective,” providing one of the most thorough recollections to date of the different dimensions to the U.S. led “War on Terror.”
We are looking forward to these continuing programs in the coming months along with the publication of our spring 2011 journal and our 64th Capitol Hill Conference this April. The Middle East Policy Council will also celebrate its 30th anniversary this year and we look forward to celebrating that milestone with our friends, colleagues and generous donors.