Middle East Dialogue 2021 Videos
Opening Plenary: Current Developments in Afghanistan
His Royal Highness Prince Nadir Naim of Afghanistan
Digitalisation and the Gulf’s Labour Market in the Post-pandemic Era: Policy Interventions for Bridging the Skills Gap on Technology-skill Supply and Demand
Náder Alyani, Bloomsbert Associates, Aachen
Yussra S. Jamjoom, University of Business and Technology (UBT), Jeddah
Yousuf Hamed Al Balushi, Oman Smart Investment Gateway, Muscat
Kurds in Turkey and Turkish-Russian Relations
Chair: John Dolan, Faculty Director, School of Security and Global Studies, American Military University
Kurds in Turkey: Equal Partners? Discriminated Minority?
Evren Altinkas, University of Guelph
The Kurdish Factor in Turkish-Russian Relations
Ahmet Yavuz Gurler, University of Trakya
Israeli-Palestinian Relations
Chair: Mark Kass, American Public University System
Pinkwashing Disability
Kevin Vollrath, Churches for Middle East Peace
Foreign Policies toward the Israel-Palestine Question Now that the Two-State Solution Has Become Unattainable
Ian S. Lustick, University of Pennsylvania
Iran’s Relations with Palestine; Past, Present, Future
Seyed Ali Alavi, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
Biden's Iran Strategy and America's Use of Targeted Killings
Supporting the People of Iran Should be Part of Biden's Iran Strategy
Shahram Ahmadi Nasab Emran, Saint Louis University
America’s Use of Targeted Killings: Legal and Moral Issues During Armed Conflict
John Jamison, American Military University
Victim Blaming: How a Gendered Practice Expands into International Relations. The Case of the Israeli Palestinian Conflict
Anna Garbar, New Story Leadership
Rawan Odeh, New Story Leadership
Lauren Hess, Georgetown University
Comparing Arab and American Populism: Rhetorical Parallels and Authoritarian Paradoxes
Sahar Khamis, University of Maryland, College Park
Randall Fowler, University of Maryland, College Park
Democracy and Education
Chair: Donna M. HessSchool of Security and Global Studies, American Public University System
Role and Structure of Parliaments in Arab Countries: The Status Quo
Bashar H. Malkawi, University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
Changes in Haredi Education in Israel: A Comparative Perspective from the United States
Ilan Fuchs, American Public University System
Military Intervention and Political Threats
How Military Intervention Led to the Recreation of the Libyan Terror State
Benjamin Varlese, American Military University
Political Threats and Military Intervention
Matthew Timmerman, American University
Islam, the West, and Returning Islamist Foreign Fighters
Chair: Kate BrannumProgram Director, Global Security & International Relations, School of Security and Global Studies, American Public University System
Islam & the West: A Relationship of Incompatibility or Merely One of Misunderstanding?
Anouar El Younssi, Oxford College of Emory University
Returning Islamist Foreign Fighters: Threats and Challenges to the West
Elena Pokalova, National Defense University
The MENA Region, a Mirror for the New “New World Order”?
Barah Mikaïl, Saint Louis University, Madrid
Russia and the MENA Region
Adlene Mohammedi, UMR PRODIG, Paris
China and the MENA Region
Guy Burton, Vesalius College, Brussels School of Governance
Russia and the MENA Region
Adlene Mohammedi, UMR PRODIG, Paris
China and the MENA Region
Guy Burton, Vesalius College, Brussels School of Governance
Dynamics of Change in the Gulf
Samuel Greene, Shepherd University
Nathan Toronto, Carnegie Middle East Center
Sobhon Khairy, Pilot44 Labs, San Francisco
Understanding Terrorist Recruitment: How Terrorist Ideology Influences Recruitment: An Examination of Islamic Terrorist Groups Ideological Strategies
James Hess, American Military University
Jacek Lubecki, Georgia Southern University
John Dolan, Faculty Director, School of Security and Global Studies, American Military University
Jorge Vazquez, American Military University
Bahrain: New Developments
Chair: Marine Hermes, UN Liaison Officer, Next Century Foundation
Ali Alaswad, former Bahraini MP, Alwefaq opposition party
William Morris, Next Century Foundation