The discussion will cover the fallout from the US/UK invasion and occupation of Iraq, the handling of the Arab Spring protests, the new US-Saudi-Israel axis aimed at countering Iran, and military expenditures.

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Peter Krause’s research and teaching focus on international security, Middle East politics, terrorism and political violence, and national movements

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Join us for a conversation with Professor Bernand Haykel, considered the leading authority on ISIS and radical jihadism in the Arab world.

Join us for a conversation with Elias Khoury, Lebanon’s most prominent novelists and activists who will read from his latest novel, Broken Mirrors: Sinacol, and discuss modern Lebanon's historic encounter with violence and the crisis facing Lebanon and the region t

Is Tunisia a Secular State?  Islam in the 2014 Tunisian Constitution

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Stephen Kinzer is an award-winning foreign correspondent who has covered more than 50 countries on five continents. His articles and books have led the Washington Post to place him “among the best in popular foreign policy storytelling.”

The lecture will be divided into three parts. 

Part one will attempt to separate rhetoric from reality by examining key political, economic and social conditions and dynamics in Gaza before and after the summer 2014 conflict, identifying Gazas major challenges and constraints.