Middle East Strategy at Harvard

Israel America Academic Exchange (IAAE) is a new organization that sponsors educational missions to Israel for American scholars in the fields of political science, international relations, international law, international economic development, modern history, and Middle East studies. By special arrangement, participants in the inaugural mission (June 22-29) have been invited to guest-post their impressions and [...]

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Israel America Academic Exchange (IAAE) is a new organization that sponsors educational missions to Israel for American scholars in the fields of political science, international relations, international law, international economic development, modern history, and Middle East studies. By special arrangement, participants in the inaugural mission (June 22-29) have been invited to guest-post their impressions and [...]

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From MESH Admin
We’ve been preoccupied at MESH with our Thursday, April 30 symposium on “Iran: Threat, Challenge, or Opportunity?” at Harvard. The symposium will begin at 4:00 pm, and will proceed in two panels:
• Analogies
Michael Mandelbaum, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
Martin Kramer, Olin Institute, Harvard University
Jacqueline Newmyer, Long Term Strategy Group
Alan Dowty, Kroc [...]

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From Stephen Peter Rosen and Martin Kramer
Middle East Strategy at Harvard (MESH) is a virtual reality every day of this semester—except one. On Thursday, April 30, MESH will sponsor an afternoon symposium under the title “Iran: Threat, Challenge, or Opportunity?” The event will offer the Harvard community a sample of current thinking from a selection [...]

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From Robert Satloff
It’s time to remind new authors (and their publishers) that the May 1 deadline for the 2009 Washington Institute Book Prize approaches. This prize, inaugurated last year, is awarded annually to three outstanding new books that have illuminated the Middle East for American readers. It is also one of the most rewarding prizes [...]

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From David Schenker
As everyone who follows the Middle East knows, in recent years there’s been a veritable explosion of Arabic language news sources on the region. The proliferation of satellite news channels, blogs, and websites offers Middle Easterners and outside scholars a lot of choices.
Traditionally, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy has been focused [...]

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From MESH Admin

The underlying problem for the West is not Islamic fundamentalism. It is Islam, a different civilization whose people are convinced of the superiority of their culture and are obsessed with the inferiority of their power. The problem for Islam is not the CIA or the U.S. Department of Defense. It is the West, [...]

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