Middle East Strategy at Harvard

From Mark T. Clark
I am happy to report that the inaugural conference for the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (AMESA) on April 25-26, 2008 went extremely well. The title of the conference was “Evolution of Islamic Politics, Philosophy and Culture in the Middle East and Africa: From Traditional Limits to […]

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From Stephen Peter Rosen and Martin Kramer
Today is April Fools’ Day, and no day could be more auspicious for an exercise in counterfactual history. In that spirit, MESH is pleased to offer a new paper by MESH member Walter Laqueur, entitled Disraelia: A Counterfactual History, 1848-2008. Laqueur, whose many books include an acclaimed history of […]

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From Stephen Peter Rosen and Martin Kramer
From the inception of this public website, we imagined that it would have a companion forum for the exchange of ideas among persons with a professional interest in U.S. strategy and foreign policy. We call that companion MESHNet. MESHNet is a members-only message board, ideal for hosting open and […]

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From Robert Satloff
Attention all authors! If you have been toiling away in obscurity, frustrated that a Field Guide to the Birds of the Middle East is in the Amazon top ten of Middle East books instead of your just-published masterpiece, then The Washington Institute has the answer: The Washington Institute Book Prize.

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From Mark T. Clark
As some of you may know, I am currently serving as president of a new, interdisciplinary academic association that promotes the highest standards of research and teaching in the fields of Middle Eastern studies, African studies and their related disciplines.

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