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M. Khadduri Prof. of Middle Eastern Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Mr. Ajami is the Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle East Studies at the School for Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University, a position he has held since 1980. He has been since 1989 a contributing editor of U.S. News & World Report for which he has written on American foreign policy, Middle Eastern politics and contemporary history. Mr. Ajami is the author of numerous books including: The Arab Predicament, The Vanished Imam, Beirut : The City of Regrets, The Dream Palace of the Arabs: A Generation’s Odyssey, andThe Foreigner’s Gift: The Americans, the Arabs and the Iraqis in Iraq. In 1982, he was granted the five-year MacArthur Prize Fellowship. In 2006 he received the Bradley Prize for Outstanding Achievement. In November 2006 he was awarded the National Humanities Medal. He is a member of the board of advisers of Foreign Affairs.He is based in New York, NY.
May/June 2009
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
Itamar Rabinovich’s commanding new book makes clear that change in Syria will not come quickly or easily -- and, if the past is any indication, it may not come at all.
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September 10, 2008
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Fouad Ajami, adjunct research fellow at the Hoover Institution, compares the overarching foreign policy philosophies of Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), and contrasts the 2008 race with presidential campaign of 1960.
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July 11, 2006
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Listen to Fouad Ajami discuss his book The Foreigner's Gift: The Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraq as part of the Council's Iraq: The Way Forward Series.
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July 11, 2006
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Watch Fouad Ajami discuss his book The Foreigner's Gift: The Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraq as part of the Council's Iraq: The Way Forward Series.
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July 11, 2006
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Author Fouad Ajami and CFR President Emeritus Leslie Gelb discuss the history and current state of Iraqi politics as well as the prospects for the country’s future.
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June 5, 2006
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June 5, 2006
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Listen to experts discuss the marginalized Shia population and its potential influence U.S.policy in the Middle East.
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June 5, 2006
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Panelists discussed the marginalized Shia population and how it might influence U.S. policy in the Middle East.
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November 11, 2005
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November 11, 2005
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January 31, 2005
Interview
April 22, 2004
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April 11, 2003
Interview
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January/February 2003
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December 4, 2002
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