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Ed Husain

Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Expertise

Islamist ideologies; Islamist political movements in the greater Middle East; civil society counterradicalization strategies; government counterterrorism policies; Salafism; Sufism; Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Syria.

Programs

Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative, Middle East Program

CFR Events

Roundtable Meeting

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the Arab Uprisings: Trends and Prospects

Speaker:

Bernard Haykel, Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University

Presider:

Ed Husain, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
February 8, 2013

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Roundtable Meeting

Islamists, Secularists, and the Future of Egypt

Speaker:

AbdulMawgoud Dardery, Member and Foreign Relations Committee Spokesperson, Freedom and Justice Party

Presider:

Ed Husain, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
February 7, 2013

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Roundtable Meeting

Pakistan on the Brink: A Conversation with Ahmed Rashid

Speaker:

Ahmed Rashid, Correspondent, Far Eastern Economic Review

Presider:

Ed Husain, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
May 3, 2012

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Symposium

Session Three: Islam and Politics

Speakers:

Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow and Director of the Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, Paradise Beneath Her Feet: How Women Are Transforming the Middle East, Ed Husain, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, Michael Willis, Director, Middle East Centre and H.M. King Mohammed VI Fellow in Moroccan and Mediterranean Studies, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford

Presider:

Deborah S. Amos, Foreign Correspondent, National Public Radio
March 29, 2012 - March 30, 2012 9:00-9:30 a.m.

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Roundtable Meeting

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Foreign Policy and Extremism

Speaker:

Ruth Turner, Chief Executive, Tony Blair Faith Foundation

Presider:

Ed Husain, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
January 19, 2012

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Roundtable Meeting

The Al-Qaeda Factor: Assessing Al-Qaeda's Role in Attacks on the U.S. Homeland

Speaker:

Mitchell Silber, Director, Intelligence Analysis, New York Police Department

Presider:

Ed Husain, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
December 13, 2011

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Corporate Meeting

Egypt's Elections: A Report from Cairo

Speaker:

Ed Husain, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider:

Toni Johnson, Senior Staff Writer, CFR.org
November 29, 2011 10:30-11:30 a.m. - Conference Call

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Roundtable Meeting

Global Prospects for the Muslim Brotherhood

Speaker:

Lorenzo Vidino, RAND Corporation

Presider:

Ed Husain, Council on Foreign Relations
April 25, 2011

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Symposium

Panel Three: “Reaching Out” – Promoting Community Engagement

Speakers:

Ed Husain, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, Suhail Khan, Former Adviser, George W. Bush Administration, Abdal Ullah, Councillor, Tower Hamlets; Former Member, London Metropolitan Police Authority

Presider:

Craig Whitlock, National Security Correspondent, Washington Post
April 1, 2011

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