Roundtable Series on Global Islamic Politics
Director: Vali R. Nasr, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies
October 2007 - Present
The challenges facing the Muslim world occupy the forefront of U.S. foreign policy. The roundtable series on Global Islamic Politics facilitates discussion and debate on key issues that will shape the direction of politics in the Muslim world in the coming years and their ensuing impact on U.S. foreign policy. Roundtables are held in both New York and Washington, DC, ensuring a wide mix of participants working in policymaking, government, business, media, and academia. Sessions will address the implications of the changing balance of power in the Middle East, the future of radical Islam in Europe, as well as Hezbollah and Iran.
Meetings
Roundtable Meeting
How the Intelligence Community Understood the Islamic Challenge
Speaker: Emile A. Nakhleh, Author, "A Necessary Engagement: Reinventing America's Relations with the Muslim World"
Presider: Vali R. Nasr, Council on Foreign Relations
April 15, 2009
Roundtable Meeting
Iran's Economic Performance and What it Means for its Politics
Speaker: Djavad Selhi-Isfahani, Virginia Tech
Presider: Vali R. Nasr, Council on Foreign Relations
March 4, 2009
Roundtable Meeting
Hezbollah Since the 2006 War: Where is the Organization Heading?
Speaker: Randa M. Slim, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Presider: Vali R. Nasr, Council on Foreign Relations
February 11, 2009
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Roundtable Meeting
Where Are We with Al-Qaeda? A Progress Report After the Mumbai Attacks
Speaker: Peter Lampert Bergen, New America Foundation
Presider: Vali R. Nasr, Council on Foreign Relations
December 15, 2008
Roundtable Meeting
The Implications of the Taliban Surge and the Rise of Extremism in Pakistan
Speaker: Barnett R. Rubin, Center on International Cooperation, New York University
Presider: Vali R. Nasr, Council on Foreign Relations
October 29, 2008
Roundtable Meeting
What Iranians Think: The Attitudes and Political Views of the Revolution's Second Generation
Presider: Vali R. Nasr, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Farhad Khosrokhavar, Visiting Professor, Yale University
April 16, 2008
Roundtable Meeting
Dubai and the Emerging Economics of the Persian Gulf: Prospects and Threats
Presider: Vali R. Nasr, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Speakers: Fareed Mohamedi, Partner and Head, Markets and Country Strategy Group, PFC Energy
Jean-Francois Seznec, Visiting Associate Professor, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University
March 5, 2008
Roundtable Meeting
The Growing Crises in Afghanistan and Pakistan: New Challenges for U.S. Policy
Presider: Vali R. Nasr, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Speakers: Mumtaz Ahmad, Professor of Political Science, Hampton University
J. Alexander Thier, Senior Rule of Law Adviser, U.S. Institute of Peace
February 6, 2008
Roundtable Meeting
Hezbollah and Iran
Presider: Vali R. Nasr, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Speakers: Houchang E. Chehabi, Professor of International Relations and History, Boston University
Augustus Richard Norton, Professor of International Relations and Anthropology, Boston University
December 4, 2007
Roundtable Meeting
The Implications of the Changing Balance of Power in the Middle East
Presider: Vali R. Nasr, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Speakers: F. Gregory Gause III, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Vermont
Jon B. Alterman, Director, Middle East Program, Center for Strategic & International Studies
October 9, 2007
Saudi Arabia on the Edge
American Force
The Struggle for Egypt
