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U.S. and the Middle East: Lessons from the Obama and Trump Administrations

Thu. September 24th, 2020
Live Online

The U.S. administration that takes office in January 2021 will formulate policies toward the Middle East and North Africa amid rising great power competition, a shifting energy landscape, and a diminished public appetite for military interventions. What lessons can be learned from the experiences of the two previous administrations? Re-Engaging the Middle East, a new book of essays edited by Dafna Rand and Andrew Miller, takes up this question across a range of countries and thematic issues.

Join us on Thursday, September 24, for a panel discussion that will bring together former Obama and Trump administration officials alongside experts from the MENA region. Together, they will take a critical look at U.S. policies under both presidents with a view toward recommendations for the next administration.

Event attendees will be provided with a 30% off discount code for purchase of the book.

Political ReformForeign PolicyCivil SocietyMiddle EastNorth Africa
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event speakers

Alexander Bick

Alexander Bick is a research scholar at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He served as Syria director at the National Security Council and on the policy planning staff under Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and John Kerry.

Joyce Karam

Joyce Karam is a Washington correspondent for the National and has covered American politics extensively since 2004, with a focus on U.S. policy towards the Middle East.

Mick Mulroy

Mick Mulroy is a senior fellow for national security and defense policy at the Middle East Institute. He served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Middle East under Secretaries of Defense James Mattis and Mark Esper.

Dafna Rand

Dafna Rand served as deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's policy planning staff, and on the staff of the National Security Council. 

Marwan Muasher

Vice President for Studies

Marwan Muasher is vice president for studies at Carnegie, where he oversees research in Washington and Beirut on the Middle East. Muasher served as foreign minister (2002–2004) and deputy prime minister (2004–2005) of Jordan, and his career has spanned the areas of diplomacy, development, civil society, and communications.