Programs
The Council advances its mission through three programs: the quarterly journal Middle East Policy; the Capitol Hill Conference Series for policy makers and their staffs; and professional development workshops for K-12 educators through the Teach Mideast arm.
The journal Middle East Policy will publish its 112th issue in the Summer of 2012. Notable contributors include:
- Joshua Landis — "Why Asad Will Survive to 2013"
- Wolfram Lacher — "Families, Tribes and Cities in the Libyan Revolution"
- Leila Hudson — "Drone Warfare: Blowback from the New American Way of War"
- Andrew Flibbert — "The Gaza War: Instrumental Civilian Suffering?"
- Scott McConnell — "The Special Relationship: Worth the Costs?"
- Jeremy Salt — "Israel's Nuclear Weapons"
According to the Council web site:
"Fresh thinking and new insights have been our stock in trade from the beginning. The policy practitioners, analysts, economists and academics appearing in our venues have provided a wide diversity of views on the region stretching from Morocco to Afghanistan and from Central Asia to Oman. They question conventional wisdom and explain complex issues without oversimplifying them. A receptive audience has welcomed these efforts from the appearance of the first issue of the journal."
Established in 1993, the Capitol Hill Conference Series is aimed at members of Congress and their staffs, opinion leaders and members of the media. According to the Council web site "the starting point for each forum is the same: What are the interests of the United States in the Middle East, and how should they be realized?"
Recent Capitol Hill Forums include:
- The Transformation of Political Islam in the Arab Awakening: Who are the Major Players? (4/11/12)
- Israel, Turkey & Iran in the Changing Arab World (1/5/12)
- A Reawakened Rivalry: The GCC v. Iran (10/7/12)
- Arab and Israeli Peace Initiatives: A Last Chance for Negotiations? (7/25/11)
- The Arab Uprisings and U.S. Policy: What is the American National Interest? (4/28/11)
- Israeli - Palestinian Peace: What is the U.S. National Security Interest? How Can it be Achieved? (1/20/11)
- The United States in Middle Eastern Eyes: A Reliable Security Partner or a "Problem to be Managed?" (10/14/10)
- U.S. Policies Toward Israel and Iran: What are the Linkages? (7/13/10)
- Gulf Oil & Gas: What are the Producers Thinking? (4/22/10)
- Eighteen Months and Beyond: Implications of U.S. Policy in Afghanistan (1/7/10)
Video archives from these events are available on the Council website and the events are streamed live.
Since 1985, the workshops of Teach Mideast have been conducted in nearly all 50 U.S. states, reaching over 20,000 teachers.
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