The following lectures were recorded live at Middle East Forum Briefings. Simply click on the links below to hear these presentations in their entirety and view written summary accounts.
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"My Pentagon Years" (May 8, 2008)
by Douglas J. Feith, former undersecretary of defense for policy in the Bush administration, and professor of national security policy at Georgetown University. |
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What's at Stake for the West in Lebanon? (March 6, 2008)
by David Wurmser, former advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, and author of Tyranny's Ally: America's Failure to Defeat Saddam Hussein. |
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Culture and Conflict in the Middle East (January 29, 2008)
by Philip Carl Salzman, author of the book, "Culture and Conflict in the Middle East". |
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Jihad and the Presidential Candidates: An Assessment (December 11, 2007)
by Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch and author of two New York Times bestsellers. |
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America's Flawed Ideas in the Middle East (October 29, 2007)
by Martin Kramer, author of "Ivory Towers on Sand" and is the Senior Middle East Advisor to the 2008 presidential campaign of Rudy Giuliani. |
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The Iran Threat: President Ahmadinejad and the Coming Nuclear Crisis (September 12, 2007)
by Alireza Jafarzadeh, author of the book "The Iran Threat", and former US spokesman for the National Coalition of Resistance of Iran.. |
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The Soviets' Nuclear Gamble in the Six-Day War (June 6, 2007)
by Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez, co-authors of the book "Foxbats Over Dimona". |
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Guests of the Ayatollah (April 19, 2007)
by Mark Bowden, journalist and author of "Guests of the Ayatollah". |
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My Year Inside Radical Islam (March 5, 2007)
by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, senior consultant for the Gerard Group International. |
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The Threat to Israel's Existence: Why It's Back, What It Means (February 15, 2007)
by Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum. |
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My Vision for Israel (December 12, 2006)
by Avigdor Lieberman, minister of strategic affairs and deputy prime minister of Israel. |
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Righteous Muslims (December 11, 2006)
by Robert Satloff, executive director of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. |
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The Palestinian Authority's Double Game: Preach Peace and Incite War (November 21, 2006)
by Itamar Marcus, founder and director of Palestinian Media Watch (PMW). |
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Londonistan (November 15, 2006)
by Melanie Phillips, prominent British journalist, recipient of the Orwell Prize, and author of six books. |
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Betrayal: France, the Arabs, and the Jews (November 2, 2006)
by David Pryce-Jones, senior editor of National Review. |
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Energy Alternatives and the War on Terror (October 30, 2006)
by R. James Woolsey, former Director of Central Intelligence. |
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How is Israel's Economy Withstanding the Test of War (October 24, 2006)
by Ron Dermer, Israel's Minister of Economic Affairs in the United States. |
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Are Professors Promoting Anti-Israel Attitudes on Campus? (September 10, 2006)
by James R. Russell, Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies, Harvard University. |
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Londonistan: Radical Islam and the Disintegration of British Society (May 17, 2006)
by Melanie Phillips, a prominent British journalist and author of six books and the recipient of the Orwell Prize for journalism. |
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The Case for America as "Goliath" (April 28, 2006)
by Michael Mandelbaum, the Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C.. |
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Can the United Nations Be Helpful in the Middle East? (March 21, 2006)
by John Bolton, U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, former Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. |
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Can Arabs Be Democrats? (December 9, 2005)
by Barry Rubin, editor of the Middle Eastern Review of International Affairs and the Director of the Interdisciplinary Center at the Global Research in International Affairs in Israel. |
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Dealing with the Iranian Threat (September 16, 2005)
by Patrick Clawson, deputy director for research of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. |
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Tehran Rising (September 14, 2005)
by Ilan Berman, vice president for policy at the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, DC. |
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The Islamist Challenge to American Security (September 22, 2004)
by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., founder and president of the Center for Security Policy in Washington, DC. |
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Israel's Creation: The Untold Diplomatic Story (June 15, 2004)
by Daniel Mandel, associate director of the Middle East Forum. |
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Terror and Democracy in the Middle East (May 20, 2004)
by Michael Ledeen, an expert on U.S. foreign policy and the Freedom Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. |
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Preachers of Hate: Islam and the War on America (April 21, 2004)
by Kenneth R. Timmerman, investigative reporter and best-selling author. |
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Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict (March 23, 2004)
by Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum and member of the presidentially-appointed board of the U.S. Institute of Peace. |
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How to Regain Momentum in the War on Terror (February 17, 2004)
by David Frum, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and former presidential speechwriter. |
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Shutting Down Terrorist Financing (December 11, 2003)
by David Aufhauser, former chief legal advisor to the U.S. Treasury and senior policy advisor to the secretary.. |
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Arafat's War (December 2, 2003)
by Efraim Karsh, Director of Mediterranean Studies at King's College, University of London. |
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Taking Baghdad: A First-hand Account (November 20, 2003)
by Lt. Col. Scott Rutter, commander of the 2-7 Infantry, distinguished military graduate of Campbell University, winner of the Bronze Star for valor. |
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Financing Palestinian Terror (October 31, 2003)
by Ilka Schröder, Member of European Parliament and winner of the Theodore Lessing Prize for Exemplary Action. |
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Turning Off the Tap of Terrorist Funding (September 19, 2003)
by Rachel Ehrenfeld, director of the New York-based American Center for Democracy. |
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Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books (June 6, 2003)
by Azar Nafisi, visiting professor of literature at Johns Hopkins University, specializing in the study of Iran, Middle East culture, and human rights. |
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The Syrian Occupation of Lebanon (May 13, 2003)
by Gary C. Gambill, research associate at the Middle East Forum and a consultant to Freedom House. |
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The Current Crisis Through the Eyes of the Greeks (May 6, 2003)
by Victor Davis Hanson, professor of classics at California State University in Fresno. |
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The Iraq War: How It Was Seen in the Middle East (April 21, 2003)
by Jonathan Schanzer, Soref fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. |
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The Saudi State and Terrorism (April 4, 2003)
by Dore Gold, former Israeli ambassador to the U.N. |
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Saudi Arabia and the Rise of the Wahhabi Threat (February 27, 2003)
by Stephen Schwartz, senior policy analyst with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies based in Washington, DC. |
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The Threat Posed by Hezbollah (November 26, 2002)
by Eyal Zisser, assistant professor of Middle Eastern and African history at Tel Aviv University. |
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Leaders and Followers: Sources of Terrorism (March 21, 2002)
by Anthony Lake, assistant to former President Clinton on national security affairs from 1993 to 1997. |
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The Struggle for the Temple Mount (May 2, 2001)
by Gershom Gorenberg, author of The End of Days: Fundamentalism and the Struggle for the Temple Mount. |
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Saddam's Bombmaker (April 2, 2001)
by Khidhir Hamza, former director general of Saddam Husayn's nuclear program and co-author of. |
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Dealing with Saddam Husayn (March 7, 2001)
by R. James Woolsey, director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency during the Clinton administration from 1993-1995. |
