Events Archive

Jul 2017

July 31, 2017 Lone Wolf: Passing Fad or Terror Threat of the Future?

July 28, 2017 In the Warlord's Shadow : Embracing New Strategies to Fight the War on Terror

July 13, 2017 Turkey and the Failed Coup One Year Later

Jun 2017

June 23, 2017 Preparing to Counter ISIS 2.0: European CT Efforts Since Charlie Hebdo

June 16, 2017 Islamist Terrorism in the West

June 1, 2017 LBJ and the June 1967 War: Lessons from the American Role

May 2017

May 17, 2017 How Much Has the Trump Presidency Influenced Iran's Election?

May 15, 2017 The Rise of Jihad in Europe: Views from France

May 9, 2017 President Trump and the Middle East: Strategy and Policy after 100 Days

May 1, 2017 The Trump-Abbas Meeting: Issues, Constraints, and Ways Forward

Apr 2017

April 24, 2017 After the Jihad: The U.S. Response to Foreign Terrorist Fighters

April 18, 2017 Turkey's 'New Sultan': Prospects for Future U.S. and Regional Policy

Mar 2017

March 31, 2017 Stopping Extremists from Becoming Terrorists: A Strategy for the Trump Administration

Feb 2017

February 8, 2017 Trump-Netanyahu Meeting: A Reset for U.S.-Israel Relations?

February 6, 2017 After the Ayatollahs: The Middle East Post-Khamenei

Jan 2017

January 30, 2017 President Trump and the Middle East: Views from Israel

Nov 2016

November 14, 2016 The Day After Mosul: Lessons from Kirkuk

November 10, 2016 A New President and the Middle East

Oct 2016

October 27, 2016 Post 'Caliphate': The Future of the Salafi-Jihadi Movement

October 21, 2016 Counter-Error: Separating Fact from Fiction in the Middle East

October 18, 2016 The Rise and Fall of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood

October 13, 2016 The Evolution of Terrorism Financing: Disrupting the Islamic State

Sep 2016

September 26, 2016 America's Anxious Allies: Trip Report from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Israel

September 22, 2016 The Road to Mosul: Reports from the Field

September 21, 2016 How Technology Has Transformed the Terrorist Threat Fifteen Years after 9/11

September 19, 2016 Russia and the Syria Ceasefire Deal

September 15, 2016 An Inside Look at Israeli National Security Strategy

September 9, 2016 The Military Campaign against the Islamic State: An Assessment

September 7, 2016 U.S.-Iran Competition: Prospects and Limits of Cooperation

Aug 2016

August 11, 2016 A Transformative Experience: Understanding Hezbollah's Involvement in Syria

August 2, 2016 Prosecuting Assad: War Crimes, Mass Atrocities, and U.S. Policy

August 1, 2016 Energy and U.S. Middle East Policy in an Era of Plentiful Oil

Jul 2016

July 20, 2016 Inside Turkey's Failed Coup: What Happened? Why? What Next?

July 13, 2016 Teaching Terror: The Islamic State’s Textbooks, Guidance Literature, and Indoctrination Methods

July 8, 2016 Israeli Perspectives on International Peace Initiatives

Jun 2016

June 24, 2016 Rethinking the U.S. Military Role in the Middle East

May 2016

May 5, 2016 A Conversation on Security and Peace in the Middle East with HRH Prince Turki al-Faisal, Saudi Arabia and Maj. Gen. (ret.) Yaakov Amidror, Israel

Apr 2016

April 12, 2016 Does the Middle East Still Matter? The Obama Doctrine and U.S. Policy

April 5, 2016 Combating Genocide: Reassessing the Fight Against the Islamic State

Mar 2016

March 25, 2016 Terror in Europe: Combating Foreign Fighters and Homegrown Networks

March 22, 2016 The Syrian Kurds: Whose Ally?

March 17, 2016 Putin's Middle East Policy: Causes and Consequences

Feb 2016

February 26, 2016 Internet Security and Privacy in the Age of the Islamic State

February 8, 2016 The Future of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Mosul, Economic Crisis, and Self-Determination

Dec 2015

December 22, 2015 Roundtable: Preserving a Path to a Two-State Solution

December 14, 2015 The Islamic State: New Inside Views

December 11, 2015 Is There a 'Moderate' Islam?

Nov 2015

November 23, 2015 After Paris: French Voices on the Challenge of ISIS, Syria, Iraq, and Islamist Terrorism

November 20, 2015 Mobilizing Against a ‘Preeminent Challenge of the Twenty-First Century’: Countering Violent Extremis

November 5, 2015 Cooperating, Not Condoning: Toward a More Constructive U.S.-Egypt Policy

November 4, 2015 The Rise of ISIS: 'Remaining and Expanding'

November 3, 2015 The Iraqi Kurdish Battle against ISIS: Reports from the Front

November 2, 2015 The Day After Turkey's Snap Elections

Sep 2015

September 25, 2015 2015 Schiff Memorial Lecture: Israeli National Security in a Changing Regional Environment

May 2015

May 28, 2015 Iraq and Iranian Influence: Between Balancing and Hezbollah-ization?

May 15, 2015 Money Flow in the Age of ISIS

Apr 2015

April 29, 2015 30th Anniversary Keynote Address by Vice President Joe Biden

April 1, 2015 Making Sense of Chaos in the Middle East: Multiple Wars, Multiple Alliances

Mar 2015

March 19, 2015 Outrage but No Action: The Obama Administration's Response to Syria's 'Caesar Photos' (listing)

Feb 2015

February 25, 2015 Fighting for Moderate Islam: Ideas and Activism on the New Front Line

February 23, 2015 U.S.-Israel Relations: A Changing Landscape?

February 20, 2015 Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters

February 13, 2015 Salafism in Lebanon

February 6, 2015 The Fight Against ISIL: Shiite Militias and the Coalition Effort

Jan 2015

January 29, 2015 Reports from across the Green Line: Politics and Policy in Israel and the West Bank

Dec 2014

December 16, 2014 The Battle of Ideas 2.0: Combating ISIS Ideology at Home and Abroad

December 4, 2014 Jihadism on the Rise in Europe: The Dutch Perspective

Nov 2014

November 6, 2014 The New 'Tri-Border' Region: Emerging Threats Along the Israel-Lebanon-Syria Frontier

Oct 2014

October 31, 2014 ‘Jewish and Democratic’: Implications of Israel’s Self-Description, at Home and Abroad

October 23, 2014 Schiff Memorial Lecture: Reflections on Islamism

Sep 2014

September 29, 2014 2014 Samuel W. Lewis Memorial Symposium

September 22, 2014 Defeating ISIS: From Strategy to Execution

September 11, 2014 Gaza and Beyond: The Arab-Israeli Arena in the Wake of the Hamas War

Aug 2014

August 7, 2014 Gaza: From Fighting to Ceasefire

Jul 2014

July 23, 2014 The Conflict in Gaza: Recalculating the Political-Military Equation

July 9, 2014 Red Lines: Inside the Battle for Freedom in Syria

July 2, 2014 Iraq's Crisis and the KRG

Jun 2014

June 13, 2014 Iraq's Dire Situation

June 2, 2014 Toward the Sisi Era: A New Page in U.S.-Egypt Relations?

May 2014

May 28, 2014 How the FBI Is Evolving to Meet Threats in a Changing Environment

May 12, 2014 Morocco's Approach to Countering Violent Extremism

May 8, 2014 2014 Weinberg Founders Conference

Apr 2014

April 29, 2014 Israel vs. al-Qaeda: Emerging Challenges on Two Fronts

April 25, 2014 Islamists in Government: Do They Moderate Once in Power?

April 17, 2014 The Syrian Conflict: Where Strategic Interest and Humanitarian Urgency Intersect

April 10, 2014 Memorial Event: Barry Rubin

April 4, 2014 U.S. Policy and the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse

Mar 2014

March 31, 2014 Turkey's Elections: Vote of Confidence or Game-Changer?

March 26, 2014 Revisiting U.S. CVE Efforts One Year After the Boston Bombing

March 14, 2014 Western Foreign Fighters in Syria: Implications for U.S. CVE Efforts

March 7, 2014 Turkey's Transformation: Prospects and Limits

Feb 2014

February 25, 2014 Confronting the Changing Face of Al-Qaeda Propaganda

February 21, 2014 Iran's Nuclear Debate: The Domestic Politics

February 4, 2014 Israel, America, and a Churning Middle East: A Trip Report

Jan 2014

January 27, 2014 Conflict in Syria: Geneva II and the Road Ahead

Nov 2013

November 19, 2013 Between the 'First Step' with Iran and Nuclear Fallout with Israel

November 14, 2013 The Kurdish Crescent: New Trends in Syria, Turkey, Iraq, and Iran

November 13, 2013 New Strategies for Countering Homegrown Violent Extremism

Oct 2013

October 15, 2013 Soccer's Impact on Middle East Politics

October 10, 2013 Israel's National Challenges, at Home and Abroad with Yair Lapid

October 9, 2013 Israeli Security Policy in an Uncertain Middle East with Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Gilad, IDF

October 1, 2013 Seventh Annual Scholar-Statesman Award Dinner

Sep 2013

September 3, 2013 Book Launch: Hezbollah's Global Footprint

Aug 2013

August 28, 2013 Beyond the Redline: U.S. Opportunities with Syria's Armed Opposition

Jun 2013

June 28, 2013 Arming the Syrian Rebels: Sliding Toward Iraq or Inching Toward Stability

June 14, 2013 Israel's Security Policy in a Changing Middle East with Moshe Yaalon, Defense Minister of Israel

June 13, 2013 Turkey: Will Protests at Home Affect Its Foreign Policy?

June 7, 2013 The Islamic Republic's Will to Survive: Likely Nuclear Resistance, Unlikely Social Revolt

June 3, 2013 Israel in the Whirlwind: A New Government Meets A Changing Security Environment

May 2013

May 9, 2013 Instant Analysis: Commentary on Secretary Hagel's Remarks

May 9, 2013 U.S. Defense Policy in the Middle East with Chuck Hagel

May 9, 2013 2013 Soref Symposium

May 9, 2013 Inside Syria: The Battle Against Assad's Regime

May 9, 2013 Egypt's Revolution, Two Years On: Transition in Distress?

May 9, 2013 Israel's New Government and the Challenge of Peacemaking with the Palestinians with Tzipi Livni

Apr 2013

April 17, 2013 The Death of Syria? Implications for America and the Middle East

Mar 2013

March 18, 2013 Obama to the Middle East: Expectations and Implications

March 7, 2013 Field Reports on Syria and the Opposition

March 5, 2013 Dateline Egypt and North Africa: Updates from the Field

Feb 2013

February 27, 2013 A Conversation on the Middle East featuring Senator Marco Rubio

February 8, 2013 Europe's Hizballah Problem

February 7, 2013 Year of Decision: U.S. Policy toward Iran in 2013

Jan 2013

January 31, 2013 Asset Test: New Strategic and Economic Dimensions of U.S.-Israeli Relations

January 18, 2013 Elections in Israel and Jordan: Implications for U.S. Policy

January 16, 2013 Inside U.S. Public Diplomacy toward the Middle East

January 14, 2013 Turkey Rising: Challenges and Prospects for the New Administration

Dec 2012

December 20, 2012 Is the End Near in Damascus?

December 18, 2012 Rockets versus Missiles in the Second Gaza War

December 14, 2012 Egypt on the Brink (Again)

Nov 2012

November 28, 2012 The Future of U.S.-Egypt Relations: Engagement without Illusions

November 8, 2012 After the Election: Implications for U.S. Middle East Policy

Oct 2012

October 10, 2012 The Future of the Palestinian Authority: Is Collapse an Option?

Sep 2012

September 21, 2012 How to Build U.S.-Israeli Coordination on Preventing an Iranian Nuclear Breakout

September 10, 2012 Syria at War: Eyewitness Views from the Turkish and Lebanese Borders

September 4, 2012 Is al-Qaeda Central Still Relevant?

Aug 2012

August 29, 2012 Inside Iran's Nuclear Program

August 1, 2012 What Arabs Don't Know about America (And How to Fix It)

Jul 2012

July 31, 2012 The Twilight War: The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran

July 25, 2012 Israel and Egypt: In-Depth Reports from a Changing Region

Jun 2012

June 19, 2012 Israeli National Security Strategy in the Expanded Coalition: A Conversation with Shaul Mofaz

June 14, 2012 Schiff Memorial Lecture with Maj. Gen. Yoav Galant (IDF, ret.)

May 2012

May 9, 2012 Egypt in Transition: What Happened to the Liberal Youths of Tahrir Square?

May 6, 2012 2012 Weinberg Founders Conference, Day 3

May 5, 2012 2012 Weinberg Founders Conference, Day 2

May 4, 2012 2012 Weinberg Founders Conference, Day 1

Apr 2012

April 26, 2012 Combating Transnational Organized Crime with William Wechsler