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FOREIGN POLICY SEMINAR
THE MIDDLE EAST - A Political-Economic Conflict Seminar
March 1-3, 2005
The political and strategic landscape of the Middle East in 2007 remains marked by violent conflicts in Iraq, Lebanon, and on the Israel-Palestine front. In Iraq, the very existence of that country as a unitary state is in doubt, given the rising tempo and brutality of sectarian violence. The United States will likely be forced to make some tough political and military decisions if the Iraqi government does not show more success in combating terrorist groups.
The challenges facing the United States by an increasingly assertive and aggressive Iran are sure to mount throughout the region, from the Persian Gulf and Iraq to southern Lebanon. The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah was, in part, a proxy war between the United States (and Israel) and Iran over a host of issues, most prominent among them, Iran's nuclear program.
American diplomacy will be hard pressed in 2007 to contain hostilities in Palestine-Israel, continue the war against extremist Islamists groups, and promote its democracy agenda at a time when reformers in the region are complaining they have been abandoned by the Bush Administration.
This annual Middle East Political Economic Conflict Seminar will examine these and other issues, focusing on American options in the Middle East, as well as the future of peace, democracy and stability in this volatile part of the world.
SEMINAR TOPICS
- How American Foreign Policy Has Misread the Middle East
- U.S. Security Interests in the Middle East
- The Drive for Middle East Democracy: The End of the Road?
- Arab and Muslim Attitudes Towards the United States
- Iraq, Iran, and the United States: A Regional Perspective
- Assessing the Future of Iraq and the Implications for American National Interests
- The Dubai Phenomenon: Virtual or Real?
- Tomorrow's Big Problem: Iran and a Nuclear Middle East
- Dealing with Hamas and Hezbollah
- Turkish-American Relations: The Time Bomb in Northern Iraq
- Syria and the United States: Shifting Relations and the Risks of Miscalculation
- Jordan, Kuwait and Yemen: The Other Stories
- Reporting on the Middle East: Are Americans Getting the Real Story?
- The Struggle for the Soul of Islam
- United States and Saudi Arabia: A Precarious Future
- Afghanistan: Opium Politics and the Return of the Taliban
- How Al-Qaeda is Mutating in the Muslim World and the West
ABOUT ALAN L. FREED ASSOCIATES
Alan L. Freed Associates specializes in the design and development of non-partisan Public Policy Seminars for senior managers and executives of the federal government. Through a series of high-level, off-the-record presentations, these seminars provide attendees with an understanding of the fast-paced political, policy, and procedural developments that affect their careers and the mission of their Agency.
In 1976, Alan L. Freed Associates founded and developed the original Capitol Hill Workshop and White House Workshop. Alan L. Freed Associates has designed and conducted more than 800 executive-level public policy seminars in Washington, DC. In addition, Alan L. Freed Associates has presented over 100 public policy seminars at various military bases around the United States. Over 500 "Washington Insiders" have made presentations in the past 30 years. These public policy seminars are a widely recognized and highly respected component of leadership training and executive development in the federal government.
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