Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East
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The center provides comprehensive and objective analyses of political and social trends across the #MiddleEast from experts @RiceUniversity's @BakerInstitute
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REGISTER: The White House’s Brett McGurk will discuss the #Gaza conflict, humanitarian support, and regional security with Baker Institute Director Ambassador David M. Satterfield. From our new series with Al-Monitor.
📅 May 8 | 6 pm CDT
Register: bit.ly/3VxawCl.
📚New book alert! Kelsey P. Norman, Ana Martín Gil & coauthor Nick Micinski wrote a chapter in “Migration Governance in North America” exploring the use of development aid for #migration control in Central America & Africa.
You can get the book here: mqup.ca/migration-gove…
There is still time to register! Join us on May 2. Experts Amali Tower, Every Shelter's Scott Key & Zeinab F. Shuker will discuss how #climatechange is impacting livelihoods & fueling #displacement in the #MENA & draw parallels with other world regions.
RSVP: bit.ly/49TuqLb
Nonresident fellow MerissaKhurma joined The New Arab podcast to discuss the recent #Iranian strike against #Israel and Israel's response.
🔊Listen below.
newarab.com/podcast/iran-a…
We got to spend some time with our Rice University RAs yesterday. Thanks for all your hard work this semester!
“Reports that The Line may be scaled back significantly is actually a positive move if it injects greater realism into a project whose initial scale appeared fanciful and difficult to translate into reality,” fellow Kristian Ulrichsen told The Cradle. thecradle.co/articles/saudi…
“For the Gulf Arab states, which have called for dialogue and diplomacy to prevent a regionalization of the war in #Gaza , a full-blown conflict between #Israel and #Iran would place them firmly in the crossfire,” writes Kristian Ulrichsen for Arab Center Washington DC.arabcenterdc.org/resource/gulf-…
Direct #Iranian and #Israeli attacks are “a milestone, because it's completely changed the rules of engagement between the two adversaries,” nonresident fellow MerissaKhurma told Voice of America.
voanews.com/a/middle-east-…
ICYMI: Read fellow Kristian Ulrichsen's new article for The Conversation U.S..
He explores #Oman 's pivotal role in back-channel diplomacy between #Iran and the US amid escalating tensions in the #MiddleEast .
theconversation.com/oman-serves-as…
Nonresident fellow MerissaKhurma joined The Wilson Center's Need to Know podcast to discuss the recent attack by #Iran on #Israel and its implications for the region.
🔉 Listen below wilsoncenter.org/audio/middle-e…
“ #Gulf foreign policies are stretched very thin after the April 15 attack because of the increasing tension between their indispensable strategic partnership with the US & a delicate détente with #Iran ,” Yasmine Farouk ياسمين فاروق writes for ISPI.
Read more 👇ispionline.it/en/publication…
Yesterday, a delegation from Baker Institute met with Iraqi Prime Minister Al Sudani about Iraq's energy strategy. The delegation included CES's director Ken Medlock, energy fellows Mark Finley and Jim Krane, and Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East's Kristian Ulrichsen.
“There is a growing gap between the policies of the U.S. and #Israel toward the conduct of the war in #Gaza and possible endgames to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” Baker Institute founding director Edward P. Djerejian writes in The Hill.
thehill.com/opinion/intern…
📣 NEW EVENT: Presented by Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East, join us for a discussion with refugee experts and advocates Amali Tower, Every Shelter’s Scott Key, and Zeinab F. Shuker on the relationship between #ClimateChange & #migration in the Middle East and North Africa. 🌍
bit.ly/49pRels
