U.S. Foreign Policy and the Modern Middle East

A History Institute for Teachers

Holiday Inn Olde City
4^th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia

June 25–27, 2009

Topics and Speakers

Thursday, June 25

U.S. Foreign Policy in the 20^th Century

Walter A. McDougall, Co-Chair, FPRI History Institute; Alloy-Ansin Professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania; author of Promised Land, Crusader State: America´s Encounter with the World Since 1776

Multimedia: U.S. Foreign Policy in the 20th Century, Walter McDougall
Paper: U.S. Foreign Policy Traditions and the Middle East, Walter McDougall, FPRI Footnotes, 7/2009
Handout: Eight Traditions in U.S. Foreign Policy (28K Microsoft Word document)

American Policy and the Making of the Modern Middle East

Harvey Sicherman, President, FPRI; former aide to three U.S. secretaries of state; author of Cheap Dove, Cheap Hawk, and the Pursuit of American Strategy (Prentice Hall, forthcoming)

Multimedia: Multimedia: American Policy and the Making of the Modern Middle East, Harvey Sicherman

The US and Saudi Arabia Since the 1930s

David Ottaway , Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; former correspondent for the Washington Post

The U.S. and Saudi Arabia Since the 1930s, FPRI Footnotes, 8/2009
Multimedia: The US and Saudi Arabia Since the 1930s, David Ottaway

The US and Iran from Mossadegh to Khamenei

Shaul Bakhash, Clarence Robinson Professor of History, George Mason University

The U.S. and Iran in Historical Perspective, FPRI Footnotes, 9/2009
Multimedia: The US and Iran from Mossadegh to Khamenei, Shaul Bakhash

The U.S., Zionism, and Israel

Adam Garfinkle, Editor, The American Interest

Zionism and “Jewcentricity” in American History, FPRI Footnotes, 8/2009
Multimedia: The U.S., Zionism, and Israel, Adam Garfinkle

The U.S. and Egypt Since the Suez Crisis

Steven A. Cook, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

The U.S. and Egypt Since the Suez Crisis, FPRI Footnotes, 7/2009
Multimedia: The U.S. and Egypt Since the Suez Crisis, Steven A. Cook

Teaching the Long War and Jihadism

Mary Habeck, Associate Professor of Strategic Studies, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; author of Knowing Your Enemy: Jihadist Ideology and the War on Terror (2006)

Teaching the Long War and Jihadism, FPRI Footnotes, 10/2009
Multimedia: Teaching the Long War and Jihadism, Mary Habeck
Slides for “Teaching the Long War and Jihadism” (8.7MB Microsoft Powerpoint presentation)

The U.S. and Iraq: From the First Gulf War to the Present

Kenneth Pollack, Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution; author of A Path Out of the Desert: A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East (2008).

Multimedia: The U.S. and Iraq: From the First Gulf War to the Present, Kenneth Pollack

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