Tally Helfont (née Aharony) is the Coordinator of FPRI's Program on the Middle East. Her current research focuses on the Levant, regional balance of power, and radical ideologies therein. Ms. Helfont has instructed training courses on behalf of K3 Enterprises in Civil Information Management to U.S. Military Civil Affairs Units and Human Terrain Teams assigned to Iraq and Afghanistan. She is the author of the FPRI monograph The Palestinian Islamic Jihad's U.S. Cell [1988-95]: the Ideological Foundations of Its Propaganda Strategy as well as numerous FPRI E-NOTES. She earned an M.A. from Tel Aviv University in Middle East Studies and is proficient at various levels in Hebrew, Arabic, and French.
On November 15th at the FPRI annual dinner Fouad Ajami was presented with the Seventh Annual Benjamin Franklin Public Service Award. The event was attended by over 360 people.
Dr. John M. Templeton, Jr. was dinner chairman.

Video of keynote address
Reflections on the Arab Spring
Fouad Ajami
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Al Qaeda and Jihadi Movements After Bin Laden
Christopher Swift
Special Partner Event
The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al Qaeda
Peter Bergen
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