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Presentation of the 9th Annual Benjamin Franklin Award to Gen. James Mattis
General Mattis is widely known within the U.S. military as the most revered Marine Corps officer in a generation. With a reputation for candor, a career of combat achievements, and a library that once spanned 7,000 books, Gen. Mattis...
Read more »President’s Remarks – 2013 Annual Dinner
Alan H. Luxenberg is President of the Foreign Policy Research Institute. These remarks were delivered as his Presidential Address at FPRI’s 2013 Annual Dinner. ...
Read more »Russia Resurgent? Political Development in Eurasia and the Former USSR
Russia’s resurgence raises a host of questions. Specifically, what does this mean for the future of democracy in the former Soviet republic? How have recent shifts in Russian-American relations influenced Russian ambitions in the “near abroad?” What role –...
Read more »Does Democracy Have a Future in the Middle East
“Does Democracy Have a Future in the Middle East?” by Sean L. Yom at FPRI’s Middle East History Institute on “The Invention of the Middle East, Post-World War One, and the Reinvention of the Middle East, Post-Arab Spring,” in...
Read more »al-Qaeda 2.0
“al-Qaeda 2.0” by Clint Watts at FPRI’s Middle East History Institute on “The Invention of the Middle East, Post-World War One, and the Reinvention of the Middle East, Post-Arab Spring,” in Pittsburgh, PA on November, 2-3, 2013. ...
Read more »Iranian Grand Strategy under the Ayatollahs
“Iranian Grand Strategy under the Ayatollahs” by Amin Tarzi at FPRI’s Middle East History Institute on “The Invention of the Middle East, Post-World War One, and the Reinvention of the Middle East, Post-Arab Spring,” in Pittsburgh, PA on November,...
Read more »The Muslim Brotherhood: From Inception until the Present Day
“The Muslim Brotherhood: From Inception until the Present Day” by Eric Trager at FPRI’s Middle East History Institute on “The Invention of the Middle East, Post-World War One, and the Reinvention of the Middle East, Post-Arab Spring,” in Pittsburgh,...
Read more »The Sunni-Shi’a Divide in a Post-Arab Spring Middle East
“The Sunni-Shi’a Divide in a Post-Arab Spring Middle East” by Samuel Helfont at FPRI’s Middle East History Institute on “The Invention of the Middle East, Post-World War One, and the Reinvention of the Middle East, Post-Arab Spring,” in Pittsburgh,...
Read more »The Middle East Before the Arab Spring
“The Middle East Before the Arab Spring” by Adam Garfinkle at FPRI’s Middle East History Institute on “The Invention of the Middle East, Post-World War One, and the Reinvention of the Middle East, Post-Arab Spring,” in Pittsburgh, PA on...
Read more »The Ottoman Middle East
“The Ottoman Middle East” by Michael A. Reynolds at FPRI’s Middle East History Institute on “The Invention of the Middle East, Post-World War One, and the Reinvention of the Middle East, Post-Arab Spring,” in Pittsburgh, PA on November, 2-3,...
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