Transforming U.S. Policy for a New Middle East

Transforming U.S. Policy for a New Middle East

Michele Dunne, Charles W. Freeman, Jr., William Quandt May 12, 2016 Washington, DC
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST

An examination of the complex consequences of U.S. policy in light of the Arab Spring, the increasing roles played in the region by China and other emerging powers, and the simmering Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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• Middle East
• North Africa

• Foreign Policy
• Political Reform
• Society and Culture
• Arab Awakening

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Please join Carnegie for a discussion of Charles W. Freeman, Jr.’s new book America’s Continuing Misadventures in the Middle East and the policy implications for the United States’ many recent military and diplomatic trials in the Middle East.
The discussion will center on the complex consequences of U.S. policy in light of the Arab Spring, the increasing roles played in the region by China and other emerging powers, and the simmering Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Charles W. Freeman, Jr.

Charles W. Freeman, Jr. is chairman of the Board of Projects International, Inc. He is also a trustee of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

William Quandt

William Quandt holds the Edward R. Stettinius chair in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia.

Michele Dunne

Michele Dunne is director and senior associate in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

About the Middle East Program

The Carnegie Middle East Program combines in-depth local knowledge with incisive comparative analysis to examine economic, sociopolitical, and strategic interests in the Arab world. Through detailed country studies and the exploration of key crosscutting themes, the Carnegie Middle East Program, in coordination with the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, provides analysis and recommendations in both English and Arabic that are deeply informed by knowledge and views from the region. The program has special expertise in political reform and Islamist participation in pluralistic politics.