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There is a striking shift in the power and relationships in the Middle East today. Turkey is looking outward and asserting a greater influence in regional politics; Egypt is turning inward as domestic issues and the presidential elections next year take center stage. Iraq is more stable even while Yemen becomes more fragile and concern over Iran’s nuclear program is now shared by many in the region.
What are America’s interests and responsibilities in the shifting sands of the new Middle East?
This two part program will examine current US relationships and vital interests with views from distinguished Middle East experts, Ussama Makdisi, on August 24th and Haim Malka, on August 26th.
Haim Malka is deputy director and senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. His principal areas of research include violent non-state actors, the Arab-Israeli conflict, North Africa, and political Islam. Before joining CSIS in 2005, he was a research analyst at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, concentrating on Israeli-Palestinian issues and U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Malka spent six years living in Jerusalem while working as a television news producer covering the region. He holds a BA from the University of Washington in Seattle and an MA from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. He is a frequent commentator in print, on radio, and on television. He is the author of numerous articles on Hamas and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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