Burnish your foreign policy credentials and benefit from up-to-date insights on the Middle East. Hear directly from policy-makers, Middle East ambassadors, and Brookings experts on topics including the Israel/Palestine confl ict, the Iraq war, relations with Iran, and the evolving situation in Afghanistan. Discuss regional security, political, economic, social, and religious trends—with a particular focus on how they may affect U.S. foreign policy, trade, and energy security. This course gives you a unique opportunity to hear directly from the people shaping policy both at home and abroad.

Course Information

Location:
Washington, DC

Tuition:
$2,575

Dates:

Apr 27 - Apr 29, 2010
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Contact:
Peter Schoettle
Director, Policy Programs
202.797.6094
or pschoettle@brookings.edu

The March 2008 course featured speakers including:

  • Egyptian Ambassador Nabil Fahmy
  • Israeli Ambassador Sallai Meridor
  • Kurdistan Representative Quban Talabany
  • Al Jazeera Bureau Chief Abderrahim Foukara
  • Saban Center Director and former Ambassador Martin Indyk
  • Brookings Senior Fellow Bruce Riedel
  • Former Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Central Command General Anthony C. Zinni

Program Benefits

  • Real understanding of emerging trends in the Middle East
  • Opportunities to interact with regional policy-makers, not just U.S.-based experts
  • New perspectives on how developments in the Middle East can affect your organization

Competencies

  • External awareness
  • Political savvy

Praise for this Program

“An outstanding program that provided a broad view of Middle East issues with real open and honest discussion on the really historically hard problems. I would recommend this program to academics [as well as to] government, military, and industry leaders.”
—Jeffrey Johnson, The Boeing Company

“Probably the best program I’ve attended.”
—Katherine Boyd, Department of the Treasury