Find a full summary of the event here. Instability in Libya after the revolution that toppled the 42 years’ authoritarian rule of Muammar Gaddafi has become a golden opportunity for extremist groups, including DAESH, Ansar al-Sharia, and Madkhali Salafis, to gain […]
Find a full summary of the event here. On October 9, 2019, Turkey began a military operation, dubbed Operation Peace Spring, into northern Syria. Turkey has long struggled with the fact that the US worked alongside the YPG in its counter […]
Find a full summary of the event here. The Russian Federation began to overcome some of its residual political, economic, and military problems progressively after the demise of the Soviet Union, and since the end of the 1990s has begun to […]
Find a full event summary here. President Trump’s recent decision to withdraw from Syria in the wake of Turkey’s operation in the north of the country has triggered a passionate debate about U.S. policy. While the US counterterrorism campaign […]
Find a full summary of the event here. As anti-government protests in Iran continue, the government is forced to confront a population increasingly dissatisfied with economic and political problems. The US maximum pressure policy appears to play a significant part on […]
Find a full summary of the event here. Early in December of 2019, Turkey signed a series of agreements with the Government of National Accord in Libya regarding maritime delimitations in the Mediterranean, mutual security assistance, and military relations. The agreement […]
Find a full summary of the event here. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite IRGC Quds military force and one of the most powerful figures in the Islamic Republic, was killed last Friday in an airstrike in Baghdad conducted by […]
The Trump administration’s recently proposed Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, dubbed “the Deal of the Century,” offers a plan to resolve the decades-old conflict all the while declaring Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel. Although it calls for an eventual Palestinian state, the Palestinian leadership expectedly rejected the plan. This peace plan has sparked controversy from global leaders, who claim that it allows annexation of Palestinian lands, ignores the right of return for refugees, and runs contrary to international law. Turkey was among the countries who opposed the plan, reiterating its support for a negotiated two-state solution. As the Palestinian Authority cut all relations with the U.S. and Israel including security cooperation, there are worries about increased tensions in the region.
April 23, 2020 3:00pm – 4:00pm Zoom Webinar Read Event Summary Here As the world struggles to manage the coronavirus pandemic, debates about US leadership and the global order have come to the fore. The rapid spread of the virus […]
April 27, 2020 2:00pm – 3:00pm Zoom Webinar Read Event Summary Here Coronavirus has disrupted the world in immeasurable ways, slowing global trade to a trickle, causing mass capital flight from emerging markets, and cratering the price of oil. As […]
April 30, 2020 2:00pm – 3:00pm Zoom Webinar Read Event Summary Here The US leadership, or lack thereof, on a host of global issues has been debated for some time now. The global financial crisis of 2008, international sanctions, Arab […]
May 4, 2020 2:00pm – 3:00pm Zoom Webinar Read Event Summary Here From various military missions around the world to membership in multilateral organizations such as the NATO alliance, the US remains deeply involved in international security despite the Trump […]
May 18, 2020 2:00pm – 3:00pm Zoom Webinar Read Event Summary Here The coronavirus pandemic is likely to redefine the US-China relationship in the months and years ahead. President Trump as well as the Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden have […]
May 20, 2020 2:00pm – 3:15pm Zoom Webinar Read Event Summary Here The recent outbreak of COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted vulnerable populations around the world. With a fundamentally ill-equipped healthcare system, continuous bombing of hospitals and the use of humanitarian […]
May 27, 2020 2:00pm – 3:00pm Zoom Webinar As the world has turned its focus to the global pandemic, the conflict between the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) and General Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) has continued unabated. Despite […]
Read the Event Summary Here June 1, 2020 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Zoom Webinar We live in a period of great uncertainty about the fate of America’s global leadership. Many believe that Donald Trump’s presidency marks the end of […]
June 3, 2020 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Zoom Webinar Read Event Summary Here As the United States moves ever closer to the November elections, the competition begins to heat up. For the Democrats, former Vice President Joe Biden is […]
Zoom Webinar Read Event Summary Here The conflict in Libya has recently developed in a new direction. With the retreat of General Haftar’s forces from Tripoli and the GNA’s recent advances towards the key city of Sirte, the dynamics on […]
Zoom Webinar Read Event Summary Here Since the announcement of the Trump peace plan in January as the “solution” to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the expectation for Israel to annex parts of the West Bank has increased in likelihood. The […]
June 24, 2020 2:00pm – 3:00pm Zoom Webinar Read Event Summary Here The world came to a screeching halt after George Floyd, a black man from Minneapolis, was murdered by a police officer. For 8 minutes and 46 seconds, Derek […]
The Event Summary can be found here July 9, 2020 12:00pm –1:00pm Zoom Webinar Read Event Summary Here Turkey’s involvement in Libya over the past several months has been decisive in changing the balance of power on the ground. […]
July 15, 2020 10:00am –11:00am Zoom Webinar Read Event Summary Here Four years after the July 15 failed coup attempt, Turkey finds itself at a significantly changed geopolitical environment. Since that fateful day, Turkish security and foreign policies have been […]
July 15, 2020 10:00am –11:00am Zoom Webinar Read Event Summary Here Four years after the July 15 failed coup attempt, Turkey finds itself at a significantly changed geopolitical environment. Since that fateful day, Turkish security and foreign policies have been […]
July 16, 2020 10:00am –11:00am Zoom Webinar Read Event Summary Here The US-Turkey defense relationship has become more complicated in recent years and has served as a source of tension at times. The two NATO allies have long-standing security ties […]
July 20, 2020 10:00am –11:00am Zoom Webinar Read Event Summary Here The trade battle between China and the U.S. didn’t start with Trump and won’t end with him, argue Bob Davis and Lingling Wei. The two countries have a long […]
July 27, 2020 12:00pm –1:00pm Zoom Webinar Read Event Summary Here In 2017, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE and Egypt severed diplomatic ties with Qatar, launching an economic blockade by land, air and sea. The self-proclaimed ‘Anti-Terror Quartet’ offered maximalist […]
July 29, 2020 10:00am – 11:00am (EST) Zoom Webinar Read Event Summary Here On Friday, July 24th, Turkish President Erdoğan joined hundreds of fellow worshipers for the first Friday prayers in 86 years inside Hagia Sophia. Built in the 6th […]
August 12th, 2020 12:00pm – 1:00pm (EST) Zoom Webinar Read Event Summary Here Before entering Trump’s personal orbit, John R. Bolton was most famous for his stint as United States Ambassador to the United Nations, where his views contra the […]
August 14th, 2020 2:00pm – 3:30pm (EST) Zoom Webinar Read Event Summary Here Since its establishment 19 years ago, Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) has transformed the country’s politics, economy, and culture in many different ways. As […]
August 18th, 2020 2:00pm – 3:00pm (EST) Zoom Webinar Read Event Summary Here Since the end of the Cold War, American-Russian relations have waxed and waned, depending on the administration in Washington, following a pattern of a ‘reset’ and then […]