Jonaton Shimshoni

In the fall 2024, the Belfer Center and Middle East Initiative Senior Fellow Dr. Barham Salih, former President of Iraq (2018-2022), conducted a study group focused on the recent history and future of Iraq’s political and economic sphere. Participants from across Harvard University benefited from Dr. Salih’s extensive cross-section of public and private sector experience. Subheading: A Region in Flux Dr. Salih’s study group came at a time of escalating change in the Middle East.

In-Person Seminar Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students Join Middle East Initiative Faculty Chair Professor Tarek Masoud, former Ambassador to Syria and MEI Senior Fellow Edward Djerejian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Professor Rana Khoury, and Professor at The George Washington University and Middle East Institute Senior Fellow Ibrahim Al-Assil for a discussion on the fall of Assad and the future of Syria. Registration is required. Open in person to HUID holders only.

Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students A conversation between MEI Faculty Chair Professor Tarek Masoud and Mouin Rabbani, Dutch-Palestinian political analyst and non-resident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. This event is part of the Middle East Initiative's "Middle East Dialogues," a series of frank, open, and probing encounters with vital and varied perspectives on the current conflict, its causes, and the prospects for peace and progress in the region.