The Middle East Forum presents this week's webinars.
Drones and the Transformation of Warfare
with Seth Frantzman
As militaries incorporate artificial intelligence and new air defenses into modern warfare, drones increasingly play a central role. In Ukraine, Russia uses imported Iranian drones to terrorize Ukrainian civilians. Iran drills to target Israeli naval facilities. The West and China race to roll out the best new drones. How will these new systems, combined with ground robots and sea-based unmanned vessels, remake war? How does it specifically affect the Middle East?
Monday, January 30, 2023
1:00pm - 1:30pm. ET
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Seth J. Frantzman is Middle East correspondent at The Jerusalem Post, and executive director of the Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis. He is the author of several books, including Drone Wars: Pioneers, Killing Machines, Artificial Intelligence, and the Battle for the Future (2021). A former lecturer at Al-Quds University, he received his BA from the University of Arizona, and his MA and PhD from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Israel Insider
with Ashley Perry
How will Israel's new, right-wing government respond to repeated and deadly attacks by Palestinians?
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
3:00 - 3:30p.m. ET
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A Muhammad Picture and Hamline's Crisis
with Dexter Van Zile
Adjunct professor Erika López Prater showed two pious, Muslim-drawn images of Muhammad in an art history class in October at Hamline University in Minnesota. When a student complained of "Islamophobia," the university responded by firing López Prater. That in turn sparked a national controversy in which almost everyone criticized Hamline. Have accusations of “Islamophobia” lost currency? Could this be a turning point for Middle East Studies?
Friday, February 3, 2023
1:00 - 1:30 p.m. ET
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Dexter Van Zile is managing editor of Focus on Western Islamism, MEF's new publication. He previously worked at the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA), where he focused on the propaganda war against Israel. He received a BA from the University of Puget Sound and an MA from Western Washington University.
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