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The Middle East Forum presents this week's webinars.

Washington and Damascus: Make-Up Time?



With David Adesnik

The U.S. Congress firmly opposes normalizing relations with the Bashar al-Assad’s regime, which has murdered about half a million of its subjects. In contrast, Joe Biden seems ready to join with the Arab League, which recently reinstated Syria after a 12-year suspension. What’s his motivation? What would this mean for the United States and Israel? How can this step effectively be opposed?
 
Monday, June 12, 2023
1:00pm - 1:30pm ET
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David Adesnik is director of research at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, focusing on Syria and Iran. He previously worked at the American Enterprise Institute and the Department of Defense. He has a BA from Yale University, and an MA and PhD from Oxford.

 



Israel Insider
 


with Ashley Perry 

Can Israel improve on its “mowing the lawn” policy of repeated wars with Hamas and attain victory in Gaza? In this special Israel Insider, Ashley Perry interviews Brigadier General (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser about his much-noted, MEF-sponsored, recently published analysis that shows how to end this unacceptable off-and-on conflict.

Wednesday, June 14, 2023
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Yossi Kuperwasser is a leading Israeli intelligence and security expert. Formerly, he served as the head of the research division in the Israel Defense Force Military Intelligence division and Brigadier General of the Israel Ministry of Strategic Affairs. He holds a BA in Arabic Language and Literature from Haifa University, and an MA in Economics from Tel Aviv University.

 


 

Europe’s Alarming New Migrant Crisis



with Soeren Kern

Partly fueled by the conflict in Sudan and chaos in Libya, illegal migrants are again reaching in Europe in record numbers. And again, Europeans deeply disagree how to confront the crisis: Willkommenskultur or Fortress Europe? What drives this argument? How will the new wave impact Islamism in Europe? Will they win civilizationist parties new support?

Friday, June 16, 2023
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Soeren Kern, an MEF Writing Fellow, is a Spain-based a security analyst with expertise in Muslim migration to Europe and its impact. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force and formerly a writer at the Gatestone Institute, Mr. Kern holds a BS from Georgetown and studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
 


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