Since the end of October 2022, Lebanon has not had a president despite suffering from a persistent and worsening politico-economic crisis characterized by extreme poverty, uncertainty, and state failure.
Please join Gönül Tol, Director of MEI’s Turkey Program, for a discussion of her newest book, Erdoğan’s War: A Strongman’s Struggle at Home and in Syria. In conversation with Robert Worth, New York Times, Tol will discuss Erdoğan’s ideological evolution from a conservative democrat to an Islamist and Turkish nationalist, as well as how his ideological transformation impacts policy on Syria and Turkey’s wars. A light lunch will be served. Speakers
On Nov. 1, Israelis will head to the polls for an unprecedented fifth election in three years. The outgoing ruling coalition, headed by Prime Minister Yair Lapid and his former coalition partner Naftali Bennet, will be looking to stave off a comeback by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu, who appears to have the wind at his back, has re-emerged as a source of unity and strength for the Israeli right, including previously shunned extremist elements.
Arab Barometer, which has been tracking the views of ordinary citizens across the Middle East and North Africa since 2006 and is the longest-standing and largest repository of publicly available data on those views, recently completed its seventh round of polling in the region. The data was collected between October 2021 and July 2022 and is based on face-to-face interviews with thousands of citizens across the 10 countries polled.
Please join us for a fireside chat with H.E. Dr. Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation for the Arab Republic of Egypt, moderated by Mirette F. Mabrouk, Senior Fellow and Founding Director of the Egypt Program, MEI. In the lead up to the COP27 climate conference, taking place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, Dr.