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SUMMARY:Arab/Israel Relations with Joseph Braude
DESCRIPTION:Joseph Braude\, founder and president of the Center for Peace Communications\, studied Near Eastern Languages at Yale and Arabic and Islamic history at Princeton. He is fluent in Arabic\, Hebrew\, and Persian. Over the past 20 years\, he has lived and worked in North Africa\, the Levant\, the Gulf states\, and Iran. His most recent book is Reclamation: A Cultural Policy for Arab-Israeli Partnership (Washington Institute for Near East Policy\, 2019). \nIn the United States\, his articles have appeared in The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine\, The Atlantic\, The American Interest\, Foreign Policy\, Glamour\, Tablet\, BookForum\, The Fix\, and Men’s Health\, among other publications. In the Arab world\, his articles have appeared in Al-Ittihad\, Al-Majalla\, Asharq Alawsat\, Al-Arabiya\, and Al-Ahdath al-Maghrebiya\, among other publications. Joseph Braude also writes a weekly column in the pan-Arab magazine Majalla. \nOn the airwaves\, Joseph Braude has contributed to Public Radio International’s America Abroad. He is a periodic commentator on NPR and PRI news programs\, and the host of Eye on Arabia\, a podcast in English. Since July 2010\, his weekly commentary in Arabic\, “Risalat New York” (“Letter from New York”)\, has aired nationally in Morocco on MED Radio. It is now available as a podcast. He makes guest appearances on leading pan-Arab TV networks\, including Al-Arabiya and Rusya al-Yawm. \nAs Advisor to the Al-Mesbar Studies and Research Center in Dubai\, Braude contributes research to its Arabic-language publications\, and participates in a variety of strategic initiatives. As Strategic Advisor to America Abroad Media in Washington\, he assists in content development and special projects in the Middle East and North Africa. He is Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute\, and a contributing editor at Tablet magazine. \nHe has served as a consulting advisor to non-profit organizations\, the U.S. government\, and the private sector in the realms of Arab civil society engagement\, strategic communications\, and counterterrorism. \nBraude’s most recent book\, Reclamation\, is the latest among four. \nThis event is co-sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Reading. \nThis event starts at 12:00 PM on Wednesday\, May 12th. \nClick here to register for this event now.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/arab-israel-relations-with-joseph-braude-2/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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SUMMARY:From Trump to Biden: Navigating Isolationist and Internationalist Traditions in U.S. Statecraft with Dr. Charles Kupchan
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Kupchan will discuss the potential course of U.S. foreign policy after four years of the Trump Administration’s America First approach. Drawing on both U.S. history and an assessment of the emerging geopolitical landscape\, he will discuss what aspects of Trump’s statecraft President Biden should reject\, what aspects he should retain\, and how the Biden Administration can best go about meeting the many strategic challenges now facing the United States. \nCharles Kupchan is Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and Professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University. From 2014 to 2017\, he served as Special Assistant to the President on the National Security Council in the Obama White House. He also served on the NSC during the Clinton Administration. Dr. Kupchan’s most recent book\, Isolationism: A History of America’s Efforts to Shield Itself from the World\, was published in 2020. He received his BA from Harvard University and MPhil and DPhil from Oxford University. \nThis event starts at 12:00 P.M. on Wednesday May 19th \nClick here to register for this event now. \nThe public is invited to watch the meeting via Facebook Live. The link will be posted one week prior to the event.
URL:https://wacreading.org/event/from-trump-to-biden-navigating-isolationist-and-internationalist-traditions-in-u-s-statecraft-with-dr-charles-kupchan/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Luncheon Meeting
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