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The Middle East Society is a component of Florida International University’s Department of International Relations and Geography.  Our goal is to foster a long-term partnership with the local community through lively debate and discussion about matters concerning the Middle East.

Our next event will feature...

2006-2007 Calendar 

 

"On the Ground in Iraq"

Michael Oreste

Diplomat-in-Residence, FIU

Sunday, February 25  2007

2:00pm -3:30pm, Bldg. AC-I, Room 194 on Biscayne Bay Campus  

Each year, the U.S. Department of State assigns Senior Foreign Service Officers to the position of Diplomat in Residence (DIR) at certain colleges and universities throughout the United States. The DIR program is central to the effort to recruit the best and brightest to represent America's rich diversity to the world.

 

 
Sunday, September 10:

The Explosion of  Petropolitics in the Middle East

Edwin Black

http://www.edwinblack.com

Award-winning, New York Times

Best-selling Author

Saturday, November 18:

at 3:00 PM, Mary Anne Wolfe Theatre:

U.S. Policy in the  Middle East

Senator Bob Graham

Sunday, December 3:

The Complex Network of the Terror Money Trail

Jonathan Schanzer

Terrorism Analyst, U.S. Department of Treasury

Sunday, January 28:

Human Rights in the Middle East

 Roundtable

Sunday, February 25: 

On the Ground in Iraq

Michael Oreste

Diplomat-in-Residence, FIU

Sunday, March 11:

Treacherous Triangle: The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States

Dr. Trita Parsi

http://www.tritaparsi.com/biography.htm

President, National Iranian American Council

* EVENT FOR M.E.S  MEMBERS ONLY*

Wednesday, September 27 at 6:30 PM

International Pavilion, MARC Building, University Park Campus

Dr. David Menashri

Head of the Center for Iranian Studies

Tel Aviv University

 

Events are FREE for degree seeking students

 Unless otherwise specified, events will be held on Sunday from 2:00 – 3:30 PM at the FIU Biscayne Bay Campus, Bldg. AC-I, Room 194.  Parking is complimentary.
   

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