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M. Khadduri Prof. of Middle Eastern Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Mr. Ajami is the Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle East Studies at the School for Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University, a position he has held since 1980. He has been since 1989 a contributing editor of U.S. News & World Report for which he has written on American foreign policy, Middle Eastern politics and contemporary history. Mr. Ajami is the author of numerous books including: The Arab Predicament, The Vanished Imam, Beirut : The City of Regrets, The Dream Palace of the Arabs: A Generation’s Odyssey, andThe Foreigner’s Gift: The Americans, the Arabs and the Iraqis in Iraq. In 1982, he was granted the five-year MacArthur Prize Fellowship. In 2006 he received the Bradley Prize for Outstanding Achievement. In November 2006 he was awarded the National Humanities Medal. He is a member of the board of advisers of Foreign Affairs.He is based in New York, NY.
July 11, 2006
| Speaker: | Fouad Ajami, Author, The Foreigner’s Gift: The Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraq; and M. Khadduri Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University |
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| Presider: | Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations |
Audio
Listen to Fouad Ajami discuss his book The Foreigner's Gift: The Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraq as part of the Council's Iraq: The Way Forward Series.
See more in Society and Culture, U.S. Strategy and Politics
July 11, 2006
| Speaker: | Fouad Ajami, Author, The Foreigner’s Gift: The Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraq; and M. Khadduri Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University |
|---|---|
| Presider: | Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations |
Video
Watch Fouad Ajami discuss his book The Foreigner's Gift: The Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraq as part of the Council's Iraq: The Way Forward Series.
See more in Society and Culture, U.S. Strategy and Politics
July 11, 2006
| Speaker: | Fouad Ajami, Author and M. Khadduri Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University |
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| Presider: | Leslie H. Gelb, President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations |
Transcript
Author Fouad Ajami and CFR President Emeritus Leslie Gelb discuss the history and current state of Iraqi politics as well as the prospects for the country’s future.
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June 5, 2006
| Speakers: | Fouad Ajami, M. Khadduri Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University Vali R. Nasr, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations |
Video
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June 5, 2006
| Speakers: | Fouad Ajami, M. Khadduri Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University Vali R. Nasr, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Presider: | Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations |
Audio
Listen to experts discuss the marginalized Shia population and its potential influence U.S.policy in the Middle East.
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June 5, 2006
| Speakers: | Fouad Ajami, Majid Khadduri Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University Vali R. Nasr, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Professor, Naval Postgraduate School |
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| Presider: | Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations |
Transcript
Panelists discussed the marginalized Shia population and how it might influence U.S. policy in the Middle East.
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November 11, 2005
| Speaker: | Ahmad Chalabi, Deputy Prime Minister, Iraq |
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| Presider: | Fouad Ajami, M. Khadduri professor of Middle Eastern studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University |
Transcript
November 11, 2005
| Speaker: | Ahmad Chalabi, Deputy Prime Minister, Iraq |
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| Presider: | Fouad Ajami, M. Khadduri professor of Middle Eastern studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University |
Audio
May/June 2005
| Author: | Fouad Ajami, M. Khadduri Prof. of Middle Eastern Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University |
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Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
January 31, 2005
Fouad Ajami, M. Khadduri Prof. of Middle Eastern Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
November 15, 2004
| Speaker: | Olivier Roy, Professor, L'Ecole des Hautes en Sciences Sociales; Senior Researcher, Centre national de la Recherche Scientifique; and Author, Globalized Islam: The Search for a New Ummah |
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| Presider: | Fouad Ajami, M. Khadduri Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies |
Video
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April 22, 2004
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July 3, 2003
| Author: | Fouad Ajami, M. Khadduri Prof. of Middle Eastern Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University |
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Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
April 11, 2003
Fouad Ajami, M. Khadduri Prof. of Middle Eastern Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
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January/February 2003
| Author: | Fouad Ajami, M. Khadduri Prof. of Middle Eastern Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University |
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Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
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December 4, 2002
| Speakers: | Richard N. Haass, Director of Policy Planning Staff, U.S. Department of State Fouad Ajami, M. Khadduri professor of Middle Easter Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University |
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Transcript
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