Mapping Religious Authority in the Middle East: Findings from a Recent Public Opinion Survey
A.Kadir Yildirim, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
Selective Religious Incivility and Islamophobia in the Workplace
Darrell Norman Burrell, Florida Institute of Technology
How the Presence of the Presidency of Religious Affairs Undermines Secularism in Turkey
Feryal Cubukcu Can, Georgia State University
The Refugee Information Hub
Mary-Jane Deeb, Library of Congress
From Beirut to Jerusalem… to Hiroshima? The Middle East, Peace Building and Japan’s “City of Peace”
Ray Matsumiya, University of the Middle East Project
Does Israel Have a Future? A Consideration of Threats to Israel’s Existence
Steven R. David, Johns Hopkins University
Israel’s Cultural Diplomacy: The Eurovision Song Contest as Battleground
Christina Kiel, Tulane University
The Challenge of U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Middle East
Martha Bayles, Boston College
Mapping Cultural Diplomacy Instruments in Contemporary Turkey
Zulal Akin, Tulane University
Security for Small States Chair/Moderator: Igor Kovac, George Washington University
Domestic Security for Small States: Lessons from Teaching Homeland Security in the Gulf
Samuel R. Greene, Shepherd University
Security for Small States: Lessons for the Middle East from Latin America
Mark Hamilton, Inter-American Defense College
Women’s Gain and Challenges
Wijdan Alsayegh, University of MichiganThomas Zimmerman, Washtenaw Community College
Women and Social Media in the Middle East
Zayer Baazaoui, University of Miami
Assessment of President Donald Trump’s Disengagement Foreign Policy Toward the Middle East and Its Consequences
Ahmed Y. Zohny, Coppin State University
Is Trump’s America First Policy Truly Putting America First
Sahar Khamis, University of Maryland
Trump’s Policy in Syria
Radwan Ziadeh, Middle East Arab Center, Washington DC
What is Khomeinism?
Mark Silinsky, Haifa University Leah Silinsky, US National Defense University
Engaging with New Societies: Proper Policies Needs Proper Knowledge
Amin Nash, Claremont Graduate University
The Sykes-Picot Agreement and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Whitney F. Martinez, Claremont Graduate UniversityAmir M. Rashed, Claremont Graduate University