Instructor: Mitchell Bard, Ph.D. In many ways, Israel is a miracle. The odds were against its establishment and survival, yet it emerged as a triumph of Zionism. While its accomplishments are many and impressive in technology, medicine, and science, it also has faced internal challenges such as poverty, the integration of immigrants, and religious-secular tensions. …
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Instructor: Walid Phares, Ph.D. The Middle East has changed, and these changes will affect world geopolitics on security, economic, diplomatic, and human rights grounds. How is U.S. foreign policy interacting with this sensitive region? Should Washington continue in the same direction, or should it develop new policies? This lecture by Dr. Walid Phares will examine …
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Instructor: Robert G. Rabil, Ph.D. In "The Washington Post," Biden raised a central question to his foreign policy approach: "Will the democratic alliances and institutions that shaped so much of the last century prove their capacity against modern-day threats and adversaries? I believe the answer is yes!" Critics have called this approach the "Biden Everything …
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