The Middle East Forum presents this week's webinars.
*Note: There will be no Israel Insider webinar this week.
Hezbollah's Quandary - More Power but More Hated
with Hanin Ghaddar
As Lebanon suffers from a collapsing economy and an institutional void, recent developments point to an important bifurcation: Hezbollah’s aggressive widening of power is causing a growing popular discontent toward both the group and its Iranian sponsor. Can Hezbollah sustain its control as its growing influence and unpopularity converge? What are its long-range plans? And what policy opportunities does this situation present to Washington?
Monday, August 21, 2023
1:00pm - 1:30pm ET
Online:
Click here to join just before 1:00pm ET
By Phone:
US: +17193594580,,86584930098#,,555239
Add event to calendar
Hanin Ghaddar is the Friedmann Senior Fellow in The Washington Institute's Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics, where she focuses on Shia politics throughout the Levant. She has written for the Lebanese newspapers As-Safir, An-Nahar, and Al-Hayat, and has worked as a researcher for the United Nations Development Program regional office. Ms. Ghaddar holds a BA in English literature and an MA in Middle East studies, both from the American University of Beirut.
Fighting BDS
with Eugene Volokh
The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement has become a powerful force in the United States, working to isolate Israel and its American supporters. Although BDS raises Constitutional questions, it does have First Amendment protection. That being the case, how can opponents of BDS effectively fight the movement? What other legal tactics exist? How best to expose its harmful nature?
Friday, August 25, 2023
1:00pm - 1:30pm ET
Online:
Click here to join just before 1:00pm ET
By Phone:
US: +17193594580,,82595796378#,,780962
Add event to calendar
Eugene Volokh is a professor of First Amendment law at the UCLA School of Law. He is the author of two textbooks, The First Amendment and Related Statutes (7th ed. 2020), and Academic Legal Writing (5th ed. 2016). Mr. Volokh is a former clerk for Judge Alex Kosinski on the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. He holds a BSc in mathematics and computer science, and a JD, both from UCLA.
Catch up with our previous webinars!
All webinars are recorded for viewing after the event. To view past webinars, please visit our YouTube channel or our website. |
|
The Middle East Forum, an activist think tank, deals with the Middle East, Islamism, U.S. foreign policy, and related topics, urging bold measures to protect Americans and their allies. Pursuing its goals via intellectual, operational, and philanthropic means, the Forum recurrently has policy ideas adopted by the U.S. government.
(215) 546-5406 | www.MEForum.org | @MEForum
|
|
|
|
