{"id":4995,"date":"2023-11-20T11:50:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T11:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/veranstaltung\/the-us-and-a-new-middle-east"},"modified":"2025-12-03T10:58:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:58:04","slug":"the-us-and-a-new-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"kreisky_event","link":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/veranstaltung\/the-us-and-a-new-middle-east","title":{"rendered":"THE US AND A NEW MIDDLE EAST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6flL1JExrtA\"><strong>YOUTUBE PREMIERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Eva Nowotny in conversation with Henri J. Barkey and Ellen Laipson<\/h4>\n<h4>THE US AND A NEW MIDDLE EAST<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Until Hamas' attack, Biden's administration had largely relegated the region on the back burner, as it focused first on a pivot to Asia then on responding to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Now, Biden has to confront an explosion of violence in the region, challenging also his political support at home as well as the unity with and among US allies abroad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Henri J. Barkey<\/strong> is Senior Fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and the Bernard L. and Bertha F. Cohen chair in international relations at Lehigh University, Pennsylvania. Previously he was the director of the Middle East Center at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ellen Laipson <\/strong>is the Director of the Master's in International Security degree programme and the Center for Security Policy Studies in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. She joined Mason University after a distinguished 25-year career in government and as president and CEO of the Stimson Centre (2002-15).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eva<\/strong> <strong>Nowotny<\/strong>, Ambassador ret., Member of the Board of Bruno Kreisky Forum<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YOUTUBE PREMIERE Eva Nowotny in conversation with Henri J. Barkey and Ellen Laipson THE US AND A NEW MIDDLE EAST &nbsp; Until Hamas' attack, Biden's administration had largely relegated the region on the back burner, as it focused first on a pivot to Asia then on responding to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 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