American University in Cairo Middle East Studies Center

22/01/2025

The Middle East Studies Program (MESP) in collaboration with the Arab Political Science Network (APSN) and the Center for Economic, Legal, and Social Studies and Documentation (CEDEJ), cordially invites you to a webinar discussion on
"War and State (De)Formation in MENA"
Date: 27 January 2025 Time: 8 am EST / 1 pm London / 3 pm Cairo
Speakers: Lisa Anderson, Adham Saouli and Sean Yom
Moderator: May Darwich
This is the first session in a five-part series titled Politics and War in MENA that will run monthly until May and will bring together researchers and professionals to reflect on, discuss, and share their expertise using multi-disciplinary approaches and experiences.
Use the following link to register
https://us06web.zoom.us/.../WN_FEB03ADjR3C8By4k_LGv7w...
Simultaneous interpretation to Arabic is available. سوف يتم توفير ترجمة فورية إلى اللغة العربية*

12/11/2024

Tahrir Dialogue Series 108
The School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
invites you to the upcoming event,
"Assessing America's Elections: Implications for the US, The Middle East, and The World"
Monday, November 18th
from 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Oriental Hall, Tahrir Campus
To register for the webinar, please click
https://aucegypt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TNUCeCW4QTeYg6jHlzwMVg #/registration

18/02/2024

12/11/2023

The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR) cordially invites you to attend the following talk titled "The Gaza War: Implications for the United States and Egypt" Featuring AUC Professors David Dumke and Karim Haggag moderated by CASAR Director Mark Deets on Monday, November 20, 2023 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm in GAPP Executive Education Room P090, AlJameel/BEC Building, plaza level, beside the AUC bus gate.

Professors Dumke and Haggag will deliberate about the current daily escalations and the regional and international repercussions of the Gaza War.

For more info or questions email [email protected]

David Dumke is Executive Director of the Office of Global Perspectives & International Initiatives at the University of Central Florida (UCF), and a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at American University in Cairo for the Fall 2023 semester. He was the founding director of UCF’s Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd Program for Strategic Research & Studies, as well as the Office of Middle East and South Asia Initiatives. He teaches Middle East history, U.S. foreign policy, and American politics, and has written extensively on these subjects. He also is host and executive producer of WUCF-TV’s award-winning Global Perspectives (Public Broadcasting Service). He spent the early part of his career in the U.S. Congress, working for Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-Michigan), Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan), and Rep. Fred Upton (R-Michigan). He has extensive experience in the Middle East and North Africa working with NGOs, think tanks, the private-sector, and regional governments – including the Arab Republic of Egypt.

Ambassador Karim Haggag is a career Egyptian diplomat with over 25 years of service in Egypt’s diplomatic corps and is currently serving as a professor of practice at the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at The American University in Cairo (AUC). Throughout his career, he has served in numerous capacities focusing on US-Egyptian relations, Middle East regional security, arms control and non-proliferation, and Arab-Israeli diplomacy. His assignments have included serving as director of the Egyptian Press and Information Office in Washington DC. From 2002-2007; the Office of the Presidency in Cairo was responsible for US-Egyptian relations and economic policy coordination (2002-2007); and the political section of Egypt’s embassy in Washington (1997-2002) where he was responsible for politico-military affairs and the Middle East peace process. In addition to his diplomatic assignments, Haggag was also a visiting professor with the Near East and South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University in Washington DC (2011-2013) and is currently a non-resident fellow at the Middle East Initiative at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

12/11/2023

"The Gaza War: Implications for the United States and Egypt"

Featuring AUC Professors David Dumke and Karim Haggag moderated by CASAR Director Mark Deets

Monday, November 20th from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm – GAPP Executive Education Room P090, Aljameel/BEC Building, plaza level, beside the AUC bus gate

Professors Dumke and Haggag will deliberate about the current daily escalations and the regional and international repercussions of the Gaza War.

Make sure to join us for this intriguing panel discussion over light snacks.

For more info or questions email us at: [email protected]

About the panelists:

David Dumke is Executive Director of the Office of Global Perspectives & International Initiatives at the University of Central Florida (UCF), and a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at American University in Cairo for the Fall 2023 semester. He was founding director of UCF’s Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd Program for Strategic Research & Studies, as well as the Office of Middle East and South Asia Initiatives. He teaches Middle East history, U.S. foreign policy, and American politics, and has written extensively on these subjects. He also is host and executive producer of WUCF-TV’s award-winning Global Perspectives (Public Broadcasting Service). He spent the early part of his career in the U.S. Congress, working for Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-Michigan), Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan), and Rep. Fred Upton (R-Michigan). He has extensive experience in the Middle East and North Africa working with NGOs, think tanks, the private-sector, and regional governments – including the Arab Republic of Egypt.



Ambassador Karim Haggag is a career Egyptian diplomat with over 25 years of service in Egypt’s diplomatic corps and is currently serving as a professor of practice at the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at The American University in Cairo (AUC). Throughout his career, he has served in numerous capacities focusing on US-Egyptian relations, Middle East regional security, arms control and non-proliferation, and Arab-Israeli diplomacy. His assignments have included serving as director of the Egyptian Press and Information Office in Washington DC. From 2002-2007; the Office of the Presidency in Cairo was responsible for US-Egyptian relations and economic policy coordination (2002-2007); and the political section of Egypt’s embassy in Washington (1997-2002) where he was responsible for politico-military affairs and the Middle East peace process. In addition to his diplomatic assignments, Haggag was also a visiting professor with the Near East and South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University in Washington DC (2011-2013) and is currently a non-resident fellow at the Middle East Initiative at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

26/12/2022

Invitation

The School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) will hold an event in cooperation with the Embassy of Japan in Cairo titled “From the Far East to the Middle East: A Japanese View on Regional Dynamics with a Focus on the Red Sea” on Monday, January 9, 2023, 5:00 - 7:00 pm (Cairo Time) (GMT+2) in Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir.

In addition, the event will be conducted as an online webinar; to attend online please register:

https://aucegypt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_afMv1-EAQrOM_1c3ObFKAA

English-Arabic translation will be available for attendees.

12/10/2022

The Political Economy of the Financial Crisis in Lebanon and its Implications" Dr. Samir Aita (Wednesday October 12 | 1-2pm)

05/10/2022

Join us on Wednesday October 12, 2022 at 1pm.

05/10/2022

Join us on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 1pm

29/07/2022

Graduate Studies Open House
10th September 2022

Dear Prospective Graduate Student,

Founded in 1919, AUC is a leading English-language, American-accredited institution of higher education and center of intellectual, social and cultural life of the Arab world. Its community of students, parents, faculty and staff, trustees, alumni and other generous sponsors represent more than 60 countries.

The University’s educational assets include the largest English-language academic library collection in Egypt, three modern theaters and 15 cross-disciplinary research centers. The University’s modern, 260-acre New Cairo campus constitutes a visionary investment in the future of Cairo, Egypt and the region — a state-of-the-art facility for advanced research, innovative teaching, lifelong learning and civic engagement.

Join our Graduate Studies Open House in AUC New Cairo campus on Saturday 10th September 2022. You will learn about our over 50 masters and PhD programs, as well as financial aid and fellowship opportunities to finance your education.

You will also get the chance to attend information sessions for programs of your interest and talk with program representatives; in addition to a general session about the graduate admissions and application process.

To learn more and to sign up for the event, please check the Graduate Studies Open House website: https://www.aucegypt.edu/academics/graduate-studies/open-house.

Saturday, September 10, 2022 AUC New Cairo The Graduate Studies at AUC Open House for Fall 2022 is an excellent opportunity for those interested in graduate studies to explore programs offered at AUC in various disciplines such as science, engineering, humanities, social sciences, management, and e...

15/09/2019

31/03/2019

On 31 March 2019, Professor Andrew Moravcsik, Director of the European Union Program at Princeton University, gave a lecture at MESC titled "Why Democratic Populist Foreign Policies are Doomed to Disappoint". In front of a mixed audience of students and journalists he discussed the zero-sum approach of populist politicians and their false claims that politics is simple and always just. He made his case using a number of examples from Europe and the US.

26/03/2019

On March 21, 2019, Dr Alexander Neidermeier, DAAD Visiting Professor at Cairo University gave a public lecture “Between Values and Security: Migration as Multi-Dimensional Challenge to the EU and MENA-States”. Dr Neidermeier highlighted the progression of EU capabilities and institutionaliation, EU member state contexts, relations, legal issues and impact in the MENA region. The event brought to a close a series of eightEU supported public lectures which MESC has hosted at the AUC Tahrir Square campus.

MESC wishes to thank all the speakers who have taken part in the series, including

- Alexander Niedermeier, Visiting Professor, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University
- Ian Black, Visiting Senior Fellow, Middle East Centre, The London School of Economics and Political Science
- Eckart Woertz, Senior Research Fellow, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)
- Martin Beck, Professor, Center for Contemporary Middle East Studies, The University of Southern Denmark in Odense
- Florence Gaub, Deputy Director, European Union Institute for Security Studies
- James Moran, Associate Senior Research Fellow, The Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels
- Steven Blockmans, Senior Research Fellow, The Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels
- Marco Giuli, Policy Analyst, European Policy Centre, Brussels
- Eduard Soler, Senior Researcher and scientific coordinator of the MENARA Project, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs

12/03/2019

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Center for American Studies and Research in collaboration with the Middle East Studies Center have the pleasure to invite you to its next event "Donald Trump Meets Xi Jinping: Great Power Exceptionalism and the World" by Dr. Thomas De Luca, Professor of Political Science, Director of the International Studies Program at Fordham University, USA on Monday, March 18th, 2019 | 1 – 2 pm | GAPP Executive room P085 - Al Jameel Building • AUC New Cairo Campus

For more information: [email protected]

We are looking forward to seeing you

12/02/2019

On February 5, 2019, MESC co-hosted with the Japan Institute of International Affairs an event titled Egypt - Japan Cooperation in the Evolving Strategic Context of the Middle East and Asia, supported by the Embassy of Japan in Cairo. The event brought together a number of presentations on topics including 'Towards Free and Open Indo Pacific Ocean: New Perspectives from Japan and its Possible Implication to the Middle East Region' and 'Lessons from Japanese - Egyptian Cooperation'. The keynote was given by H.E. Ambassador Kenichiro Sasae, Former Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan and President of the Japan Institute of International Affairs.

16/01/2019

MEST 5202 - Interdisciplinary Seminar in Middle East Studies: Mediterranean Politics
Instructor: Dr. Robert Mason
Tuesdays 5:00 - 7:25 pm
MESC Conference Room, 2175 HUSS Building

This course introduces postgraduate students to the history, institutions and foreign policy frameworks of the EU and the specific issues raised by contemporary EU interactions in the Southern Neighborhood (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, and Tunisia). We consider the complexities of the EU policy-making process across 28 member states. We also assess various EU foreign policy initiatives, such as the European Neighborhood Policy, and the impact of new developments within the EU such as Brexit, and across the neighborhood, such as the Arab Spring.