Jackson School Director and Professor Reşat Kasaba recently shared his views in an interview with KUOW radio about Trump’s decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear agreement. He stated that Iran was not in breach of the international agreement and expressed concern that a move away from the treaty will further isolate the United States, strengthen the

Updated August 15, 2018

Jackson School Director and Professor, Dr. Reşat Kasaba, an expert on Turkey, writes in media outlet K24 on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s use of the concepts “native” and “national” to strengthen anti-western, nationalist and Islamist rhetoric in Turkey. English Summary:   Recently there has been a growing emphasis on the superiority of “local” and “national” in Turkey. This

Jackson School of International Studies Affiliate Professor and Baker Institute fellow for the Middle East, Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, recently published an article for the Washington Post discussing the implications of President Trump’s recent meeting with Qatari Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani. He writes: “Today, President Trump is to meet with Qatari Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani

Updated May 10, 2018

This article first appeared on the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies site. By Sara Molaie My first encounter with Judaism goes back to Winter 2013, when I enrolled in the Jewish Cultural History course taught by Professor Devin Naar. As an Iranian and a follower of the Baha’i faith, I found the Semitic, or Middle Eastern, elements of

On February 26,2018, the Middle East Center hosted a talk by Esra Bakkalbaşioğlu, a Ph.D. Candidate in the Interdisciplinary Program in Near and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle, entitled: “Politics of Infrastructure: Minorities’ Access to Water and Electricity in Turkey and Israel.” Along with providing public safety, there is nothing more

On February 22, 2018, a panel of experts discussed the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Yemen. A UNICEF Report says 9.6 million children (80% of all the children in Yemen) need humanitarian assistance, and the World Food Program predicts the deaths of 150,000 malnourished children in the next few months. The current cholera outbreak, a direct

The experience of the Jewish people is a story with many facets. It is a story of refugees, a story of exile, a story of enlightenment, a story of genocide. It is also a story of political movements, a story of religion, a story of history, and a story of philosophy. Yet this is not