Middle East Course List Fall 2019

Middle East Course List Summer 2019

Montgomery on Saudi Arabia’s nuclear ambitions | Global Policy Journal

Nuclear energy expert, geoscientist and Jackson School Lecturer Scott Montgomery discusses why Saudi Arabia desires nuclear power in an editorial titled “Why the Saudis want nuclear- and will get it.” “Much

Middle East Center Spring 2019 Course List

FLAS Alumna Kelsey Hallahan on Her Path to Petroleum Markets and Persian

Kelsey Hallahan graduated from the University of Washington in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in History and Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations.  In her sophomore year at UW, she received

Middle East Center Winter 2019 Course List

Alumna Elise Carlson-Rainer on why Trump may reconsider human rights in foreign policy | The Hill

In her opinion piece “Khashoggi prompts Trump to reconsider human rights in foreign policy,” Elise Carlson-Rainer, who received her doctorate in international studies from the Jackson School in 2016, poses

Montgomery on how the U.S. won access to Saudi oil | History Channel

In “How FDR Charmed a Saudi King and Won U.S. Access to Oil” Jackson School Affiliate Faculty Member Scott Montgomery, also a geologist, talks about how a secret meeting between

Songs of Summer with UW FLAS Fellows (Part 3: Middle East)

“My host family likes to play this song [“Ghazali“] on the TV every night and sing and dance along.” -Sydney Ward (Fez, Morocco) In Summer 2018, University of Washington Foreign

University of Washington Jackson School centers receive $13.4 million in federal funding to advance understanding of global issues

University of Washington Jackson School centers receive $13.4 million in federal funding for advancing understanding of global issues The University of Washington’s Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies has