U.S. Foreign Policy Moving Forward: Perspectives from the Middle East (Forum on the Arms Trade)

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U.S. Foreign Policy Moving Forward:

Perspectives from the Middle East

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Hosted by Linda Bishai

This discussion touches on a variety of topics, including the role of the United States in the major ongoing conflicts, the costs and consequences of United States arms sales to the region, and the question of whether or not the United States is in fact disengaging from the region or distancing itself from its traditional allies.

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Omar Dahi

Associate professor of economics at Hampshire College.

Omar S. Dahi is a research associate at the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and associate professor of economics at Hampshire College. He has published in academic outlets such as the Journal of Development Economics, Applied Economics, Southern Economic Journal, Political Geography, Middle East Report, Forced Migration Review, and Critical Studies on Security. His last book was South-South Trade and Finance in the 21st Century: Rise of the South or a Second Great Divergence (co-authored with Firat Demir). From 2014-2018 Dahi served as a Lead Expert on the UN ESCWA's National Agenda for the Future of Syria program. He is a co-founder and coordinator of the Beirut School of Critical Security Studies and the Latin East initiative. Dahi is the project director of Security in Context.

Jodi Vittori

Policy Adviser and Adjust Professor of International Security Affairs

Jodi Vittori is a policy adviser for the NGO Global Witness. Based in Washington, DC, she carries out educational activities to build support in the US and British policymaking communities, international financial institutions, the private sector, and globally to establish responsible baseline laws, policies, transparency, and oversight of Afghan extractive industries in order to minimize the possibility of “resource curse” induced conflict there. She is also an adjunct assistant professor at the College of International Security Affairs at the National Defense University and a term member with the Council on Foreign Relations.

Prior to joining Global Witness, Jodi spent twenty years in the US military, where she served in Afghanistan, Iraq, South Korea, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and throughout the United States; she has received numerous military awards including two Bronze Stars. Jodi worked in NATO’s only counter-corruption task force as the leader of a nine-member team dedicated to improving contracting, economic development, rule of law, and governance in Afghanistan. She has also collaborated with Transparency International’s Defense and Security Program to capture lessons learned from Western military operations in highly corrupt environments. A noted academic, Jodi taught at the National Defense University and US Air Force Academy. She is the author of the book Terrorist Financing and Resourcing as well as articles on political economy, Afghanistan, terrorism, transnational gang activity, and Islam in Africa. Jodi graduated from the US Air Force Academy and received her PhD from the University of Denver.

Samer Abboud

He is the author of the forthcoming book on the Syrian conflict entitled Syria (polity).

Samer Abboud is an Associate Professor of International Studies and currently holds the Franklyn and Evelyn ’42 Steinbrucker Endowed Chair (2015-2017) at Arcadia University. He is the author of the forthcoming book on the Syrian conflict entitled Syria (polity).

About the Panel:

This panel was co-hosted by the Forum on the Arms Trade and Security in Context.

Over the past decade the Middle East has witnessed upheavals and violent conflicts that have resulted in a devastating human toll. Over the same time-period, there has been a growing debate about the nature of United States engagement in the region- what it is and what it should be. This panel will bring together experts on US foreign policy with scholars of the Middle East to discuss United States presence in the region from different perspectives.

The discussion will touch on a variety of topics, including the role of the United States in the major ongoing conflicts, the costs and consequences of United States arms sales to the region, and the question of whether or not the United States is in fact disengaging from the region or distancing itself from its traditional allies. Panelists will contribute to understanding the multiple consequences on Middle Eastern states and societies of external intervention (military, political, economic) in the region by the United States and other countries.

Panelists will also explore what concrete policy alternatives presidential candidates and United States policymakers should consider in terms of broader United States engagement with the region.

Panelists:

Omar S. Dahi, Research Associate, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Project Director, Security in Context

Jodi Vittori, U.S. Research and Policy Manager, Transparency International’s Defense and Security Program

Samer Abboud, Associate Professor of Global Interdisciplinary Studies, Villanova University

Moderator:

Linda Bishai, Professorial Lecturer, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University

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