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Diplomat-in-Residence Expert Spotlight Middle East

Our Diplomat-in-Residence on current events in the Middle East

After the most recent conflict erupted in the Middle East, geopolitics took a different turn. We spoke with Ambassador Robert Jordan, former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and our Diplomat-in-Residence […]

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Expert Spotlight Middle East

Thursday Thought: Understanding the Current Oil Crisis

Since our programs in April have been postponed to the Fall, we are bringing you Tower Center Thursday Thought. Every other Thursday, we will post a Q&A with one of […]

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Event Blogs Middle East

How America Can Cope with a Broken, Angry, Dysfunctional Middle East

Aaron David Miller, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for National Peace, presented on how the U.S. can operate effectively in a new, multi-polar landscape in the Middle East. Dr. […]

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Event Blogs Middle East

Event Recap | Muslims, Christians & Jews: Ottoman Legacies and the Making of Middle Eastern Religious Communities

Written by: Ray Rafidi, Senior Associate Director of the SMU Tower Center Professor Heather Sharkey of the University of Pennsylvania spoke about Middle Eastern religious communities during the Ottoman Empire […]