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What do we mean when we talk about MENA?

September 17, 2026 - 15:30
Issandr El Amrani, Managing Director of Programs at Open Society Foundations
Upcoming Events
What do we mean when we talk about MENA?
September 17
Issandr El Amrani
Managing Director of Programs at Open Society Foundations
Democracy and Disorder: Governance and Violence in Nigeria
September 21
Peter M. Lewis
Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs and Warren Weinstein Chair of African Studies, Johns Hopkins University, SAIS
The Art of Not Governing: Local Politics and Democratic Decline in Lebanon
October 5
Christiana Parreira
Assistant Professor, International Relations/Political Science
Resolving Climate Change Beyond the UNFCCC & Santa Marta
October 12
Frans Timmermans & Valeria Zanini
Former Executive Vice-President of the European Commission and EU Climate Chief
Policy Advisor Climate Diplomacy
Transnational Authoritarian Politics
October 26
Alexander Dukalskis
Head, School of Politics & International Relations
From Plato to Piketty: A Short History of Inequality and What To Do About It
November 2
Philipp Erfurth
Economic Affairs Officer
Agrifood Systems in An Era of Risk and Uncertainties: Data and Statistics as a Way To Guide us
November 5
Máximo Torero Cullen
Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Our Experts
Mark Gilbert

C. Grove Haines Professor
Professor of History and International Studies
Professor Gilbert is a political historian. He writes on the contemporary history of Western European democracies and European integration. He teaches Peace and War and the Instability and Political Change in Consolidated Democracies.
Nina Hall

Associate Professor of International Relations
Professor Hall’s core areas of expertise are: international organizations, transnational advocacy, climate adaptation, and global refugee governance. She also works with a global network of digital activists and writes on their distinctive mode of campaigning.
Erika Meucci

Lecturer in Mathematics
Professor Meucci’s area of expertise include statistical methods for business & economics and math for risk assessment.
Michael G. Plummer

Eni Professor of International Economics
Professor Plummer is a leading expert on trans-Pacific economic relationships and on Asian economic development. His research centers on international integration and cooperation and his teaches courses on microeconomic risk and international trade.
Sergey Radchenko

Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor
Director, Bologna Institute for Policy Research
Professor Radchenko has an international reputation for research on the history of the Cold War. His specialty areas also include Sino-Soviet relations, Soviet and Chinese foreign policies, Russian foreign policy, Russia-NATO relations, and atomic diplomacy.


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