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Public Affairs Discussion Group
"Current Issues Confronting the Middle
East"
October 27, 2006
Guilford House, Guest Lounge
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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Pete Moore, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Political
Science at Case Western Reserve University
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Dear Colleagues:
Nothing drastic from the middle east has taken over
the TV screens of late – perhaps because there has been
so much attention to Mark Foley and the upcoming
MidTerms. But the casualty level in Iraq is very high,
the reverberations of the Israel/Hezbollah conflict
continue, and the conflict between Hamas and Fatah, and
within the government of the Palestinian National
Authority, shows no sign of being resolved.
So it seems a good time to review the situation in Iraq
and around Israel, and to do that our Friday Public
Affairs Discussion lunch will be led on this Friday,
October 27, by Pete W. Moore, Assistant Professor of
Political Science. As many of you know, Pete has spoken
to the group twice before, and always has trenchant
observations. He is the author of one book and a series
of articles about politics within the Middle East, based
on extensive field research.
As usual, the Friday lunch will gather on the first
floor of Guilford House, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Cookies are kindly provided by generous supporters of
the discussion, and hot beverages (and a few colder
ones) by the Office of University Communications.
I’m pleased to announce also that the audio of the
September 7 discussion of the Israel/Hezbollah conflict
has now been posted on the Center for Policy Studies
website. It features commentary from Pete Moore, Peter
Haas, and Ramez Islambouli, with a bit from me. Peter
Haas is Abba Hillel Silver Professor and Chair of our
Department of Religion, and Ramez Islambouli is Lecturer
in Arabic in DMLL and Adjunct Professor of Islamic Law
in the Law School. The recording can be found at
http://www.case.edu/artsci/cps/israelleb.html.
Also, next week there will be two events providing views
of how the 2006 election might turn out. Our Friday
Lunch on November 3 will feature Justin Buchler,
Assistant Professor of Political Science, and Andrew
Lucker, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political
Science, with Ken Ledford moderating. And, on Wednesday
November 1, Alec Lamis will host a discussion from 4
p.m. to 6 p.m. in the 1914 Lounge of the Thwing Center,
featuring political consultants Bob Dykes and (former
Cuyahoga County Commissioner) Lee Sweigart. Information
is at
http://www.case.edu/artsci/cps/midtermelec.html.
All the best,
Joe White
More About Our Guest
Dr. Peter W.
Moore is an Assistant Professor of Political Science
at Case Western Reserve University. He received his
Ph.D. in Political Science from McGill University, and
comes to Case from the University of Miami (Florida).
His teaching fields are comparative politics (focusing
on the Middle East), international relations, political
economy, crisis, conflict, and war. Among Pete’s
publications is Doing Business in the Middle East:
Politics and Economic Crisis in Jordan and Kuwait
(Cambridge University Press: 2004). Dr. Moore speaks
both Modern Standard Arabic and German. Among the course
he teaches are POSC 370K/470K, Nationalism, Ethnicity
and Religion in World Politics, and POSC 379/479, The
Middle East: Politics, Economics, and American Policy.
Fall Semester Schedule
Sept 1: Ken Ledford,
Associate Professor of History and Law, hosts Jon Entin,
Professor of Law and Political Science, to discuss the
first year of the Supreme Court with John Roberts as
Chief Justice.
Sept 8: Leonard Lynn, Professor and Chair of the
Department of Policy and Management at the Weatherhead
School of Management, on what U.S. leadership in
engineering could mean with the rise of India and China.
Sept 15: Mark Naymik, of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, on
this year’s statewide elections in Ohio.
Sept 22: Greg Eastwood, Interim President of Case
Western Reserve University, on “The Interim Period:
Tasks for Today and Ideas for the Future.”
Sept 29: Alan Weinstein, Professor and Director, Law and
Public Policy Program, Cleveland-Marshall College of the
Law, "Eminent domain: State Legislative Responses to Kelo vs. New London: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.”
Oct 6: Amy Hanauer, Executive Director, PolicyMatters
Ohio, on raising the minimum wage
Oct 13: Marty Kress, Executive Director of the National
Space Science and Technology Center, University of
Alabama at Huntsville, on Organizing NASA for Space
Exploration. NOTE: Tentative room change to Mather House
100.
Oct 20: Michael Wager, Vice Chair and Chair Elect of the
Port Authority, on its role in local economic
development issues.
Oct 27: Pete Moore, Assistant Professor of Political
Science, on whatever is happening in the Middle East at
the time.
Nov 3: Justin Buchler, Assistant Professor of Political
Science, and Andrew Lucker, Adjunct Assistant Professor
of Political Science: Midterm Election forecast.
Nov 10: Eric J. Topol MD, Professor of Genetics, on
concerns about conflicts of interest in medical
research.
Nov 17: Norman Robbins, Emeritus Professor of
Neurosciences, on class bias in who gets to vote.
Nov 24: THANKSGIVING BREAK
Dec 1: Jerome Liebman MD, Emeritus Professor of
Pediatrics, on National Health Insurance
Dec 8: Terry Wolpaw MD, Associate Dean for Curricular
Affairs, School of Medicine, on the new demands on or
expectations of medical education.
Parking: For
those people who seek to make special arrangements about
parking, the contact person now will be Fay Alexander.
Her phone number is 368-4440, and her e-mail is
fabrienne.alexander@case.edu.
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