Maxwell School News and Commentary

Filtered by: Middle East & North Africa

Koch Quoted in BBC Article on Dubai, Desertification

Desertification, the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation or inappropriate agriculture, has become rampant in the United Arab Emirates. Natalie Koch, associate professor of geography and the environment, talks more about it in the BBC article, "How Dubai is pushing back its encroaching deserts."
January 27, 2022

See related: Agriculture, Climate Change, Middle East & North Africa

Maxwell professor reflects on US policy in Middle East post-9/11

As we commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11, SU News reached out to professor and Middle East expert Osamah Khalil to answer this fundamental question: How effective was America’s post-9/11 strategy in the Middle East? Read Khalil's full response via the SU News website.
September 10, 2021

See related: International Affairs, Middle East & North Africa, U.S. Foreign Policy

Khalil speaks to Sinclair Broadcast Group about Iran's president-elect Ebrahim Raisi

June 22, 2021

See related: Government, Middle East & North Africa

Khalil weighs in on end of Israel PM Netanyahu's career in USA Today

June 14, 2021

See related: Government, Middle East & North Africa

Zeira quoted in Vox story on solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict

May 27, 2021

See related: Conflict, Middle East & North Africa

Khalil discusses current violence in the Middle East with USA Today

May 20, 2021

See related: Conflict, Middle East & North Africa

Khalil weighs in on Biden-Netanyahu relationship in USA Today

May 14, 2021

See related: Government, Middle East & North Africa, U.S. Foreign Policy, United States

Koch talks to Middle East Institute about UAE's citizenship initiative

April 14, 2021

See related: Government, Middle East & North Africa

Khalil discusses impact of the Abraham Accords in Armada International

February 23, 2021

See related: Federal, Middle East & North Africa, National Security, United States

Khalil discusses the Arab Spring after 10 years on PBS NewsHour

"I think it's tempting to think about the Arab Spring as a failure. But I think the reality is that it's really still under way," says Osamah Khalil, associate professor of history. "Many of those same issues that brought the protest to a head and the challenging of those—of the different Arab governments still exist." Watch the full PBS NewsHour interview, "Ten years after the Arab Spring, democracy remains elusive in Egypt." 
February 12, 2021

See related: Conflict, Government, Middle East & North Africa

Explore by:


Communications and Media Relations Office
200 Eggers Hall
MaxComms@syr.edu
315.443.5492