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Buffett Center visiting scholar Nabeel Khoury, right, and former Pentagon official Michael Rubin discuss U.S. policy in the Middle East on Tuesday. Northwestern’s chapter of The Alexander Hamilton Society and the American Enterprise Institute on Campus hosted the event.

Former Pentagon official, visiting scholar discuss Middle East policy

October 14, 2014

A former Pentagon official and a visiting scholar debated on Tuesday the successes and failures of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East as part of an event hosted by different campus groups. Michael...

An audience of about 65 members of the Northwestern community listen to a talk by Juan Cole, an NU alumnus and authority on the Arab world. Cole discussed the importance of youth in recent events in Middle Eastern countries.

Middle East scholar talks about role of youth in the Arab Spring

October 1, 2014

An author and blogger who specializes in the Middle East spoke Wednesday night about the role of youth in modern Islamic movements. Hosted by the Roberta Buffett Center, Juan Cole (Weinberg ’75),...

Matney: Learning from the ghosts of the past in the fight against ISIS

Matney: Learning from the ghosts of the past in the fight against ISIS

September 29, 2014

In the summer of 2002, in the face of the impending U.S. invasion of Iraq, Secretary of State Colin Powell offered a pithy warning to President George Bush to step back and consider the consequences that...

James Foley

Medill alum James Foley remembered for courage, compassion

August 22, 2014

James Foley was drawn to the front line. Even after being captured in Libya in 2011, where he was held for more than 40 days, Foley returned to war zones. He believed so strongly in the work he was...

Guest Column: As Americans, we stand with Israel

August 10, 2014

As current president of College Republicans and former president of College Democrats, we have been very attentive to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip over the last several...

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