March 2, 2011 at 12:36 pm
The following Boston University professors are available to offer commentary, expertise, and insight on the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s Christian minorities minister. Bhatti was gunned down today in Islamabad. Adil Najam, Pakistani-born international relations professor; Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future; Expert on Pakistan and Middle […]
A visionary plan for a “Desert Development Corridor” in Egypt, researched and created by Boston University geologist Dr. Farouk El-Baz, has been adopted by the country’s new government as its flagship program. According to El-Baz, the plan – which includes the construction, along 1,200 kilometers, of a new eight-lane superhighway, a railway, a water pipeline, […]
February 24, 2011 at 9:12 am
Boston University international relations professor Augustus Richard Norton appeared on NECN discussing Libya and Gadhafi’s hour-long speech to the country. “I think what we’re going to see here is a fragmentation of political authority. I don’t think Gadhafi’s going to be able to hang on for the long haul and I think this could drag […]
February 14, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Thousands of protesters are taking to the streets in Iran, Bahrain, and Yemen following the recent uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. Boston University international relations professor Stephen Kinzer, former New York Times foreign correspondent and author of “Reset: Iran, Turkey and America’s Future,” was recently interviewed on The Takeway with his thoughts on what is […]
February 11, 2011 at 3:01 pm
Boston University international relations professor Augustus Richard Norton is an expert on the Middle East and a member of the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group. He is the author of “Hezbollah: A Short History”. He offers the following commentary on the situation in Egypt, the role of the military, and a possible successor to Honsi Mubarak. “The […]
February 8, 2011 at 1:11 pm
Boston University international relations professor William Keylor, author of “A World of Nations: The International Order Since 1945,” offers the following comments on the military talks being held by North and South Korea: “With everyone’s attention focused on North Korea, wondering what its next provacative move will be, not enough attention has been devoted to […]
February 5, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Robert Zelnick, Boston University journalism professor and former ABC News foreign correspondent, appears on Fox News as part of a panel discussion on how events in Egypt will affect the U.S. and the world. Contact Robert Zelnick, 617-353-5007, bzelnick@bu.edu
February 4, 2011 at 11:12 am
The following Boston University professors are available to offer expert analysis, commentary and insight on the current situation in Egypt: Charles Dunbar, International relations professor; Former U.S. ambassador to Yemen. Contact 617-353-5633, cfdunbar@bu.edu Augustus Richard Norton, International relations professor; Middle East specialist and a member of the Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group; Author of “Hezbollah: […]
February 2, 2011 at 11:42 am
President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen has announced that he will not seek re-election in 2013. Boston University international relations professor Charles Dunbar is a former U.S. ambassador to Yemen. He offers the following view of this current development in the Middle East. “I am skeptical that President Saleh will not seek reelection. He and […]
January 31, 2011 at 10:52 am
What should or could the CIA have known about the Egyptian uprising? Joseph Wippl, a professor of international relations at BU and a 30-year CIA operations officer gives the following view: “Part of the intent in the creation of the CIA through the National Security Act of 1947 was to avoid surprise, the most noteworthy being […]
