Reshaping the Middle East: A Conversation with Amjad Taha

March 2025

In-Person Event

Reshaping the Middle East: A Conversation with Amjad Taha

In-Person Event

Hudson Institute

March 03, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 15: (L-R) Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Affairs Minister of the United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and Foreign Affairs Minister of Bahrain Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani attend the signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords, at the White House on September 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chen Mengtong/China News Service via Getty Images)

Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Affairs Minister of the United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and Foreign Affairs Minister of Bahrain Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani attend the signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords at the White House on September 15, 2020. (Getty Images)

March 2025

In-Person Event

Speakers:

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Amjad Taha

Analyst and Political Strategist

Hamas’s October 7 attack set in motion a high-stakes confrontation in the Middle East, with Iran and its proxies waging a multifront campaign against America’s allies. Meanwhile, a disturbing surge in global antisemitism has amplified political tensions far beyond the region, straining international alliances. The future of the Abraham Accords, the role of the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf states, and the broader fight against extremism stand at a pivotal crossroads.

What do these shifting dynamics mean for United States foreign policy, and how will they shape Trump administration’s approach to the Middle East?

Michael Doran, the director of Hudson’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East, will join Amjad Taha, a UAE-based political strategist and analyst, to examine the evolving strategic landscape and the prospects for broader Arab-Israeli normalization amid shifting regional dynamics.

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Major General Joseph Kunkel

Dan Patt

Timothy A. Walton

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Tom Cotton

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Iran on the Brink: Resistance, Repression, and Global Power Shifts

Featured Speakers:

Zineb Riboua

Mariam Memarsadeghi

Dr. Ladan Boroumand

Members of the Basij paramilitary force under the command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) carry scale model missiles in a military rally in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 10, 2025. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

March 2025

In-Person Event | Hudson Institute

Iran on the Brink: Resistance, Repression, and Global Power Shifts

Join Zineb Riboua, research fellow and program manager at Hudson’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East, for a conversation with Mariam Memarsadeghi, a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and Dr. Ladan Boroumand, cofounder of the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center. They will examine Iran’s resistance movement and shifting political landscape to identify the implications for regional stability.