For Immediate Release
January 4, 2010
 
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Potomac Institute for Policy Studies to Co-Host Event on Future of the Middle East  
 
Arlington, VA - On Monday, January 11, 2010, the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies' International Center for Terrorism Studies will co-host a panel discussion on the future of the Middle East.  Panelists will be drawn from the US Department of State, academia, and the media for an in-depth look at this volatile part of the world.  PLEASE NOTE: The event will be held at the International Law Institute in Washington, DC.   
 
The panel will include:
 
Chairmen:       
Prof. Yonah Alexander
Director, International Center for Terrorism Studies
 
Prof. Edgar H. Brenner
Co-Director, Inter-University Center for Legal Studies (at the International Law Institute)

Opening Remarks:   
Prof. Don Wallace
Chairman, International Law Institute

Panelists:
Patrick Worman
Regional Advisor - Near East/North Africa, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State
 
Dr. Hillel Fradkin
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World, Hudson Institute
 
Prof. Sebastian Gorka
College of International Affairs, National Defense University
 
Claude Salhani
Editor, Middle East Times; and author of While the Arab World Slept: The Impact of the Bush Years on the Middle East.

What:  Panel Discussion: The Middle East 2010
When: Monday, January 11, 2010,  4:00-6:00 pm
Where:  International Law Institute                                      
The Foundry Building
1055 Thomas Jefferson Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007