Political Science
Walid Phares, Ph.D., an expert on geopolitics, served as President Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy advisor during the 2016 Presidential Campaign and was national security advisor to Presidential candidate Mitt Romney (2011–2012). He was an academic advisor for the U.S. House of Representatives Caucus on Terrorism (2007–2013) and has been the Co-Secretary General of the Transatlantic Parliamentary Group (2009–2018). He served as MSNBC’s Terrorism Analyst (2003–2006) and has been Fox News’ Foreign Policy expert since 2007. He appears on major international and Arab media.
Professor Phares taught at FIU in Miami (1991–1993) and was a professor at the Department of Political Science at Florida Atlantic University (1993–2004). He taught at the National Defense University (2006–2012), then at BAU University in D.C. (2013–2016) and served as its Provost, then Vice President (2015–2017). He founded the Florida Society for Middle East Studies in 1994 and served as an advisor to Human Rights NGOs since 1992. He authored 14 books and appears on world media.
Professor Phares briefs members of Congress and the European Parliament, as well as national security agencies including the DIA, FBI and NSA. His books, “Future Jihad” (2005), “The War of Ideas” (2007), “The Coming Revolution” (2010) and “The Lost Spring” (2014), have predicted major evolutions of threats and social uprisings in the greater Middle East.
The Middle East between War and Peace
In this lecture, Professor Walid Phares will analyze the various conflicts in the Greater Middle East, from Syria, Iraq, and Yemen, to the Iran-Israel clash and the effect of these conflicts on the Abraham Accords, the Arab Coalition, and U.S. foreign policy. The discussion will include a strategic assessment of Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, ISIS, and other forces' plans to wage wars and oppose the expanding network of peace between Israelis and Arabs, as well as the fate of minorities in 2023.
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| Course # F1T8 — One Time Event
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| Place: | Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
| Dates: | Tuesday, November 29 2022 |
| Time: | 11 - 12:30 PM |
| Fee: | $30 / member; $35 / non-member |
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The War in Ukraine and New World Balance of Power
In a comprehensive strategic assessment covering multiple scenarios, Dr. Walid Phares will discuss the transformation of global balance of power between the U.S. and NATO on the one hand, and the West's geopolitical foes of Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, and the Jihadists on the other. Since the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the war in Ukraine, has the world again become a bipolar world divided between free nations and authoritarian powers? How will the new world balance evolve on most continents and what should observers expect in 2023?
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| Course # F1T7 — One Time Event
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| Place: | Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
| Dates: | Tuesday, November 22 2022 |
| Time: | 11 - 12:30 PM |
| Fee: | $30 / member; $35 / non-member |
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