Please join MEF for our webinar offerings this week (7/27-7/31)
The Middle East Forum presents this week's webinars:
Demographic Suicide and Mutation of the West with Alejandro Macarrón
Birth rates below replacement level. Immigration inflows. The human landscape in the West is transforming as native peoples shrink, society ages, and the Muslim and other non-Western population grows. Mr. Macarrón explores the consequences and challenges of these changes.
Monday, July 27, 2020 1:00 - 1:15p.m. EDT Online:
Click here to join just before 1pm EDT By Phone: US: +16465588656,,89659589047#,,878817#,,#
You can also reply to Stacey Roman at [email protected] or by phone at 215-546-5406 ext. 113
Alejandro Macarrón, a Spaniard, is the author of two unsettling books about low birth rates: Demographic Suicide in the West and Half the World and El suicidio demogáfico de España. A telecommunication engineer with an MBA, his day-job is business strategy and M&A consulting.
The Kurds: What Does The Future Hold? with Diliman Abdulkader
Kurds have suffered recent setbacks: the central Iraqi government’s reacquisition of Kirkuk, the Turkish invasion of Syria, Erdoğan’s repression of the Kurds in Turkey, and similar repression in Iran. Despite these problems, Kurds also have grounds for hope. Demographic trends in Turkey, for example, strongly favor them. What does the future hold for the Kurds and what role does Washington have?
Friday, July 31, 2020 1:00-1:15p.m. EDT Online:
Click here to join just before 1pm EDT By Phone: US: +16465588656,,84738268578#,,657307#,,#
You can also reply to Stacey Roman at [email protected] or by phone at 215-546-5406 ext. 113
Diliman Abdulkader co-founded American Friends of Kurdistan, a Washington-based advocacy and education organization. He previously directed the Kurdistan Project at the Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET), a D.C. policy shop. His work has appeared in publications such as the Washington Examiner, The National Interest, and The Jerusalem Post. Mr. Abdulkader has an MA from American University. He was born in Kirkuk and spent seven years at a refugee camp in Syria.
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The Middle East Forum, an activist think tank, deals with the Middle East, Islamism, U.S. foreign policy, and related topics, urging bold measures to protect Americans and their allies. Pursuing its goals via intellectual, operational, and philanthropic means, the Forum recurrently has policy ideas adopted by the U.S. government.
