Ford School professor of practice Javed Ali has been a leading analytical voice on events in Iran over the past two weeks. Since the initial strikes that shook the Iranian regime, the Mideast expert and former National Security Council senior officia...
Discussing Syrian rebels overthrow of President Bashar Al-Assad, the Ford School's Javed Ali tells ABC News "This is a devastating setback for Iran and perhaps Russia and other countries as well." Ali probes the question "Whatever becomes of this new...
The Ford School's Javed Ali shared with ABC News that Syrian insurgents reaching the capital Damascus would be a "Catastrophic loss to Iran and Hezbollah and the Palestinian groups that have used Syria as a pipeline of weapons for at least a couple d...
When Fox Live Now asked the Ford School's Javed Ali his thoughts on the movement of Israeli troops to the Syrian border, Ali noted that "The situation in Syria over the last few days is pretty remarkable because what's happened is a coalition of grou...
Speaking with Fox News, the Ford School's Javed Ali highlights difficulties for the UNIFIL to uphold peace between Hezbollah and Israel despite recent U.N. Security Council resolution 1701. Ali states, "The same issues are likely to manifest again un...
"Counterintuitive though it may seem, I believe that the latest Israeli strikes may actually have defused tensions," writes Ford Professor Javed Ali in an article for The Conversation, referring to Israel’s latest strike against Iran. He writes tha...
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked with ABC Australia about the assassinations carried out by Israel, he said "The targeted killings of Fuad Shukr in Beirut and Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran this week do not represent a new methodology for Israel si...
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, described the significance of the recent strikes in the middle east following the death of one of Hamas's leaders, Fuad Shuku. Ali said, "the region is already so volatile, as we've seen, even outside the boundaries...
This roundtable is tailored to inspire and equip future policymakers with real-world insights into peacebuilding, resilience, and the practicalities of diplomatic work amidst conflict.
Policy Talks @ the Ford School,
Conversations Across Differences
Joan and Sanford Weill Hall
Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
In the year since the Hamas attack on Israel, the deadly conflict has widened into crises beyond Gaza -- in the West Bank, Lebanon, and Yemen. Two experts with long experience in Middle East policymaking return to the Ford School for a substantive policy conversation about the conflict and the broader implications for the region, and the ways in which U.S. policy and policymakers are acting and reacting to the crises. This event is open to Ford School students, faculty, and staff, and will be streamed live and on-demand.
