Having Faith in Diplomacy in the 21st Century: Distinguishing Between Noises and Signals
Dr. Mustafa Cerić, Grand Mufti Emeritus of Bosnia and Herzegovina, will address current global geopolitical challenges, notably schisms in the Middle East and its consequences for the European security project and integration of the Western Balkans into European Union and NATO.
Dr. Cerić served as Grand Mufti of Bosnia (highest religious official) from 1993 to 2012 and led the Islamic Community in the Balkans for almost two decades. He was previously an Imam in Northbrook, Illinois and Zagreb, Croatia. He is the co-founder of the Bosniak Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in December of 2012 he was elected as the President of the World Bosniak Congress. Dr. Mustafa Cerić, is currently a Bosniak candidate for the tripartite presidency in the Oct. 12, 2014, Bosnia and Herzegovina general elections, running on a platform in step with United States, EU and NATO.Dr. Cerić holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in Islamic Studies and Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt.
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Former Senior Advisor to the President for Alumni Relations, Woodrow Wilson Center; Former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Woodrow Wilson Center
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The Global Europe Program is focused on Europe’s capabilities, and how it engages on critical global issues. We investigate European approaches to critical global issues. We examine Europe’s relations with Russia and Eurasia, China and the Indo-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Our initiatives include “Ukraine in Europe”—an examination of what it will take to make Ukraine’s European future a reality. But we also examine the role of NATO, the European Union and the OSCE, Europe’s energy security, transatlantic trade disputes, and challenges to democracy. The Global Europe Program’s staff, scholars-in-residence, and Global Fellows participate in seminars, policy study groups, and international conferences to provide analytical recommendations to policy makers and the media. Read more
Middle East Program
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