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CIC NCB Ottawa: Regional Implications of the Israel-Gaza Conflict: An Armchair Conversation With Dr. Michael Atallah

June 10, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Free

CIC National Capital Branch’s Middle East Study Group (MESG) presents…

REGIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE ISRAEL-GAZA CONFLICT

AN ARMCHAIR CONVERSATION WITH DR. MICHAEL ATALLAH

10 June 2024, 7 pm EST

 

EVENT DESCRIPTION

While the international community has been consumed with the every day tactical dimension/humanitarian implication of Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip, very little attention has been paid to the regional and possible longer-term implication of this most recent Middle East war. We know that from previous conflicts, large military escalations have frequently led to unforeseen consequences that continue to plague the Middle East until today—from the 1982 Israel offensive in Lebanon to the US military interventions against Iraq. What are those possible implications regionally and in Palestinian areas? How will the region be transformed because of the war? What does it mean for the international community and for middle powers like Canada in the future?

 

PANELISTS

Michael Atallah is a Senior Middle East Analyst at the Privy Council Office with a specialization on the Levant and the Persian Gulf. Atallah has also worked at the UN as well as the International Development Research Centre on the Middle East Peace Process. He holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and an MA from the University of London King’s College in the Department of War Studies.

Margaret Huber was former Ambassador in Europe, Asia and the Middle East (including as Ambassador to Jordan + Iraq, 2007-2010). During extensive diplomatic career, worked closely with international organizations including the United Nations, the European Union, the International Olympic Committee, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Strong believer in life-long learning (graduate of McGill University, the University of Ottawa, the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program. 2014 Fellow of Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative). Currently serving as chair of the Canadian International Council’s Europe Study Group.

 

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Organizers

  • Canadian International Council – National Capital (Ottawa) Branch
  • CIC National Capital Branch’s Middle East Study Group (MESG)