The World Through Arab Eyes: Arab Public Opinion and the Reshaping of the Middle East

Telhami has taught at a number of universities including Princeton, Swarthmore, USC, Ohio State, Columbia, Cornell, and the University of California at Berkley, where he received his Ph.D. in political science. Among his publications are The Stakes: America and the Middle East (2002) and Power and Leadership in International Bargaining: The Path to the Camp David Accords (1990), as well as numerous other articles and books.

This year, Telhami has published two new books: The Peace Puzzle: America? Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace, 1989-2011 (co-authored, January 2013); and The World Through Arab Eyes: Arab Public Opinion and the Reshaping of the Middle East (June 2013). He was an advisor to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations and to Congressman Lee H. Hamilton (D-Indiana) and, more recently, as senior advisor to George Mitchell, President Obama? United States Special Envoy for Middle East Peace (2009-2011). He also served on the Iraq Study Group and on the U.S. Commission on Public Diplomacy.

Telhami received a B.A. in mathematics, an M.A. in philosophy and religion, and a Ph.D. in political science. He was selected by the Carnegie Corporation of New York with the New York Times as one of the "Great Immigrants" for 2013.

Lunch will be provided at the event.