The Future of the Muslim Brotherhood
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Colonial Room
Mayflower Hotel
A number of recent developments—the rise of an Islamist government in Gaza, the 'Islamic turn' in Turkish political life, Iran's new assertiveness, ongoing tensions between Shia and Sunni, and al-Qaeda’s setbacks in Iraq and other places in the Arab world—have dramatically affected the operating environments and internal dynamics of Islamist political movements in the Middle East and elsewhere.
How will the Muslim Brotherhood, one of the oldest and most important of all modern Islamist movements, respond to these developments in this new era?
To explore this question, Hudson Institute will host an all-day conference on Tuesday, April 28, 2009. The conference will be held in the Colonial Room of the Mayflower Hotel.
Program (tentative):
9:30: Continental Breakfast
Panel One: 10:00-11:20 AM
The Brotherhood within the Sunni-Shiite Rivalry
Israel Elad Altman, Institute for Policy and Strategy, the Interdisciplinary Center
Mehdi Khalaji, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Moderator: Hillel Fradkin, Hudson Institute
Panel Two: 11:40- 1:00 PM
The Brotherhood State in Gaza and Its Impact on Islamist Politics
Jonathan Schanzer, Jewish Policy Center
Ahmed al-Rahim
Moderator: Hassan Mneimneh, Hudson Institute
Lunch Break: 1:00- 1:30 PM
Keynote address: TBA
Panel Three: 1:40- 3:00 PM
The Brotherhood and the Turkish Model
Soner Cagaptay, The Washington Institute
Ahmet Olgun, NRC Handelsblad
Moderator: Zeyno Baran, Hudson Institute
Panel Four: 3:20- 4:30 PM
The Brotherhood in an Era of Al-Qaeda’s Relative Decline
Hassan Mneimneh, Hudson Institute
Jean-Pierre Filiu,Institute of Political Studies in Paris
Moderator: Eric Brown, Hudson Institute
In order to reserve your seat, please send your name and affiliation to events@hudson.org by April 20
Colonial Room, Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036 USA
