Online Talk: Russia’s War in Ukraine and its Impact on the Middle East

Thursday, March 31, 2022, 10-11:30 AM ET Hosted by The Arab Center of Washington, DC  Register to attend On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine that has resulted in a global crisis, millions of Ukrainian refugees and internally displaced, growing death toll and destruction, and a shift in international diplomacy. The Middle East and North Africa region has also been feeling the reverberations from the Russian war in Ukraine. Arab Center Washington DC is organizing this webinar to discuss the current and long-term impacts of this war on the Arab world including significant effects on vital food supplies, oil and wheat prices, global energy routes, conflicts in Libya and Syria, the refugee crises, Palestine/Israel, and shifting global relations with oil producing countries in the region.

Speakers

Heba Gowayed , Moorman-Simon Assistant Professor of Sociology, Boston University Bessma Momani , Professor of Political Science, University of Waterloo  Yousef Munayyer, Non-resident Senior Fellow, Arab Center Washington DC  Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Baker Institute Fellow for the Middle East, Rice University and Non-resident Senior Fellow, Arab Center Washington DC

Moderator

Khalil E. Jahshan, Executive Director, Arab Center Washington DC