UCLA Students Examine U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East throughout History
The Middle East Research Initiative (MERI) originated in a series of meetings in late 2019 and early 2020. A dedicated team of undergraduates worked under the guidance of three dedicated UCLA Ph.D. candidates to examine the long-term motives and effects (both domestically and internationally) of American foreign policy in the Middle East. In parallel, the three graduate students researched U.S. support of ethnic minorities in Iraq. The results of their important work are below.
U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East: Changes in the Neoliberal Age
The UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy is pleased to release a new collection of articles about U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East, researched and written by an exceptional group of UCLA undergraduate students.
This volume features articles by Mariam Aref, Leila Achtoun, Jessica Brouard, and Karina Ourfalian. It includes an introduction edited by Firyal Bawab.
The project was edited and compiled by UCLA graduate students Philip Hoffman, Lily Hindy, and Monica Widmann.
To read the paper, click [HERE].
Listen to Mariam, Firyal, and Philip discuss the volume in the podcast episode below:
Skewed Recovery: Minority Assistance Programs to Iraq in Historical Perspective
The following report by 
graduate students Philip Hoffman, Lily Hindy, and Monica Widmann situates current trends in American humanitarian aid in Iraq within a broader history of Western intervention.
To read the paper, click [HERE].
Listen to Philip, Lily, and Monica discuss the paper in the podcast episode below:
