Randa Slim
Senior Fellow and Director of the Conflict Resolution and Track II Dialogues Program, Middle East Institute
Randa Slim is the director of the Conflict Resolution and Track II Dialogues Program at the Middle East Institute and a non-resident fellow at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced and International Studies Foreign Policy Institute. Her expertise is in peace building, peacemaking, negotiation, Track II dialogue, democratization, and postconflict reconciliation. Her countries of expertise are Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon. A former vice president of the International Institute for Sustained Dialogue, Slim has been a senior program advisor at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, a guest scholar at the United States Institute of Peace, a program director at Resolve, Inc, and a program officer at the Kettering Foundation. A long-term practitioner of Track II dialogue and peace-building processes in the Middle East and Central Asia, she is the author of several studies, book chapters, and articles on conflict management, postconflict peace building, and Middle East politics. Slim has a BS and an MA from the American University of Beirut and a PhD from the University of North Carolina. She speaks Arabic and French.
Events
Jul 19, 2022
What Did Biden’s Trip Achieve for the United States and Its Middle East Partners?
On July 19, AGSIW hosted a discussion examining President Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s visit to Israel, the occupied Palestinian territories, and Saudi Arabia and considering implications for relations with the United States' partners in the region.
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Mar 1, 2022
Do Houthi Missile Attacks Outline the Limits of De-escalation in the Gulf Region?
On March 1, AGSIW hosted a discussion examining challenges and threats to regional de-escalation and rapprochement.
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Jan 23, 2020
Strategic Implications of Iraq’s Multiple Crises
On January 23, AGSIW hosted a panel discussion examining the recent crises in Iraq and the fallout from the U.S. airstrike that killed Iran’s Quds Force commander Major General Qassim Suleimani.
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