Andrew L. Fono is a partner leading the Iraq practice group of the international law firm of Haynes and Boone, LLP. As a Lt. Colonel in the US Marine Corps, Andrew spent considerable time in Iraq as a judge advocate, and was also involved in Rule of Law and domestic legal developments in the Iraqi judiciary. [email protected]
Held Hostage by Iran’s Militias: Where Are They Now?
The Middle East Institute invites you to an in-person panel with Elizabeth Tsurkov, Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the New Lines Institute. It will be moderated jointly by Charles Lister, Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute, and Benjamin Wittes, Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution
Join us for a webinar conversation with Dr. Tahani Mustafa, Ambassador (ret.) Yael Lempert, and Colonel (res.) Ron Shatzberg to unpack the potential consequences of West Bank annexation efforts – de jure and de facto.
The Middle East Institute invites you to an on-the-record briefing examining what comes next for Iran's leadership and the protest movement. To unpack these issues, we will be joined by MEI Distinguished Military Fellow Vice Admiral Kevin Donegan, USN (Ret.), former senior advisor at the World Bank Nadereh Chamlou, and MEI Senior Fellow Alex Vatanka.
Balancing on a Fault Line: Turkey Between Russia, Ukraine, and the US
This webinar discussed the following looming questions: Can Turkey sustain a three-way balancing act between Russia, Ukraine, and the US? Where does Ankara stand on Trump’s peace plan, which would require Ukraine to cede territory to Russia? How does Moscow view Turkey’s S-400 dilemma? And what would the continuation of the Russia-Ukraine war mean for Turkey’s security—and for its already strained relations with the West?
