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Jeju Peace Institute Visits AJCS
11 December 2012
A delegation from the Jeju Peace Institute-South Korea visited Al Jazeera Center for Studies on 14th November 2012. The delegation was led by Tae-Young Moon, the president of the institute, accompanied by Dr. A…
Tunisian Minister of Human Rights and Transitional Justice Visits AJCS
26 November 2012
Tunisian Minister of Human Rights and Transitional Justice and government spokesman, Samir Dilou, visited Al Jazeera Center for Studies on Monday, 5th November 2012. The Minister met with the center's rese…
Al Jazeera Center Studies Ranked Number 8 out of 329 Research Centers in MENA
7 October 2012
Al Jazeera Center for Studies ranked Number 8 out of 329 research centers in Middle East and North Africa by Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania (USA) in the 2011 Go To Thi…
New AJCS Fellow: Dr. Roxane Farmanfarmaian
29 August 2012
Dr. Roxane Farmanfarmaian, Affiliated Lecturer at the Political and International Studies Department at the University of Cambridge, and Wayne Owen Middle East Scholar at the Hinckley Institute of Politics at t…
Scholars Discuss Regional Fallout of Syrian Conflict
12 August 2012
On 2 August 2012, Al Jazeera Center for Studies hosted a round table entitled “The Syrian Revolution and the Claims of a Falling Regime.”
Somali MP Yusuf Ali Aynte
12 August 2012
A Somali Member of Parliament, Yusuf Ali Aynte, a founder of the Islamic Courts Union visited Al Jazeera Center for Studies on 26 February 2012 for a round table discussion with AJCS researchers.
Closed Meeting with Somali President, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed
5 August 2012
On 11 December 2011, Al Jazeera Center for Studies (AJCS) hosted a private meeting with Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, at the Torch Hotel in Doha during an official visit to Qatar.
Gilles Kepel, Research Director of National Centre for Scientific Research
26 July 2012
Professor Gilles Kepel, Research Director of the French National Centre for Scientific Research and Professor at Sciences Po, Paris, met with centre researchers on 1 March 2012 to discuss events in the Arab reg…
Deputy Chief of Mission, German Embassy, Qatar
26 July 2012
Mattias Kruse, Deputy Chief of Mission at the German Embassy in Qatar, met with Centre Director Dr. Salah Eddin Elzein and a number of the centre's researchers on 7 February 2012 to learn about the centre…
European Muslim Network
26 July 2012
Malika Hamidi, General Manager, and Nezar Mahmoud, both of the European Muslim Network, gave a presentation at the AJCS on 6 March 2012. It detailed a potential five-year partnership, entitled, "Building a…
Peace-Building Program at Columbia Institute for the Study of Human Rights
26 July 2012
Dr. David Phillips, Director of the Program on Peace-Building and Rights at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights in New York met with AJCS Centre Director Dr. Salah Eddin Elzein and oth…
Orient Research Centre Director Talks to Al Jazeera Center for Studies
26 July 2012
On 2 February 2012, the Director of Orient Research Centre in Dubai, Dr. Samir al-Taqi, discussed the current political arena in Syria with researchers at the centre.
NATO Parliamentary Assembly Symposium with Al Jazeera Center for Studies
26 July 2012
On 20 March 2012, Al Jazeera Center for Studies organised a panel with a delegation from the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
ICSS-AJCS Exchange
26 July 2012
On 5 March 2012, Dr. Mustafa al-Kubaisi, Assistant Director of the Iraqi Center for Strategic Studies (ICSS) in Amman, met with researchers at Al Jazeera Center for Studies to explore the prospects of potential…
Iraqi Ambassador Meets with Al Jazeera Center for Studies
26 July 2012
On 6 February 2012, the Iraqi ambassador to Qatar, Dr. Jawad Al Hindawi, met with AJCS's director and researchers to discuss U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and Iraqi management of internal affairs.
Symposium: "Sudan's Two States"
12 February 2012
Al Jazeera Centre for Studies organised a research symposium entitled "Sudan's Two States: Post-Secession Opportunities and Risks" that took place on Saturday and Sunday, 14 - 15 January, 2012, i…
New York University, Abu Dhabi, Visits Al Jazeera Centre for Studies
22 January 2012
A delegation from New York University, Abu Dhabi, including two renowned professors of sociology – Immanuel Wallerstein, a Senior Researcher at Yale University, and Craig Calhoun, President of the Social Scienc…
Congratulations to Dr. Rafik Abdessalem
17 January 2012
Al Jazeera Centre for Studies is pleased to congratulate Dr. Rafik Abdessalem on his appointment as Foreign Minister in the new Tunisian government. The government, formed in the wake of the Tunisian revolution…