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Seminar
The Middle East Regional Order in the 2nd Trump Administration

The Middle East, particularly the Levant region, is in the midst of a period of profound transformation. The collapse of the Assad regime and the regional struggle for Syria, the gradual expansion of Turkish sphere of influence, the threat posed by the potential mass exodus of refugees from the Gaza strip to neighboring countries, the removal of Iranian proxy forces from Lebanon and Syria and the created space of the vacuum of power, the manifestation of Israeli military might has also showed the limit of its stretch of permanent dominance. The shifting dynamics of non-state actors such as the Kurdish militants and ISIS are all contributing to a rapidly evolving situation. How will the Trump administration engage in the region in this context? How will Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE mediate between the US and its adversaries on Middle Eastern and global issues? Will the US confront Iran through war or peace?

Dr. Zaid Eyadat, a renowned political science professor, who has been steering the most comprehensive survey of the political consciousness in the Arab World "Arab Barometer," and a close confidant of Arab political leaders and policy makers will respond to this uncertain situation and clarify the way. 

Discussions with leading scholars on political science, Middle Eastern politics and international history, US-Middle East relations follows. 

Seminar Title: The Middle East Regional Order in the 2nd Trump Administration

Speaker: Dr. Zaid Eyadat, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, and the founding dean of the Prince Hussein School of International Studies at the University of Jordan/Senior Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)  

Moderator and Opening Speaker: Dr. Satoshi MACHIDORI, Professor of Political Science, Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University

Organizer: Satoshi IKEUCHI, Professor of Religion and Global Security of the RCAST of the University of Tokyo and Founder of the ROLES (RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies) 

Date: Mon. May 19, 2025, 10:30-12:00 (JST)

Venue: Seminar Room 6, Floor 3, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Economics North Bldg., Kyoto University （京大法経北館3F・第6演習室)
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https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/access/campus/yoshida/map6r-y

Format: In-person without online broadcast

Participation: By Invitation Only

Language: English without simultaneous interpretation

Speakers Profile:

Dr. Eyadat is Professor of Political Science and International Relations of the University of Jordan and the founding dean of the Prince Hussein School of International Studies and former Director of the Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) at the University of Jordan. Concurrently, he is Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) of UK. 

He was co-organizer of the 1st Japan-Middle East Strategic Dialogue held in Amman on May 12 and 13 of 2024. Some of the coverage of Prof. Eyadat in Japanese media are as follows.

https://roles.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/publication/20240321

This seminar is hosted by laboratory of Dr. Satoshi MACHIDORI, Professor of Political Science, Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University and organized by RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies (ROLES) of the University of Tokyo.

The following study groups are engaged and contributed to this seminar. 
"Disruption and Reformation of Liberal Democracy" 
"Empirical Methods of Analyzing Liberal Democracy"
“Multipolarity and Balance in the Middle East and Islamic World,” 
"Track 2 / Track 1.5 Dialogues: Policy and Strategic Discussions"