About CMED

Through conferences, task forces, publications, campus activities and other programming, the Center for Middle East Development (CMED) explores key subjects for the Middle East within a conflict-resolution framework, including Arab‐Israeli issues, Gulf security, regional business and economics, technological cooperation, arms control, regional strategic cooperation and democratic culture and the media. CMED is dedicated to the development of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in all aspects —economic, social, political, and diplomatic. Founded in 2005, the center has become a well-known and trusted organization in the field and in the region.

Today, CMED runs a large and well-regarded annual conference in Qatar; offers an array of UCLA campus programs on the Middle East; and manages an active publishing program- all of which facilitate discussion of Middle Eastern affairs by students, scholars, business people and policy makers throughout the region and the world.


Director

Steven L.   Spiegel

Steven L. Spiegel

Research Professor of Political Science

Steven L. Spiegel serves as Director of the Center for Middle East Development at UCLA. Through the innovative and informal negotiation techniques he has developed, Dr. Spiegel helps produce cutting edge ideas for promoting Middle East regional security and... cooperation.

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Staff

Steve  Zipperstein

Steve Zipperstein

Associate Director, UCLA Center for Middle East Development, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Center for Middle East Development
Assistant Adjunct Professor, International Institute and Public Affairs&


Salomé  Mohajer

Salomé Mohajer

Project Manager, UCLA Center for Middle East Development


Emilee  Pistole

Emilee Pistole

Research and Program Manager, UCLA Center for Middle East Development


Laura  Lee

Laura Lee

Center Associate, UCLA Center for Middle East Development


Researchers/Fellows

Eric  Bordenkircher

Eric Bordenkircher

Research Fellow


Joshua  Saidoff

Joshua Saidoff

Research Fellow


Interns/Research Assistants

Warren  Fahmy

Warren Fahmy

Research Assistant