David Mednicoff is associate professor of Middle Eastern studies and public policy and chair of the Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts. A lawyer and political scientist, he has a broad background in law, global politics, and Arab societies. His research focuses on connections between legal and political ideas and institutions at the national and transnational levels, particularly as these relate to current policy issues in the Middle East. One of these projects, on the meanings and political implications of the rule of law in Gulf Arab states, was funded by a $1 million grant from the Qatar National Research Fund.

Mednicoff has been a Fulbright scholar in both Morocco and Qatar and spent the summer of 2014 as a fellow at Bielefeld University’s Institute for Advanced Study. He has presented his work at the Department of State, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Saudi Arabia Institute of Diplomatic Studies, and Georgetown, Harvard, Stanford and Yale universities, among other places.

Mednicoff has an AB in public policy (Woodrow Wilson School) and Middle Eastern studies from Princeton University and a JD, an MA, and a PhD in political science from Harvard University.

The simulation will take place on Sunday, March 31st, 2024.

Time: 7:00 PM Jerusalem time,5:00 PM London time,12:00 Noon, N.Y time and 9:00 AM Los Angeles time.

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