Events Detail

The Future of the Muslim Brotherhood

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

9:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Colonial Room

Mayflower Hotel

1127 Connecticut Ave, NW

Washington, DC 20036

A number of recent developments—the rise of an Islamist government in Gaza, the 'Islamic turn' in Turkish political life, Iran's new assertiveness, ongoing tensions between Shia and Sunni, and al-Qaeda's setbacks in Iraq and other places in the Arab world—have dramatically affected the operating environments and internal dynamics of Islamist political movements in the Middle East and elsewhere.

How will the Muslim Brotherhood, one of the oldest and most important of all modern Islamist movements, respond to these developments in this new era? 

To explore this question, Hudson Institute hosted an all-day conference on Tuesday, April 28, 2009.  The conference was held in the Colonial Room of the Mayflower Hotel.

               Opening Remarks

           Altman and Mneimneh

      Olgun, Baran, and Cagaptay

Program:

9:30: Continental Breakfast

Panel One: 10:00-11:20 AM

The Brotherhood within the Sunni-Shiite Rivalry

Israel Elad Altman; Institute for Policy and Strategy, the Interdisciplinary Center

Mehdi Khalaji; Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Moderator: Hillel Fradkin; Hudson Institute

Panel Two: 11:40- 1:00 PM

The Brotherhood State in Gaza and its Impact on Islamist Politics

Jonathan Schanzer; Jewish Policy Center

Ahmed al-Rahim

Moderator: Hassan Mneimneh; Hudson Institute

Lunch Break: 1:00- 1:30 PM

Panel Three: 1:40- 3:00 PM

The Brotherhood and the Turkish Model

Soner Cagaptay; The Washington Institute

Ahmet Olgun; NRC Handelsblad

Moderator: Zeyno Baran; Hudson Institute

Panel Four: 3:20- 4:30 PM

The Brotherhood in an Era of Al-Qaeda's Relative Decline

Hassan Mneimneh; Hudson Institute

Jean-Pierre Filiu; Institute of Political Studies in Paris

Moderator: Eric Brown; Hudson Institute