Mission
The Crown Center for Middle East Studies is committed to conducting balanced and dispassionate research of the modern Middle East that meets the highest academic standards. The center seeks to help make decision- and opinion-makers better informed about the region. The scope of the center's research includes the 22 members of the Arab League as well as Turkey, Iran and Israel. The Crown Center's approach is multidisciplinary in its study of the politics, economics, history, security, sociology and anthropology of the region's states and societies.
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“Twenty years ago, Brandeis University’s Crown Center for Middle East Studies was founded on a dual conviction: Understanding the modern Middle East can be achieved only through balanced and dispassionate research of the highest quality, and making that research available to relevant opinion and decision-makers is essential. Two decades later, our unbiased approach and resolve to transcend stereotypes and assumptions has never been more vital.”
Gary Samore
Crown Family Director and Professor of the Practice of Politics
