"The fact that both sides [Iran and the U.S.] are meeting in the same location, this is a major development. Both sides have not sat down for decades since the last nuclear deal that was agreed to under President Obama," said the Ford School's Javed...
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked about the message the administration is sending by striking the Houthis in Yemen, saying, “He approved those military operations and that is also a signal to Iran that ‘whatever we're doing to the Houthis, we...
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked with ABC Australia about the damage Iran sustained from Israel's attacks. Ali said, "this was a significant response by Israel but also very calibrated and deliberate, and appears not to have been designed to...
Javed Ali, Ford School professor talked with KCBS about Iran's response to the Israeli missile strikes. Ali said "they hit about 20 targets roughly across Iran Iraq and syria and focused on facilities associated either with air defense and or...
"Counterintuitive though it may seem, I believe that the latest Israeli strikes may actually have defused tensions," writes Ford Professor Javed Ali in an article for The Conversation, referring to Israel’s latest strike against Iran. He writes...
Ford School professor Javed Ali spoke with KCBS about the possible plan Israel has to attack Iran. He said "I think there are a number of factors that are affecting Israel's response, Prime Minister Netanyahu and other senior officials in Israel...
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked about how the situation in Israel appears one year after the beginning of this war. He said, "here we are on the eve of the one year anniversary of Hamas attack against Israel a year ago and I don't think...
Javed Ali, Ford School professor and former and former senior official at the National Intelligence Council, National Counterterrorism Center, and National Security Council, rapidly respond to the shifting situations in the Middle East this week....
Ford School professor Javed Ali talked with NBC news about the Iranian cyber operation against Donal Trump. He said “I’m sure they didn’t send the whole treasure trove over,” and they are likely holding on to the information they have gathered from...
Ford School professor, Javed Ali, said in response to Iran's attacks on American elections infrastructure, "This is just the latest evolution of what they’ve already been doing for that stretch of time." Ali likened it to what Russia did in 2016 by...
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked about the new ceasefire talks in the Middle East, and the possibility of progress without Hamas attending the talks. Ali said "the United States is truing to exert a lot of diplomatic power to get to the end...
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked with CBS news about the possibility of an all-out war in the Middle East. Ali said "this has been building for months," however it "has been restrained for several months." But in light of the recent events,...
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked with ABC Australia about the assassinations carried out by Israel, he said "The targeted killings of Fuad Shukr in Beirut and Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran this week do not represent a new methodology for Israel...
"Beyond the operations in the Middle East, there is the potential for the Quds Force to consider attacks against U.S. or Israeli targets in other parts of the world," Ali writes. "As history has shown with Iran, any action the supreme leader takes...
The Hill recently featured Ford School faculty expertise on domestic and international security and counterterrorism. Javed Ali, Towsley Policymaker in Residence at the Ford School, discusses domestic terrorism and the United States’ role in Iranian...
Early this week Iran said it had detained 17 suspected CIA spies, declaring they would be sentenced to death. The U.S. denies these claims. Javed Ali, Towsley Policymaker in Residence at the Ford School, spoke about the credibility of Iran’s claims...
With tensions on the rise between the United States and Iran, experts predict that the period of conflict will not have a swift conclusion. Among those voicing their perspectives is Towsley Policymaker in Residence Javed Ali, along with his...
With the imminent threat of re-imposing sanctions on Iran, Ford School alumnus William G. Rich (MPP '09) says U.S. banks should buckle down on security—cybersecurity, that is. In his October 25, 2018, op-ed for Bloomberg, Rich details the danger...
In a new Conversation piece, “Is ‘energy dominance’ the right goal for U.S. policy?,” Daniel Raimi explores a catchphrase that has recently made its way from DC to a number of states across the nation: “American energy dominance.”
Raimi describes...
Whether a nation should retaliate against a cyber attack is a complicated decision, and a new framework guided by game theory could help policymakers determine the best strategy.
The "Blame Game" was developed in part by Robert Axelrod, a...
A new study by Benjamin Edwards, Alexander Furnas, Stephanie Forrest, and Robert Axelrod, titled “Strategic aspects of cyberattack, attribution and blame” was published on February 27 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...
This April, Bob Axelrod was invited to attend a closed-door workshop at Oxford University's Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict. The focus: The 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
One year ago, the U.S. and other powerful nations forged an...
The editorial board of the Michigan Journal of Public Affairs (MJPA) is pleased to announce the 2016 edition and thirteenth volume of the student-run journal of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.This year’s call for papers established the...
Dear Alumni and Friends,
First, I'm thrilled to report that the Ford School is featured in a new segment of Out of the Blue—now airing across the U.S. on the Big Ten Network. The program showcases the Ford School's highly-regarded "Applied Policy...
Conversations Across Differences,
Weiser Diplomacy Center Series
The Weiser Diplomacy Center is partnering with the American Academy of Diplomacy to bring seasoned U.S. diplomats to Ford School and discuss the U.S., Iran and Security in Persian Gulf.
Nuclear power is the primary carbon-free energy source technically capable of meeting the world's electricity needs. But current reactors use and generate special nuclear material that can be used for making nuclear weapons. Is it possible to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and simultaneously develop peaceful nuclear power technologies? At the Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Panel Discussion, experts will describe and integrate technical and policy aspects of the nuclear power and nuclear nonproliferation problem.
A presentation and Q&A on the Iran deal featuring two White House officials, including one of the Administration's negotiators.From the speakers: This presentation will lay out the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action negotiated between six major world powers and Iran after nearly two years of highly technical and painstaking sessions. Presenters include Paul Irwin, one of the negotiators, who will detail what the deal does and how it addresses international concerns about Iran's nuclear program, and Matt Nosanchuk, Associate Director for Public Engagement and Liaison to the American Jewish Community and on International Issues, and a native Detroiter.
Will the U.S. and Iran find common ground on the JCPOA, and if so, how? What can we expect of the Saudi-Iranian de-escalation efforts? How do domestic politics in Saudi Arabia, the U.S. and Iran play a role in making (or not making) a deal?
Ronald E. Neumann, Jerry Feierstein and Deborah A. McCarthy discuss the United States, Iran, and security issues in the Persian Gulf. This event is a part of our Weiser Diplomacy Center Launch Series. November, 2019.
