The Future of Saudi Arabia and What al-Qaeda Websites Tell Us

A Lecture by Michael Doran

On October 16-17, 2004, the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education held its 12th History Institute for Teachers focusing on “A New Middle East? The War on Terror and Its Regional Impact.”

Specially designed for secondary school teachers and curriculum supervisors, the program featured a series of lectures by leading scholars in several fields. Forty teachers from 15 states attended the weekend conference.

Michael Doran is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. He teaches courses on political Islam, Middle Eastern nationalism, U.S.-Middle East relations, and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

His lecture focused on the future of Saudi Arabia and what can be learned from reading al-Qaeda websites.