http://www.hamilton.edu/news/ News From Hamilton en-us http://www.hamilton.edu/news/em-christian-science-monitor-em-quotes-walker http://www.hamilton.edu/news/em-christian-science-monitor-em-quotes-walker On the eve of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s meeting with Egypt’s first freely-elected president this weekend, Edward “Ned” Walker ’62, the Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Global Political Theory and former ambassador to Egypt and Israel, spoke with a reporter from The Christian Science Monitor. The resulting article, “Hillary Clinton to meet Egypt’s new president: what is at stake” published on July 14, quoted Walker extensively. Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:06:59 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/walker-comments-on-egyptian-politics-on-cnn-and-em-the-new-york-times-em http://www.hamilton.edu/news/walker-comments-on-egyptian-politics-on-cnn-and-em-the-new-york-times-em Edward “Ned” Walker ’62, the Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Global Political Theory and former ambassador to Egypt and Israel, discussed the election of the Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi as Egypt’s next president with host Candy Crowley on the June 24 broadcast of CNN’s State of the Union. The New York Times in a June 25 article titled “Egypt Results Leave White House Relieved but Watchful” included one of Walker’s comments from the CNN interview. Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:40:58 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/middle-east-and-islamic-studies-program-approved http://www.hamilton.edu/news/middle-east-and-islamic-studies-program-approved Concurrent with the Middle East’s growing role in international politics, student interest in that part of the world has been expanding. In response to both, the faculty approved an interdisciplinary program and minor in Middle East and Islamic World Studies at its May 1 meeting. Wed, 09 May 2012 12:04:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/turmoil-in-the-middle-east http://www.hamilton.edu/news/turmoil-in-the-middle-east Recent turmoil and political upheaval in the Middle East have dominated the global news lately, with documentations of unrest in more than a dozen already unsteady nations. Ryan Karerat ’12, an Emerson grant recipient, is spending the summer with Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs Alan Cafruny researching the current state of U.S. foreign affairs in the Middle East. Thu, 07 Jul 2011 03:23:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/npr-interviews-walker-on-egyptian-political-crisis http://www.hamilton.edu/news/npr-interviews-walker-on-egyptian-political-crisis Edward S. Walker, Jr., '62 former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt and Israel and the Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Global Political Theory, was interviewed this morning on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition. Walker spoke with host Steve Inskeep about the violent clashes in Egypt and the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's authority. Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:06:22 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/cbs-em-60-minutes-em-producer-speaks-on-middle-east http://www.hamilton.edu/news/cbs-em-60-minutes-em-producer-speaks-on-middle-east “I don’t feel worthy of speaking to an economics class. I was a history major,” began CBS 60 Minutes producer and Hamilton alumnus Andrew Metz ’91. Formerly a reporter with Newsday covering the Middle East, Metz shared his experiences and observations on the region in Professor of Economics Erol Balkan’s Political Economics of the Middle East class on Tuesday, May 5. Thu, 06 May 2010 00:00:00 EST