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The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies is an interdisciplinary education and research organization founded in 2001, devoted to the regional study of the Eastern Mediterranean within greater Middle East. The Center is part of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, at Tufts University.〔〔〔〔 Its aim is the study and understanding the heritage of the Eastern Mediterranean and the challenges it faces in the twenty-first century,〔 being at the crossroads between the academic and policy world.〔 ==Activities== The founding director defined the goal of the center as the pursuit of a cross-regional and cross-cultural analysis,〔 fostering the encounter of a diversity of viewpoints, with the belief that a broad diversity of views serves as an effective means of conflict resolution.〔〔 The center aims to foster greater understanding of the Middle East to students, notably through studying relationships between the groups involved in Middle Eastern conflicts.〔〔〔〔 Initially the regional focus was on Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, and the neighboring countries of Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, and Turkey.〔 Later on the focus was broadened to also include other countries in the greater Middle East and North Africa regions.〔 The center hosts scholars conducting research and offering courses on the region.〔 Fares also serves as a forum, organizing events such as conferences,〔〔〔 for the discussion of policy issues from an international perspective, welcoming both for scholars within the school as well as reaching out to guest speakers.〔〔〔 The center includes numerous events organized by the school's Mediterranean Club.〔 The Center has served as the organizer of the Issam M. Fares Lecture series,〔 a renowned forum endowed by the Fares' foundations since 1993 and attended by thousands of students.〔〔 Past notable speakers included former British Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair; former President of France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing;〔 former U.S. Secretaries of State James Baker, Madeleine Albright,〔 Colin Powell and Hillary Clinton; and former U.S. Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.〔〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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