Middle East Scholar Amatzia Baram Rejoins Institute of Peace
WASHINGTON—Amatzia Baram, a distinguished professor of Middle East history at the University of Haifa, has begun a one-year fellowship, his second, at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Professor Baram is particularly well-known and highly regarded for his expertise in Iraqi history, politics, and society. As a senior fellow, he will concentrate on state-mosque relations in Iraq. Before commencing his fellowship, he was a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, where he focused on political...