Red, Green, and Blue: Islamism’s Reach in American Politics: Elections

Red, Green, and Blue: Islamism’s Reach in American Politics: Elections
Monday, October 30 at 11am PT/ 2pm ET

This is part 2 of 6 in our series in collaboration with the Middle East Forum.

AJU’s Rick Richman and MEF’s Ryan Mauro and Michael Pregent discuss the impact of Middle Eastern actors, particularly Islamist groups and state actors, on American political processes and elections.

Ryan Mauro is a counter-extremism/national security specialist. He is an investigative researcher for Capital Research Center focused on extremist groups and threats from foreign entities. 

Michael Pregent is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, and a former U.S. Army intelligence officer. He is a senior Middle East analyst, a former adjunct lecturer for the College of International Security Affairs, and a visiting fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defense University. 

Rick Richman is a resident scholar at American Jewish University and the author of Racing Against History: The 1940 Campaign for a Jewish Army to Fight Hitler. He graduated with honors from Harvard College and New York University Law School. He has written for Commentary, The Jewish Journal, The Jewish Review of Books, Mosaic Magazine, The New York Post, The New York Sun and other publications, and is the author of the chapter on American Zionism in What America Owes the Jews, What Jews Owe America.

Follow the link to explore Rick Richman’s newest release from 2023, “And None Shall Make Them Afraid: Eight Stories of the Modern State of Israel.”