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Jean-Pierre Cassarino

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Jean-Pierre Cassarino holds a professorship at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies (RSCAS/European University Institute, Florence) where he directs the Return migration and Development Platform (http://rsc.eui.eu/RDP/). He is also research associate at the Tunis-based Institut de Recherche sur le Maghreb Contemporain (IRMC). Since the mid-1990s, he has published extensively on international migration, particularly on return migration and has carried out numerous field surveys investigating returnees’ manifold patterns of reintegration. Selected publications include: (ed.) Unbalanced Reciprocities: Cooperation on Readmission in the Euro-Mediterranean Area, The Middle East Institute Press, Washington, 2010; (ed.) “Conditions of Modern Return Migrants”, International Journal on Multicultural Societies, Vol. 10, Issue 2, UNESCO, Paris, 2008; (ed.) Return Migrants to the Maghreb Countries: Reintegration and development challenges, RSCAS, European University Institute, Florence, 2008; Tunisian New Entrepreneurs and their Past Experiences of Migration in Europe: Networks, Resource Mobilisation, and Hidden Disaffection. Ashgate Publishers, Aldershot, 2000. Email: [email protected]

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MEI Art Gallery – June First Friday Open House
  • Arts & Culture
  • MEI Art Gallery – June First Friday Open House

    Join us to see our latest exhibition, Beyond the Weave: Contemporary Dialogues with AlSadu, at the upcoming First Friday Open House as part of Art Walk Dupont.

    June 5, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

    MEI Art Gallery - 1763 N St NW, Washington DC 20036

    In Conversation with Zahi Hawass
  • Arts & Culture
  • Event
  • In Conversation with Zahi Hawass

    Reflections on Egypt's Heritage, Tourism and Global Partnerships

    June 5, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

    Middle East Institute 1763 N St. NW Washington, DC 20036

    LIVE at MEI: Voices from the Arab Diaspora
  • Arts & Culture
  • Event
  • LIVE at MEI: Voices from the Arab Diaspora

    An evening of uplifting storytelling, humor, and community building.

    May 29, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

    Middle East Institute - 1763 N St NW, Washington DC 20036

    Trump’s Missions Unaccomplished on Foreign Policy
  • Analysis
  • Trump’s Missions Unaccomplished on Foreign Policy

    Three months after the Iran war began, the United States and Iran are engaged in talks aimed at ending the crisis, even as both sides conducted limited military strikes against each other this week and a separate-but-linked conflict between Israel and Hizballah in Lebanon continued to escalate.

    MP Fouad Makhzoumi on Lebanon’s Future
  • Podcast
  • MP Fouad Makhzoumi on Lebanon’s Future

    A fragile cease-fire between Lebanon and Israel is barely holding as military delegations from both countries arrive in Washington for a new round of direct talks scheduled for this Friday. But diplomatic success could mean new strategic opportunities for the Lebanese nation. Guest host and MEI Senior Fellow Brian Katulis is joined by Lebanese Member of Parliament Fouad Makhzoumi to unpack the challenges facing the Lebanese government today, Hizballah’s influence over state institutions, and what all of this means for the country’s future. Makhzoumi also reflects on his personal journey and what inspired him to transition from business to politics in an effort to help shape a better life for his granddaughters in Lebanon.

    May 28, 2026

    Can Hamas Be Disarmed?
  • Podcast
  • Can Hamas Be Disarmed?

    As the world’s attention shifts to the Iran war, Gaza is increasingly disappearing from the international spotlight. But more than six months after the United Nations endorsed a peace plan for Gaza, the humanitarian catastrophe continues. Israeli strikes remain relentless, while major international NGOs and aid groups say critical supplies are still not entering Gaza at anywhere near the scale needed.