US Middle East Project Inc.
US Middle East Project Inc.
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Mission
THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO ENGAGE IN NON PARTISAN ANALYSIS OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, AND TO PRESENT POLICYMAKERS IN THE UNITED STATES, IN THE REGION AND IN THE LARGER INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WITH BALANCED POLICY ANALYSIS AND POLICY OPTIONS TO PREVENT CONFLICT AND PROMOTE STABILITY, DEMOCRACY, MODERNIZATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
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CRITICAL ANALYSES OF U.S./MIDDLE EAST POLICY TOWARDS CONFLICT DE-ESCALATION AND RESOLUTION IN THE REGION THE U.S./MIDDLE EAST PROJECT (USMEP) ARRANGED NUMEROUS IN-PERSON BRIEFINGS AND BRAIN-STORMING SESSIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR ITS BOARD MEMBERS AND SENIOR ADVISORS AS WELL AS OTHER RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING BY LEADING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND MIDDLE EAST EXPERTS FROM VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN THE U.S. AND BEYOND. THE PURPOSE OF THESE GATHERINGS WAS TO REVIEW U.S.- MIDDLE EAST POLICY AND THAT OF OTHER ACTORS AND OPTIONS FOR MITIGATING OR ADVANCING RESOLUTIONS OF CRISES AND CONFLICTS IN EACH OF THE MAJOR AREAS OF INTEREST IN THE REGION, NOTABLY WORKING TO RESOLVE THE ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN CONFLICT, AS WELL AS IRAN, IRAQ, SYRIA, THE GULF AND EGYPT. SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS ARE LISTED BELOW: BRIEFING AND POLICY DISCUSSION FOR BOARD MEMBERS AND SENIOR ADVISORS HELD ON NOVEMBER 8-9, 2018 IN LONDON, UK: PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED: H.E. YOUSUF BIN ALAWI, FOREIGN MINISTER, SULTANATE OF OMAN SHLOMO BEN-AMI, VICE PRESIDENT AND CO-FOUNDER, TOLEDO INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR PEACE JOEL BRAUNOLD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ALLIANCE FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE WILLIAM J. BURNS, PRESIDENT, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE MARGARET DEREUS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE FOR MIDDLE EAST UNDERSTANDING LARA FRIEDMAN, PRESIDENT, FOUNDATION FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE KIM GHATTAS, BBC CORRESPONDENT AND SENIOR VISITING FELLOW, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE ELLIE GERANMAYEH, SENIOR POLICY FELLOW, EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS EFRAIM HALEVY, CHAIRMAN, ISRAEL NATIONAL CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY MUSTAFA HAMARNEH, PRESIDENT, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OF JORDAN DANIEL C. KURTZER, FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL AND EGYPT DANIEL LEVY, PRESIDENT, U.S. /MIDDLE EAST PROJECT ROBERT MALLEY, FORMER SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND WHITE HOUSE COORDINATOR FOR THE MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICA, AND THE GULF REGION LORD MARK MALLOCH-BROWN, FORMER UK GOVERNMENT MINISTER AND UNITED NATIONS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNE PATTERSON, FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA THOMAS R. PICKERING, VICE CHAIRMAN, HILLS & COMPANY DAHLIA SCHEINDLIN, PUBLIC OPINION ANALYST AND POLITICAL CONSULTANT HENRY SIEGMAN, PRESIDENT EMERITUS, U.S. /MIDDLE EAST PROJECT PHILIP STEPHENS, DIRECTOR OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD AND CHIEF POLITICAL COMMENTATOR, FINANCIAL TIMES SHIBLEY TELHAMI, ANWAR SADAT PROFESSOR FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT, DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CRITICAL ISSUES POLL AIDA TOUMA-SLIMAN, MEMBER OF KNESSET, ISRAEL H.E. AMBASSADOR PETER WITTIG, GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UK ON FEBRUARY 3, 2018, USMEP PRESIDENT, DANIEL LEVY, PARTICIPATED IN AN OFF- THE-RECORD ROUNDTABLE AT THE HOUSE OF LORDS TO TAKE STOCK OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS RELATING TO THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE PROCESS AND THE TWO-STATE SOLUTION POST-2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. IN ADDITION TO MR. LEVY, SPEAKERS AT THE EVENT INCLUDED LORD PETER HAIN, FORMER LABOUR MP FOR NEATH; ROSEMARY HOLLIS, PROFESSOR OF MIDDLE EAST POLICY STUDIES AT CITY UNIVERSITY LONDON AND DIRECTOR OF THE OLIVE TREE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM; AND HUGH LOVATT, POLICY FELLOW AT THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS (ECFR). ON DECEMBER 7, 2018, THE USMEP HOSTED A LUNCHEON BRIEFING WITH DANNY SEIDEMANN, AN ISRAELI LAWYER WHO SPECIALIZES IN LEGAL AND PUBLIC ISSUES IN EAST JERUSALEM, AT THE CENTURY ASSOCIATION IN NEW YORK CITY. ON JANUARY 4, 2018, THE USMEP HOSTED A PRIVATE BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION IN LONDON WITH FORMER HEAD OF THE PALESTINIAN MISSION IN WASHINGTON D.C., HUSAM ZOMLOT. IN APRIL, 2019, THE USMEP HELPED IN THE PREPARATION OF A LETTER BY FORMER EUROPEAN LEADERS AND ADDRESSED TO CURRENT EU LEADERSHIP ON THE U.S. PLAN FOR THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. BRIEFING AND POLICY DISCUSSION FOR BOARD MEMBERS AND SENIOR ADVISORS HELD ON MAY 15-16, 2019 IN WASHINGTON D.C.: PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED: WILLIAM J. BURNS, PRESIDENT, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE ELIZABETH CAMPBELL, DIRECTOR, WASHINGTON REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE, UNITED NATIONS RELIEF WORK AGENCY (UNRWA) STEVE CLEMONS, EDITOR-AT-LARGE AT THE HILL JAMES DOBBINS, SENIOR FELLOW AND DISTINGUISHED CHAIR IN DIPLOMACY AND SECURITY, RAND CORPORATION LEILA FARSAKH, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF BOSTON LARA FRIEDMAN, PRESIDENT, FOUNDATION FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE CHUCK HAGEL, FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DINA KAWAR, AMBASSADOR OF THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN TO THE UNITED STATES DANIEL C. KURTZER, FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL AND EGYPT DANIEL LEVY, PRESIDENT, U.S. /MIDDLE EAST PROJECT FRANK LOWENSTEIN, FORMER U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN NEGOTIATIONS ROBERT MALLEY, FORMER SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND WHITE HOUSE COORDINATOR FOR THE MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICA, AND THE GULF REGION VALI NASR, DEAN OF THE PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ANNE W. PATTERSON, FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA THOMAS R. PICKERING, VICE CHAIRMAN, HILLS & COMPANY WILLIAM RUGER, VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH AND POLICY AT THE CHARLES KOCH FOUNDATION HENRY SIEGMAN, PRESIDENT EMERITUS, U.S. /MIDDLE EAST PROJECT ROLAND STEININGER, SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR THE PEACE PROCESS IN THE NEAR EAST, SWISS FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ELIZABETH TSURKOV, RESEARCH FELLOW AT THE FORUM FOR REGIONAL THINKING ALI VAEZ, IRAN PROJECT DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, DEMOCRATIC MEMBER OF THE U.S. SENATE FROM MARYLAND HOSSAM ZAKI, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE ARAB LEAGUE
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The filing documents outline the non-profit's mission as “The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the larger international community with balanced policy analysis and policy options to prevent conflict and promote stability, democracy, modernization and economic development throughout the region.”.
When outlining the tasks it performs, they were referred to as: “The organization's mission is to engage in non partisan analysis of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with special emphasis on the middle east peace process, and to present policymakers in the united states, in the region and in the larger international community with balanced policy analysis and policy options to prevent conflict and promote stability, democracy, modernization and economic development throughout the region.”.
- The non-profit's reported state of operation is NY as per legal requirements.
- As of 2020, the non-profit has 1 employees reported on their 990 form.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Has foreign activities.
- Is not a donor-advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
- Revenue is between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
- Revenue less expenses is $87,681.
- The compensation policy for the CEO of the organization is established through a review and endorsement from an independent source.
- The organization has 4 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2006.
- The organization is required to file Schedule J.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization pays $534,797 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $0 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
- The organization has a business related organization transaction.