Word: yalman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Yalman criticized what he called a lack ofcontinuity in American foreign policy by saying,"United States foreign policy toward the MiddleEast has been conducted on a day-to-day basis...
Professor of Social Anthropology and MiddleEastern Studies Nur O. Yalman called the situation"very dangerous." Yalman said that Saudi Arabia is"isolated and vulnerable to attack from extremistfactions" as a result of its cooperation withIsrael and the U.S. in the sale of arms to Iran...
...involvement with the CIA lessens our credibility as a scholarly and academic institution and makes us look like an arm of the U.S. government," Yalman said...
During the weeks when scholars began discussing Safran's links to the CIA, Professor of Social Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies Nur O. Yalman warned that a perceived connection between the University and the CIA would make Harvard scholars working in the Middle East inviting targets for anti-American sentiment...
According to a source familiar with the center, Yalman's prediction proved true several weeks ago when Egyptian security officers detained and questioned an Egyptologist with ties to the University. Although the Egyptologist, Bassim Zaki, could not be reached for comment, the source says his interrogation focused on Safran's CIA contracts...