Middle East Initiative Speaker Series March 25, 2013 Description: A conversation with Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Professor of Economics at Virginia Tech; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institution. Djavad Salehi-Isfahani conducts research on the economics of the Middle East as a Professor of Economics at Virginia Tech. He has served on the Board of Trustees of the Economic Research Forum (2001-2006), a network of Middle East economists based in Cairo.