Adam Garfinkle, Editor, American Interest · Fox Fellow, FPRI “The Fall of Empires and the Formation of the Modern Middle East” at the Foreign Policy Research Institute's Middle East History Institute on "Understanding the Modern Middle East: History, Identity, and Politics" on October 17-18, 2015 in Philadelphia. For more on this event, including articles, PowerPoint presentations, and more: www.fpri.org/events/2015/10/understanding-modern-middle-east-history-identity-and-politics