BAU Hosts US Senators and Members of the House of Representatives

The roundtable meeting organized by the Bahçeşehir University Center for American Studies was held interactively with the contributions of distinguished participants, including Senator Ben Cardin, Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Alcee Hastings, Representative Robert Aderholt, Representative Mike McIntyre, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce Matthew Murray, Senior Commerce Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor for Europe and Eurasia Maria Luisa Escudero, Helsinki Commission Senior Advisor Fred Turner, Advisor Alex Johnson, General Counsel Marlene Kaufmann, BAU Chairman of the Board of Trustees Enver Yücel, Dean of the BAU Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Prof. Dr. Necip Çakır, Prof. Dr. Yılmaz Esmer, Prof. Dr. Sabri Sayarı, BAU Head of the Department of Political Science and International Relations Prof. Dr. Mert Bilgin, Director of the Center for American Studies Assist. Prof. Dr. Burak Küntay, and students.

At the roundtable meeting, guided by questions from students of the Department of Political Science and International Relations, current issues were discussed regarding the domestic and foreign policies of the United States and how world politics have been shaped through the politics of the Obama era.

The meeting's agenda was set by the economy and foreign policy. The main topics of the meeting were as follows:

- Middle East policies of the Obama era,

- US policy on Syria

- The Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the security of the Middle East region

- The pivot toward Latin America and Asia,

- Arab movements and the democratization of the region,

- Debates on budget spending and the course of the economy in US domestic politics

- The new world order