The Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA; full disclosure — I have been a member since the organization's founding) will be holding a forum with the U.S. Air Force Research Institute on February 13, 2009 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Air Command and Staff College at Alabama's Maxwell Air Force Base in the Barnes Auditorium. You can find details here. The list of speakers and topics is impressive and I strongly encourage you to attend if you can.