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Understanding Today. Anticipating Tomorrow.
With a distinctive interdisciplinary background and expertise in predictive historical analysis, Dr. Aisami focuses on global affairs and the evolving dynamics between the United States and the Middle East.
He is the author of several books in Arabic and English and has written hundreds of analytical articles on critical geopolitical issues.
A frequent media guest and speaker at leading think tanks and academic forums, Dr. Aisami engages international audiences in a meaningful dialogue on global challenges, international strategies, and policy directions.
Dr. Aisami's Books
As the Sand Shifts, Reevaluating the U.S. Strategy in the Middle East (English, released in 2024 and updated in 2026).
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A Clear, Powerful Examination of America’s Role in the Middle East. In As the Sand Shifts, Dr. Riad Aisami—scholar and expert in U.S.–Middle East relations—offers a sharp, accessible analysis of how American strategy in the region has evolved from World War II to the present day. Drawing from decades of research and firsthand experience, he explores five key issues shaping the modern Middle East: the Arab–Israeli conflict, Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Russia’s resurgence, China’s global rise, and the war in Syria.
Dr. Aisami reveals how long-standing U.S. policies, rooted in Cold War thinking, no longer meet the demands of today’s geopolitical landscape. He argues for a bold shift toward soft power, smart diplomacy, and constructive regional engagement.
Clear, informative, and timely, As the Sand Shifts is an essential guide for students, policymakers, and anyone seeking to understand the forces driving one of the world’s most strategic regions.
“The United States and the Middle East: The Evolution of the Conflict and Global Geostrategic Rivalry in a New World Order”
This book is the baseline of the English Edition: As the Sand Shifts, Revaluating the U.S. Strategy in the Middle East
يعتمد الكتاب مبدأ الدراسات المستقبلية، والذي يقوم على أساس تفسير وتحليل السردية التاريخية للأحداث الموثقة ووضعها في سياق البحث المنهجي. وذلك بغية فهم الحاضر واستيعابه لاستشراف ما يمكن ان يحدث في المستقبل، بدلاً من انتظار حدوثه والانشغال في تفسير تداعياته. يقع الكتاب في 394 صفحة، ومُكوَّن من جزأين. يستعرض الجزء الأول أهم الأحداث وتطورات الصراع الأمريكي على الشرق الأوسط منذ هيمنة الولايات المتحدة عليه بعد انتهاء الحرب العالمية الثانية عام 1945. أما الجزء الثاني فيركز على مآلات الصراع وكيف يمكن ان تتطور في المستقبل. وذلك من خلال عرض ونقاش خمس فرضيات بحثية. ومنها مستقبل الصراع العربي-الإسرائيلي، المشروع النووي الإيراني، التحدي الروسي، والمنافسة مع الصين. وكذلك تطرق الكتاب إلى احتمالية وصول الصراع على النفوذ في منطقة الشرق الأوسط إلى حرب عالمية ثالثة تقود إلى بزوغ نظامٍ عالميٍ جديد. كما ويقدم الكتاب العديد من الاستنتاجات البحثية العامة، والتي جاءت في سياق الإجابة على السؤال الرئيسي الذي طرحه الكتاب، وهو فيما إذا سيكون القرن الحادي والعشرون قرناً أمريكيا؟.
Obama Departs and Leaves the Middle East in Flames (Arabic, published in Beirut on the last day of 2016, three weeks before President Barack Obama left office.
Dr. Aisami's 5D Model
The 5D (Define, Design, Develop, Deliver, and Determine) Model for Planning and Teaching Online Courses was first published as an Encyclopedia Chapter in 2005 and was included in a resource book published by IGI Global in 2020 [1].
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When the internet became a viable instructional delivery medium, online learning began to rapidly expand. Shortly thereafter, the need for online teaching approaches promptly emerged. As web-based technologies evolve rapidly, online planning and teaching skills are becoming even more necessary prerequisites for online teaching. Utilizing a 5-Stage Learning Model for Planning and Teaching Online Courses: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a cutting-edge scholarly publication that combines the instructional system design approach (ISD) with the current and emerging instructional technologies for planning and teaching effective and successful online courses. It also offers recommendations that focus on best practice experiences for engaging online students and motivating them to be active participants in an online class. Highlighting a range of topics such as data analysis, educational collaboration, and student engagement, this book is essential for instructional designers, curriculum developers, educational software developers, academicians, teachers, administrators, researchers, and students. It can also be used by training specialists who are employed by universities, corporations, or government agencies and charged with developing and teaching online classes of professional development or web-based military training.
The empirically driven study that has inspired more than 10,000 readers and generated over 100 scholarly citations. Built upon the conceptual framework of the Programmed Brain and the Learning Chain, this work explores the transformative power of visualization in the learning process, with particular emphasis on learners with diverse multiple-intelligence learning preferences.
If you can visualize it, you can learn it.
True learning is not measured by how much information we accumulate, but by how much we retain, apply, and transform into meaningful action. Through visualization and structured cognitive engagement, learning becomes deeper, lasting, and more effective.
The Global Institute for Digital Education (GIDE)
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GIDE is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization committed to advancing the quality of global education by preparing educators, institutions, and professionals to design, develop, and deliver effective digital learning experiences. Grounded in research-based frameworks and best practices in instructional technology, GIDE equips learners and trainers with the skills needed to succeed in a rapidly evolving, digitally driven world.
Through strategic partnerships with academic institutions and professional organizations, GIDE delivers high-impact training, continuing education, and professional development programs—particularly in underserved and developing regions, including the Middle East.
GIDE brings together a global network of expert volunteer professionals to support critical educational initiatives, including training instructors to plan and teach courses online, preparing graduates for the digital workforce, helping individuals build sustainable online careers and businesses, and providing English as a Second Language (ESL).
At GIDE, we aim for excellence—because together, we can expand opportunity and make a lasting difference.