The Antidote for Partisan, Biased,
“Fake” News & Myopic Vision
Apolitical, Contextualized & Non-Partisan Education about the Middle East
Intelligence Analysis Techniques
Media Assessment & Critique
360° Predictive Skills
ITME teaches you to separate the wheat from the chaff, think critically, challenge popular tropes, evaluate primary sources and app ly these skills to fast-breaking, real-world geopolitical issues.
ITME Doesn’t Teach What To Think
ITME TEACHES HOW TO THINK
“ QUOTES FROM OUR ITME GRADUATES ”
“The wide range of lectures with such diverse viewpoints was something that doesn’t happen often. The value of being presented nearly all aspects of the region without an obvious tilt is invaluable.”
“ITME changed the entire trajectory of my academic and professional career.”
“The most important skills that I learned in ITME were how to gather and analyze information. We live in a world where we are constantly bombarded with information. ITME taught me how to think about how I gather and analyze information, skills that I continue to have today and utilize every time I come across a fresh news source. This is applicable across a wide variety of fields, and everyone, not just people interested in the nitty-gritty details of the Middle East, can and should utilize these skills.”
“In an era of extreme partisanship in Congress, with Staffers often only having the opportunity – or time – to learn about pressing and complicated policy issues through a narrow lens, ITME offers a unique opportunity to gain exposure to a vast array of perspectives….the ITME program is ambitious and unparalleled in this undertaking…It is my hope that future Congressional Staffers will have the opportunity to help inform their policymaking.”
“ITME encourages independent thought rather than pushing an agenda. Avi is passionate about and committed to providing a well-rounded education.”
“This program is amazing, and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to gain an in-depth, non-partisan/non-political view of the region.”
“To get to speak with & hear from a fantastic combination of thinkers, policy and regional experts, a wide range of community members – all with such varying and contradicting opinions – is what makes this program so special. “
“ITME shook my world and challenged everything I know about foreign policy.”
“On Capitol Hill, the most difficult thing to earn is trust. You now have ours, and we are eager to share our support for this program with others!”
“ITME changed my entire way of thinking.”
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Avi Melamed, Founder ITME
avi@avimelamed.com | US Land Line 202-239-8879
Israel Mobile & WhatsApp +972-50-540-9905
AVI MELAMED, Strategic Intelligence Analyst, Middle East Expert, former Israeli Intelligence Official, Senior Official on Arab Affairs, and Educator, created ITME when he served as the Salisbury Fellow of Intelligence and Middle East Affairs for the Eisenhower Institute from 2013 – 2018.
Under his leadership, ITME grew from an undergraduate initiative to include workshops and seminars from high-schools to Capitol Hill to organizations and institutions across the globe.
Through ITME, Avi Melamed has directly impacted the educational paths, career trajectories and perspectives of hundreds of current and future leaders.
Currently celebrating its ninth year, ITME, is an independent 501(c)(3). ITME – committed to providing a non-partisan education about the contemporary Middle East, while teaching critical analysis in an innovative and engaging fashion – empowers people to navigate a complex reality.
ITME is a US tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization.
Multi-day seminars, semester-long, and year-long programs, subsidized by ITME donors and supporters, make participation affordable.
