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The latest MEI Podcasts
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Syria on the Verge: Implications for a Nation in Revolt
Speakers: Radwan Ziadeh, Ausama Monajed, Amb. (ret.) Theodore Kattouf, Andrew Tabler
August 10, 2011
Israel's Palestinians: The Conflict Within
Speakers: Ilan Peleg and Dov Waxman
July 25, 2011
My Father Died for Pakistan, An Examination of Religious Extremism in Pakistan
Speakers: Shehrbano Taseer, Marvin Weinbaum
June 28, 2011
Center for Turkish Studies' Second Annual Conference on Turkey
June 23, 2011
After the Arab Spring: Toward Political & Economic Inclusion in the Arab World
Speakers: Helen Clark, Robert D. Hormats, Amb. Edward Walker, Amb Wendy Chamberlin
June 22, 2011
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Viewpoints
The Middle East Institute opens its series on Revolution and Political Transformation by reexamining and placing into context the events of the Arab Spring. The first volume of this series, “Agents of Change,” focuses on the groups and individuals who have led the popular uprisings throughout the region. The pieces enclosed herein are not intended to be a complete analysis, but rather a variety of viewpoints and voices looking back with the benefit of some small amount of hindsight to see what lessons can be learned.
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Policy Insights
Supporting Democratic Movements in the Arab World: An Economist's Perspective
By Dr. Zubair Iqbal
The global community was surprised by the suddenness and intensity of democratic movements in the Arab countries. While universally welcomed, the global response in support of these movements has so far been reactive, uncertain, and slow to build up. The only coherent rendering of such an initiative is the declaration of Deauville Partnership by the Group of 8 countries on May 26-27, 2011. Under the Partnership declaration, long term collaboration will be offered by G-8 member countries to facilitate a “transition towards free, democratic, and tolerant societies” in “Partnership Countries” of the Middle East, beginning with Egypt and Tunisia.
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Policy Briefs
Jacques Roussellier
This Policy Brief examines the real and imagined influence of al-Qa‘ida in North Africa and the Sahel.
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MEI Commentaries
 Washington's Uneasy Alliance with Bahrain
By Thomas W. Lippman
The political crisis in Bahrain appears to have subsided, even if the issues that provoked it remain unresolved. Now, the challenge before Washington is redefining the terms on which it deals with an important but seriously tarnished ally.
Bahrain is a major center of U.S. military operations and strategic commitment. It houses the headquarters of the Navy’s Fifth Fleet and is a prolific purchaser of American military equipment. A recent Congressional Research Service report found that the United States has undertaken a $580 million expansion of naval and air-base facilities there. In 2002 the island nation was officially designated a “major non-NATO ally,” putting it in an exclusive group of U.S. friends that includes Israel, Japan and Australia.
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Encounters
Jonathan D. Abetti
Architecture in the Sultanate of Oman ranges from the very elaborate and modern Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque to the very simple and traditional falaj...
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