SQCC Announces Competitive Research Fellowship Program.
New MEI Bulletin discusses Gulf security
Russian-Iranian Relations in the Obama Era Speaker: Dr. Mark N. Katz January 28, 2010
The Status and Fate of the Palestinian-Arab Minority in Israel Speakers: As’ad Ghanem, Sammy Smooha January 27, 2010
Addressing the Crisis in Yemen: Strategies and Solutions Speakers: Thomas Krajeski, David Newton, January 21, 2010
Reforming Radical Islam: The Moroccan Model Speaker: Dr. Mohsine El Ahmadi January 14, 2010
Saudi Arabia: The New Dynamics Speaker: Thomas W. Lippman December 16, 2009
While the World Slept: The Impact of the Bush Years on the Middle East Speaker: Claude Salhani December 1, 2009
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Ambassadors David Mack and Richard Murphy address Obama's democracy promotion efforts in The National
Amb. David Newton comments on Yemen on Al Jazeera English
Trita Parsi comments in The Hill on US policy regarding post-protest Iran
Viewpoints
The 53 essays contained in this edition revisit the tortured path that Afghanistan has followed over the past three decades. The essays, which are grouped under five subject headings, paint a revealing picture of Afghanistan’s complex social, political, and economic landscape...
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Policy Briefs
Adam Robert Green
This Policy Brief asks whether the muted Palestinian economic revival can be deepened and sustained in the absence of a peace agreement with Israel or a unified Palestinian leadership.
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Encounters
Trajectories of Change in Omani Poetry
by Mara Revkin
Driving down a thoroughfare studded with beauty parlors and cell phone stores, it’s hard to believe that less than 40 years ago...
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Commentaries
By Wendy J. Chamberlin The bipartisan Kerry Lugar Bill provides a multi-year, super-sized economic aid program to the people of Pakistan. This is the right approach to improved US-Pakistan relations. The majority of Pakistanis distrust the US because they believe we favor military dictators over civilian democrats and are quick to abandon promised economic aid programs once we have achieved our security goals.
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Michael Ryan Writes about al-Qaeda in Yemen in the Terrorism Monitor
Amb. Chamberlin speaks at Iowa State University about major issues in international affairs today.
Amb. Chamberlin speaks at Brookings on the Counterinsurgency and the War on Drugs