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Shahmahmood Miakhel

Country Director, Afghanistan

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Shahmahmood Miakhel is the Country Director in Afghanistan for the US Institute of Peace (USIP). Prior to that he was a Governance Advisor for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), and, from 2003–2005, a Deputy Minister of the Interior in the Government of Afghanistan. In 1994–1995 he worked for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in South and Southeast Afghanistan helping to establish District Rehabilitation Shuras (DRS). He also worked as a reporter for the Pashto service of the Voice of America from 1985–1990.

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2012 Annual Banquet

2012 Annual Banquet

November 13 – January 1, 1970, November 13 - 6:00 PM – 12:00 AM
January 1 - 6:00 PM – 12:00 AM

Grand Hyatt Washington, 1000 H Street, NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20001

Religious & Secular Elite Cooperation: Democratization in Turkey & the Middle East
Middle East Institute
  • Podcast
  • Religious & Secular Elite Cooperation: Democratization in Turkey & the Middle East

    Fri, 11/9/2012 12:30 pm to 2:00 pmThe Middle East Institute’s Center for Turkish Studies and the Institute of Turkish Studies at Georgetown University are proud to present a discussion with Professor Murat Somer of Koc University in Istanbul. Somer will examine how countries with semi-democratic or authoritarian centers, such as Turkey or the Arab Spring polities, must rely on cooperation between religious and secular actors to achieve greater democratization.

    November 9, 2012

    Religious & Secular Elite Cooperation: Democratization in Turkey & the Middle East
    Middle East Institute
  • Podcast
  • Religious & Secular Elite Cooperation: Democratization in Turkey & the Middle East

    Fri, 11/9/2012 12:30 pm to 2:00 pmThe Middle East Institute’s Center for Turkish Studies and the Institute of Turkish Studies at Georgetown University are proud to present a discussion with Professor Murat Somer of Koc University in Istanbul. Somer will examine how countries with semi-democratic or authoritarian centers, such as Turkey or the Arab Spring polities, must rely on cooperation between religious and secular actors to achieve greater democratization.

    November 9, 2012

    Religious & Secular Elite Cooperation: Democratization in Turkey & the Middle East
    Middle East Institute
  • Podcast
  • Religious & Secular Elite Cooperation: Democratization in Turkey & the Middle East

    Fri, 11/9/2012 12:30 pm to 2:00 pmThe Middle East Institute’s Center for Turkish Studies and the Institute of Turkish Studies at Georgetown University are proud to present a discussion with Professor Murat Somer of Koc University in Istanbul. Somer will examine how countries with semi-democratic or authoritarian centers, such as Turkey or the Arab Spring polities, must rely on cooperation between religious and secular actors to achieve greater democratization.

    November 9, 2012

    Religious & Secular Elite Cooperation: Democratization in Turkey & the Middle East
    Middle East Institute
  • Podcast
  • Religious & Secular Elite Cooperation: Democratization in Turkey & the Middle East

    Fri, 11/9/2012 12:30 pm to 2:00 pmThe Middle East Institute’s Center for Turkish Studies and the Institute of Turkish Studies at Georgetown University are proud to present a discussion with Professor Murat Somer of Koc University in Istanbul. Somer will examine how countries with semi-democratic or authoritarian centers, such as Turkey or the Arab Spring polities, must rely on cooperation between religious and secular actors to achieve greater democratization.

    November 9, 2012

    Saudi Arabia: The Rising Next Generation
    Middle East Institute
  • Analysis
  • Saudi Arabia: The Rising Next Generation

        The terse announcement on Monday that Prince Muhammad bin Nayef has been promoted to minister of interior in Saudi Arabia accelerates the long-awaited rise of a new generation of leaders to positions of real power in the Kingdom. At the age of 58, Muhammad succeeds his 72-year-old uncle, Prince Ahmed bin Abdul Aziz, a son of the founding king of modern Saudi Arabia, who had become minister only in June.

    November 7, 2012