Audio recording from The Arab-Israeli Peace Process from an Egyptian Perspective
Audio recording from The Arab-Israeli Peace Process from an Egyptian Perspective
Audio recording from The Arab-Israeli Peace Process from an Egyptian Perspective
Audio recording from The Arab-Israeli Peace Process from an Egyptian Perspective
Podcast 5, 16 February. 2012 No End In Sight: Syria After the UN Vote Aram Nerguizian, CSIS Randa Slim, Middle East Institute Mona Yacoubian, Stimson Center moderated by Kate Seelye, Middle East Institute
Audio recording from Lebanon and Syria: The Challenge of an Evolving Relationship
Audio recording from An Exploration of Egyptian Sufi Musical Traditions
The Middle East Institute is pleased to host Egyptian journalist Ashraf
Khalil for a discussion of his new book, Liberation Square: Inside the
Egyptian Revolution and the Rebirth of a Nation, and the political
landscape in Egypt on the first anniversary of the revolution. This
book is the first account of the Tahrir Square uprisings from someone
who was on the ground and witnessed the protests firsthand. Ashraf
Khalil will analyze the status quo in Egypt today and reasons for both
Podcast for “Egypt’s Unfinished Revolution: One Year Later”
Ashraf Khali
10 Feb, 2012
This Opinion was first delivered as a speech at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson Institute on February 7, 2012
Bashar al-Assad and his top regime cronies appear to be operating under a deeply flawed assumption: the relatively broad-based opposition it now faces is similar to the narrower Muslim Brotherhood challenge it defeated back in 1982 by killing more than 10,000 Syrians in Hama. Much the same way it did 30 years ago, the regime keeps pounding away at the resistance. But unlike the Hama massacre, a few severe blows will not put an end to this latest uprising. Instead, Assad’s brutish tactics will only escalate the bloodshed and resistance.
This Opinion first appeared in TheAtlantic.com on February 8, 2012
This Opinion was first published on CNN.com on February 6, 2012
The double veto cast by Russia and China at the United Nations Security Council on Saturday represents a clarifying moment in the Syrian uprisings.
At the 2012 Munich Security Conference, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton noted, "We don't know what the endgame will be until we start the game." Well, fasten your seatbelt — the game over Syria has started.