Research & Commentary Results

Audio recording from  Libya, Africa and the West

Audio recording from  Libya, Africa and the West

Audio recording from  Libya, Africa and the West

Audio recording from Libya: From Colony to Independence

Audio recording from Libya: From Colony to Independence

Audio recording from Libya: From Colony to Independence

Audio recording from Libya: From Colony to Independence

Audio recording from A Briefing on Kuwait and Gulf Affairs with the U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait

Audio recording from Comparing the Politics of GCC Oil Booms and Busts

Audio recording from Lebanon’s Politics in a Shifting Environment

MEI Annual Banquet

Wednesday, November 16, 2010
6:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Award Recipient – Issam M. Fares Award for Excellence

H.E. Amb. Lakhdar Brahimi

The Arab Spring:  Implications for US Policy and Interests

This Commentary was first published as an op-ed in Politico on October 21, 2011

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta asserted recently that critics of the Libyan mission “have been proven wrong.” Now, with the death of dictator Muammar Qadhafi, the secretary’s view is supported by the overwhelming majority of Washington’s foreign policy establishment.

This Commentary was first published as an op-ed in the Daily Beast on September 7, 2011

The events of that day were so jarring that they are recorded in our memories as if they had taken place last week. But it has been a long decade, one in which we have made as many mistakes as we have had successes. Now, and not after we suffer another major terrorist attack, is good time to pause, look back, learn lessons, and begin to chart a path away from the past.

Speakers: Amb. Wendy Chamberlin, MEI President
Amb. Gene Cretz, US Ambassador to Libya
Mark Ward, Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID
Travis Gartner, Director of Community Stabilization, IRD