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Prospects for U.S.-Iran Relations on the Nuclear Issue in the Year Ahead

MEI Podcast Tue, 8/14/2012 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm

Prospects for U.S.-Iran Relations on the Nuclear Issue in the Year Ahead

Policy and War: On the Brink with Iran

“War is merely the continuation of policy by other means.” – Clause von Clausewitz

Considering Diplomacy and War

Rethinking Afghanistan

Originally posted December 2009

We are regularly bombarded by news reports and political analysis that reflect certain underlying assumptions about Afghanistan. These assumptions range from claims that Afghanistan was always a backward state ruled by warlords, to assertions that the country was never really a nation at all, and proclamations that Afghanistan is unfit for Western-style democracy and that it is dangerously naïve to think otherwise.

Cultural Imperatives Of Afghanistan

Since the overthrow of King Mohammad Zahir Shah in 1973, Afghanistan has been plagued by war — either war waged among ideologues (Marxists v. nationalists) or war marked by foreign invasion and occupation. The Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, which began in 1979, lasted a full decade.

Police Reform in Pakistan

Emerging Opportunities and Challenges for Regional Higher Education

Originally posted July 2010

Introduction to Higher Education and the Middle East: Serving the Knowledge-based Economy, Volume I

Originally posted July 2010

Prospects for U.S.-Iran Relations on the Nuclear Issue in the Year Ahead

Principal Authors: Allen Keiswetter and Roby Barrett

Contributing MEI Scholars and Guests:

Geneive Abdo, Reza Akbari, Roby Barrett, Charles Dunne,Philip Frayne, George Harris, Mark N. Katz (George Mason University), Allen Keiswetter, David Mack, Melissa Mahle (C&O Resources), Richard Murphy, Greg Myre, Michael Ryan, Paul Scham, Daniel Serwer, Alex Vatanka, Marvin Weinbaum, Wayne White, Philip Wilcox, Molly Williamson

Higher Education Reform in the Arab World: The Model of Qatar

Higher education—and its successful reform—is essential to the long term stability and prosperity of the Arab world. The youth uprisings which triggered the Arab Spring in Tunisia and Egypt have highlighted the urgency of defusing the region’s ticking demographic time bomb: young, growing populations facing uncertain futures. To combat high unemployment and sluggish private sector growth, the Arab world must focus on building a knowledge society quickly in order to create three million more jobs annually than it currently generates, according to World Bank estimates.