MEI Podcast,The Consequences of Syria for Minorities in the Levant, 9 May, 2012
MEI Podcast,The Consequences of Syria for Minorities in the Levant, 9 May, 2012
MEI Podcast,The Consequences of Syria for Minorities in the Levant, 9 May, 2012
MEI Podcast,The Consequences of Syria for Minorities in the Levant, 9 May, 2012
This special edition of MEI Viewpoints offers snapshots of sports and the Middle East.
The Middle East Institute is pleased to host poet, writer and activist Nimah Nawwab for a conversation about Saudi women in an era of unprecedented change in the Middle East. Despite the many advances of the Arab Spring, the region continues to face mounting social, political, and economic challenges. In Nawwab's native Saudi Arabia, these challenges form the basis for her art and activism.
Podcast for Saudi Women in a Time of Change, 26 April, 2012
Podcast for Saudi Women in a Time of Change, 26 April, 2012
Podcast for Saudi Women in a Time of Change, 26 April, 2012
Podcast for Saudi Women in a Time of Change, 26 April, 2012
The tumultuous political changes taking place across the region dominate the news — deservedly so. Yet, there are other changes taking place throughout the Middle East which, though less prominent, also merit attention. Indeed, the region has no shortage of creative and committed “change agents” who in ways great and small have taken meaningful steps to address the myriad challenges to the sustainability of the region’s physical environment. Volume II in this series offers snapshots of a small selection of the many efforts aimed at cultivating responsible environmental stewardship.
This Opinion first appeared on CNN.com on April 20, 2012
The six-point peace plan for Syria proposed by Kofi Annan is doomed to fail for one simple reason: Neither President Bashar al-Assad nor the government opposition is interested in making it work.
This infographic explains one facet of the argument posed in MEI Scholar Zubair Iqbal‘s recent article The Economic Determinants of Arab Democratization, posted March 13.
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This article first appeared in Foreign Policy’s Middle East Channel on April 10, 2012
The Russian government, like its counterparts in the West, the Middle East, and elsewhere, was caught off guard by the outburst of Arab uprisings beginning in January 2011 that swept away long-ruling authoritarian regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and (it appears) Yemen, and have threatened to topple those in Bahrain and Syria. The response of the Russian government to these events has, like that of Western governments, often been confused and inconsistent. Just as Western governments have done, Moscow has sought to protect its interests in the region.