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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