Commentary
In an interview, Mayssoun Sukarieh discusses youths in the region, and how they are being defined and reshaped.
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Commentary
Old Bottles Breaking
Michele Dunne discusses the shifts in U.S. relations with Egypt and recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
By Ghida Tayara
Published on Dec 19, 2017
Michele Dunne is director of and senior fellow in the Middle East program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She has written extensively about Egypt, relations between Egypt and the United States, and U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Recently, she testified before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. Congress, where she spoke about how Washington could bolster human rights in Egypt, a view she echoed in a Diwan article. Dunne was recently in Beirut for the annual conferenced organized by the Carnegie Middle East Center. Diwan caught up with her to discuss the United States and Egypt, and hear her views about what was behind the Trump administration’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
About the Author
Ghida Tayara
Senior Digital and Web Coordinator
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
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