Political Reform in the Arab World

{
  "authors": [
    "Julia Choucair-Vizoso"
  ],
  "type": "legacyinthemedia",
  "centerAffiliationAll": "dc",
  "centers": [
    "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace"
  ],
  "collections": [],
  "englishNewsletterAll": "democracy",
  "nonEnglishNewsletterAll": "",
  "primaryCenter": "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace",
  "programAffiliation": "DCG",
  "programs": [
    "Democracy, Conflict, and Governance",
    "Middle East"
  ],
  "projects": [],
  "regions": [
    "Middle East",
    "Israel"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Political Reform",
    "Democracy"
  ]
}

In The Media

Political Reform in the Arab World

By Julia Choucair-Vizoso

Published on Jul 20, 2006

Program

Democracy, Conflict, and Governance

The Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program is a leading source of independent policy research, writing, and outreach on global democracy, conflict, and governance. It analyzes and seeks to improve international efforts to reduce democratic backsliding, mitigate conflict and violence, overcome political polarization, promote gender equality, and advance pro-democratic uses of new technologies.

Learn More

Program

Middle East

The Middle East Program in Washington combines in-depth regional knowledge with incisive comparative analysis to provide deeply informed recommendations. With expertise in the Gulf, North Africa, Iran, and Israel/Palestine, we examine crosscutting themes of political, economic, and social change in both English and Arabic.

Learn More

Source: NPR's "Fresh Air

Listen to this July 20, NPR "Fresh Air" interview in which Carnegie associate Julia Choucair analyzes Hizbollah's role in the current Middle East conflict and Lebanon's daunting political predicament.

Click here to listen to radio interview.

About the Author

Julia Choucair-Vizoso

Former Editor in Chief, Sada

Julia Choucair Vizoso is editor in chief of the online journal, Sada. Her research interests include Middle Eastern politics, authoritarianism, and identity politics.

Recent Work

Commentary
Elections Highlight Lebanon's Confessional System
- Julia Choucair-Vizoso
Paper
Illusive Reform: Jordan's Stubborn Stability
- Julia Choucair-Vizoso

Political Reform Democracy Middle East Israel

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.

More Work from Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Commentary
Carnegie Politika
Russia’s Rubber-Stamp Duma Elections Are Exposing Schisms in Putin's Regime
In the discussions made possible by the State Duma election campaign, one question is being asked more and more loudly. “What next?”
Andrey Pertsev
Commentary
Emissary
Five Years After His Power Grab, Tunisia’s President Has Only Achieved Failure
Saied’s main accomplishment has been to destroy a decade’s worth of democratic progress.
Sarah Yerkes
Commentary
Emissary
The Drone Attack on Egypt and the Widening Middle East War
The targeting of Damietta Port appears to be more than a mere security message.
Amr Hamzawy
Commentary
Sada
The Channels of China’s Currency Promotion in Gulf Markets
Is the Gulf moving beyond the dollar? This article examines how China is expanding the renminbi's role across Gulf markets, what that means for regional finance, and why the future of global currencies is more complex than the de-dollarization debate suggests.
Andrew Bonney
Article
Unlocking India’s Urban Dividend
As India undergoes a demographic transition, its cities will be its economic powerhouse—but only if it accurately captures city growth and empowers cities to support their citizens.
Apoorva Jadhav

More Work from Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Commentary

Carnegie Politika

Russia’s Rubber-Stamp Duma Elections Are Exposing Schisms in Putin's Regime

In the discussions made possible by the State Duma election campaign, one question is being asked more and more loudly. “What next?”

Andrey Pertsev

Shadowed figure lighting grocery store shelves

Commentary

Emissary

Five Years After His Power Grab, Tunisia’s President Has Only Achieved Failure

Saied’s main accomplishment has been to destroy a decade’s worth of democratic progress.

Sarah Yerkes

Commentary

Emissary

The Drone Attack on Egypt and the Widening Middle East War

The targeting of Damietta Port appears to be more than a mere security message.

Amr Hamzawy

Commentary

Sada

The Channels of China’s Currency Promotion in Gulf Markets

Is the Gulf moving beyond the dollar? This article examines how China is expanding the renminbi's role across Gulf markets, what that means for regional finance, and why the future of global currencies is more complex than the de-dollarization debate suggests.

Andrew Bonney

Article

Unlocking India’s Urban Dividend

As India undergoes a demographic transition, its cities will be its economic powerhouse—but only if it accurately captures city growth and empowers cities to support their citizens.

Apoorva Jadhav