The Elders, a group of independent leaders founded by Nelson Mandela, discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Scholars, analysts, and activists from across the Middle East, Europe, and the United States will examine the forces at work in the Gulf.
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, together with the Arab Fund for Social and Economic Development, held a regional conference in Kuwait City to consider the role of citizenship education in the Arab transitions.
A focus on the differences between political actors and their implications for political development could distract attention from trying to understand the critical institutional changes underway in countries across the Arab world.
While the world’s attention was fixed on the momentous events in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya after the outbreak of the Arab Awakening, the desert states to the south were undergoing their own transformations with major global implications.
The Muslim Brotherhood, Salafis, and a host of state institutions dedicated to Islam are being reshaped profoundly by their growing involvement in politics, often in ways that are difficult to predict and even more difficult for their leaders to control.
Iran’s nuclear program has been marked by enormous financial costs, unpredictable risks, and unclear motivations.
Opposition groups in Egypt face a range of challenges amidst the country’s rapidly changing political context.
Join Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian and Carnegie Vice President Marwan Muasher for a discussion of the prospects for peace in the Middle East.
Ten years after the invasion of Iraq, it is important to examine Iraq’s trajectory today, the war’s cost, and the geopolitical lessons learned.