Middle East

Analysis

    • Article

    Turkey’s Approach to Euro-Atlantic Security

    • Stephen Flanagan
    • August 19, 2011

    Turkey’s approach to regional tensions and other looming security challenges is shaped by its deep commitment to building stability and cooperation in its neighborhood and the wider Euro-Atlantic community.

    • Article

    Turkey and Russia: An Evolving Relationship

    • Sergey Markedonov, Natalya Ulchenko
    • August 19, 2011

    As Ankara’s perception of Moscow as a geopolitical opponent and threat to Turkish interests diminishes, bilateral Russian-Turkish relations are on an upward trend.

    • Article

    Jordan’s Proposed Constitutional Amendments—A First Step in the Right Direction

    The recently proposed constitutional amendments could constitute an important move in the political reform process in Jordan, but they are only a first step in the path to promoting true separation of powers and checks and balances.

    • Op-Ed

    The Economic Consequences of Syria's Social Unrest

    With recent popular protests causing a notable decline in Syria’s economic indicators, the country is facing critical socioeconomic challenges which could lead to the end of the Assad regime.

    • Op-Ed

    Maintaining the Nuclear Order

    The existing nuclear order faces unprecedented changes. In navigating this changing landscape, the International Atomic Energy Agency faces three principal challenges.

    • Article

    The Turkish Constitution and the Kurdish Question

    • Henri Barkey, Direnç Kadioglu
    • August 01, 2011

    Turkey’s Kurdish question is that country’s single most important problem. It is and has always been a political problem. Successive Turkish governments have sought to resolve it either through repressive military and occasionally economic means.

    • Op-Ed

    Something's Got to Give

    If Washington wants to avoid a UN resolution recognizing Palestinian statehood, President Obama needs to put his own plan on the table and take the lead in resolving the seemingly intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

    • Verification Challenges

      • James M. Acton
      • July 25, 2011
      • 23rd United Nations Conference on Disarmament Issues

      A regime to verify the abolition of nuclear weapons requires three distinct components: the verification that declared civilian nuclear materials are not weaponized, the dismantlement of declared warheads, and the absence of undeclared nuclear warheads.

      • Op-Ed

      The Prince of Persia

      The gap between Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian society has become unbridgeable, creating a situation where Khamenei's authority is increasingly maintained through coercion and Machiavellian power politics.

      • Egypt’s Democratic Transition: Five Important Myths About the Economy and International Assistance

        • Michele Dunne, Jeffrey Gedmin, Marek Dabrowski, Uri Dadush, Hafez Ghanem, Mara Revkin, Dalibor Rohac, Dessy Roussanova, Michal Safianik, Tarik Yousef
        • July 21, 2011
        • Joint Report with Legatum and the Atlantic Council

        If the transition in Egypt succeeds and the country overcomes a number of economic obstacles and acquires a democratic, accountable, and efficient form of government, it is likely to become a stabilizing force in a turbulent region.

      Carnegie Experts on
      Special Projects

      • expert thumbnail - Acton
        James M. Acton
        Jessica T. Mathews Chair
        Co-director
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Acton holds the Jessica T. Mathews Chair and is co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - Adebahr
        Cornelius Adebahr
        Nonresident Fellow
        Carnegie Europe
        Adebahr is a nonresident fellow at Carnegie Europe. His research focuses on foreign and security policy, in particular regarding Iran and the Persian Gulf, on European and transatlantic affairs, and on citizens’ engagement.
      • expert thumbnail - Al Talei
        Rafiah Al Talei
        Contributing Editor
        Middle East Program
        Rafiah Al Talei is the contributing Arabic editor for Sada in Carnegie’s Middle East Program
      • expert thumbnail - Al-Saif
        Bader Al-Saif
        Nonresident Fellow
        Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
        Bader Mousa Al-Saif is a nonresident fellow at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where his research focuses on the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula.
      • expert thumbnail - Bateman
        Jon Bateman
        Fellow
        Cyber Policy Initiative
        Jon Bateman is a fellow in the Cyber Policy Initiative of the Technology and International Affairs Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - Blanc
        Jarrett Blanc
        Senior Fellow
        Geoeconomics and Strategy Program
        Jarrett Blanc is a senior fellow in the Geoeconomics and Strategy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - Brown
        Frances Z. Brown
        Senior Fellow
        Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
        Dr. Frances Z. Brown is a senior fellow with Carnegie’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, who previously worked at the White House, USAID, and in non-governmental organizations. She writes on conflict, governance, and U.S. foreign policy.
      • expert thumbnail - Brown
        Nathan J. Brown
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Middle East Program
        Brown, a professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University, is a distinguished scholar and author of six well-received books on Arab politics.
      • expert thumbnail - Carothers
        Thomas Carothers
        Harvey V. Fineberg Chair for Democracy Studies
        Senior Vice President for Studies
        Thomas Carothers is senior vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is a leading authority on international support for democracy, human rights, governance, the rule of law, and civil society.
      • expert thumbnail - Collins
        James F. Collins
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Russia and Eurasia Program;
        Diplomat in Residence
        Ambassador Collins was the U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation from 1997 to 2001 and is an expert on the former Soviet Union, its successor states, and the Middle East.
      • expert thumbnail - Crocker
        Ryan Crocker
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Geoeconomics and Strategy Program
        Ryan Crocker is a nonresident senior fellow in the Geoeconomics and Strategy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - DiMaggio
        Suzanne DiMaggio
        Senior Fellow
        Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
        Suzanne DiMaggio is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where she focuses on U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East and Asia, especially Iran and North Korea.
      • expert thumbnail - Dunne
        Michele Dunne
        Director and Senior Fellow
        Middle East Program
        Dunne is an expert on political and economic change in Arab countries, particularly Egypt, as well as U.S. policy in the Middle East.
      • expert thumbnail - Farouk
        Yasmine Farouk
        Visiting Fellow
        Middle East Program
        Yasmine Farouk is a visiting fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - Ghattas
        Kim Ghattas
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Kim Ghattas is a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - Gottemoeller
        Rose Gottemoeller
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Rose Gottemoeller is a nonresident senior fellow in Carnegie’s Nuclear Policy Program. She also serves as the Frank E. and Arthur W. Payne Distinguished Lecturer at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution.
      • expert thumbnail - Hamzawy
        Amr Hamzawy
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Middle East Program
        Amr Hamzawy studied political science and developmental studies in Cairo, The Hague, and Berlin.
      • expert thumbnail - Hasan
        Harith Hasan
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
        Harith Hasan is a nonresident senior fellow at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, where his research focuses on Iraq, sectarianism, identity politics, religious actors, and state-society relations.
      • expert thumbnail - Hassan
        Zaha Hassan
        Visiting Fellow
        Middle East Program
        Zaha Hassan is a human rights lawyer and visiting fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - Hellyer
        H. A. Hellyer
        Nonresident Scholar
        Middle East Program
        Dr. H.A. Hellyer is a senior associate fellow and scholar at the Royal United Services Institute in London and a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His research focuses on politics, international relations, security, and religion in the West and the Arab world.
      • expert thumbnail - Hibbs
        Mark Hibbs
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Hibbs is a Germany-based nonresident senior fellow in Carnegie’s Nuclear Policy Program. His areas of expertise are nuclear verification and safeguards, multilateral nuclear trade policy, international nuclear cooperation, and nonproliferation arrangements.
      • expert thumbnail - Hill
        Christopher Hill
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Asia Program
        Ambassador Christopher Robert Hill is currently chief global advisor at the University of Denver Global Engagement. He is a former career diplomat, a four-time ambassador, nominated by three presidents, whose last post was as ambassador to Iraq.
      • expert thumbnail - Kerry
        John Kerry
        Visiting Distinguished Statesman
        John Kerry is a visiting distinguished statesman at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he will focus on conflict resolution and global environmental challenges.
      • expert thumbnail - Khaddour
        Kheder Khaddour
        Nonresident Scholar
        Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
        Kheder Khaddour is a nonresident scholar at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. His research centers on civil military relations and local identities in the Levant, with a focus on Syria.
      • expert thumbnail - Levite
        Ariel (Eli) Levite
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Cyber Policy Initiative
        Levite was the principal deputy director general for policy at the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission from 2002 to 2007.
      • expert thumbnail - Linfield
        David Linfield
        Visiting Scholar
        Middle East Program
        David Linfield is a visiting scholar in Carnegie’s Middle East Program, where he specializes in how socioeconomic inequality is reshaping political alliances and driving new pressure for change.
      • expert thumbnail - Mathews
        Jessica Tuchman Mathews
        Distinguished Fellow
        Mathews is a distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She served as Carnegie’s president for 18 years.
      • expert thumbnail - Mbarek
        Nesrine Mbarek
        Gardner Fellow
        Middle East Program
        Nesrine Mbarek is a John Gardner Fellow for Public Service working at Carnegie’s Middle East Program.
      • expert thumbnail - McGurk
        Brett McGurk
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Middle East Program
        Brett McGurk is a nonresident senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
      • expert thumbnail - Meddeb
        Hamza Meddeb
        Nonresident Scholar
        Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
        Hamza Meddeb is a nonresident scholar at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, where his research focuses on economic reform, political economy of conflicts, and border insecurity across the Middle East and North Africa.
      • expert thumbnail - Miller
        Aaron David Miller
        Senior Fellow
        Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, focusing on U.S. foreign policy.
      • expert thumbnail - Miller
        Andrew Miller
        Nonresident Scholar
        Middle East Program
        Andrew Miller is a nonresident scholar in Carnegie’s Middle East Program.
      • expert thumbnail - Muasher
        Marwan Muasher
        Vice President for Studies
        Muasher is vice president for studies at Carnegie, where he oversees research in Washington and Beirut on the Middle East.
      • expert thumbnail - Nerguizian
        Aram Nerguizian
        Senior Advisor
        Program on Civil-Military Relations in Arab States
        Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
        Aram Nerguizian is senior advisor of the Program on Civil-Military Relations in Arab States at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, where his work focuses on the Lebanese security sector, long-term force transformation in the Levant, and efforts to develop national security institutions in post-conflict and divided societies.
      • expert thumbnail - O’Donohue
        Andrew O’Donohue
        Nonresident Research Assistant
        Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
        Andrew O’Donohue is a nonresident research assistant in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, where his research focuses on political polarization and challenges facing democratic governance.
      • expert thumbnail - Ohanyan
        Anna Ohanyan
        Nonresident Senior Scholar
        Russia and Eurasia Program
        Anna Ohanyan is a nonresident senior scholar in the Russia and Eurasia Program.
      • expert thumbnail - Perkovich
        George Perkovich
        Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Chair
        Vice President for Studies
        Perkovich works primarily on nuclear strategy and nonproliferation issues; cyberconflict; and new approaches to international public-private management of strategic technologies.
      • expert thumbnail - Pierini
        Marc Pierini
        Visiting Scholar
        Carnegie Europe
        Pierini is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe, where his research focuses on developments in the Middle East and Turkey from a European perspective.
      • expert thumbnail - Ryu
        Rexon Y. Ryu
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Ryu is a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he leads an initiative focused on the intersection of diplomacy, technology, and innovation.
      • expert thumbnail - Sadjadpour
        Karim Sadjadpour
        Senior Fellow
        Middle East Program
        Karim Sadjadpour is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on Iran and U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East.
      • expert thumbnail - Sayigh
        Yezid Sayigh
        Senior Fellow
        Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
        Yezid Sayigh is a senior fellow at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where he leads the program on Civil-Military Relations in Arab States (CMRAS). His work focuses on the comparative political and economic roles of Arab armed forces and nonstate actors, the impact of war on states and societies, and the politics of postconflict reconstruction and security sector transformation in Arab transitions, and authoritarian resurgence.
      • expert thumbnail - Sokolsky
        Richard Sokolsky
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Russia and Eurasia Program
        Richard Sokolsky is a nonresident senior fellow in Carnegie’s Russia and Eurasia Program. His work focuses on U.S. policy toward Russia in the wake of the Ukraine crisis.
      • expert thumbnail - Ülgen
        Sinan Ülgen
        Visiting Scholar
        Carnegie Europe
        Ülgen is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, where his research focuses on Turkish foreign policy, nuclear policy, cyberpolicy, and transatlantic relations.
      • expert thumbnail - Volpe
        Tristan Volpe
        Nonresident Fellow
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Tristan Volpe is a nonresident fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and assistant professor of defense analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School.
      • expert thumbnail - Walles
        Jake Walles
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Middle East Program
        Jake Walles is a nonresident senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on Israeli-Palestinian issues, Tunisia, and counterterrorism.
      • expert thumbnail - Wehrey
        Frederic Wehrey
        Senior Fellow
        Middle East Program
        Frederic Wehrey is a senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His research deals with armed conflict, security sectors, and identity politics, with a focus on Libya, North Africa, and the Gulf.
      • expert thumbnail - Yahya
        Maha Yahya
        Director
        Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
        Yahya is director of the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, where her research focuses on citizenship, pluralism, and social justice in the aftermath of the Arab uprisings.
      • expert thumbnail - Yerkes
        Sarah Yerkes
        Senior Fellow
        Middle East Program
        Sarah Yerkes is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Middle East Program, where her research focuses on Tunisia’s political, economic, and security developments as well as state-society relations in the Middle East and North Africa.

      Sign up for
      Carnegie Email

      Personal Information
      Please note...

      You are leaving the website for the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy and entering a website for another of Carnegie's global centers.

      请注意...

      你将离开清华—卡内基中心网站,进入卡内基其他全球中心的网站。