Middle East

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    • Think Again: Arab Democracy

      While the wave of political change sweeping through the Arab world is reminiscent of the political upheaval in Central and Eastern Europe in 1989, historical analogies cannot capture the complex and dramatic events occurring or predict how this change will end.

      • Op-Ed

      Economic Roots of Social Unrest in Yemen

      Yemen’s long-term security is at risk, as popular unrest is fueled by a host of socioeconomic problems, including political instability stemming from internal conflicts, high unemployment, and a weak government crippled by widespread corruption.

      • Article

      Revolution Not Headed for Saudi Arabia

      Saudi Arabia is extremely unlikely to experience the turmoil seen elsewhere in the region, since the Saudi kingdom is among the best equipped to handle the wave of popular protests roiling the Arab world.

      • Op-Ed

      Alarming Reality in Yemen

      As protests continue to rattle Yemen and undermine President Ali Abdullah Saleh's hold on power, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which is based in the country's ungoverned areas, poses a grave and growing threat to American domestic security.

      • Op-Ed

      Push Ahead Now For A Solution In Palestine

      As revolutionary change sweeps across the Arab world, there is a distinct window of opportunity for the United States and Israel to push urgently for a lasting peace between Israel and Palestine.

      • Op-Ed

      Protests Remind the US That a Stable Iraq is Not Guaranteed

      In order to promote stability in Iraq, the United States should take several key steps, including placing greater emphasis on governance and reform, redefining its security relationship with Baghdad, and helping integrate Iraq into a regional security structure.

      • Op-Ed

      Arab Myths and Realities

      The current unrest in the Arab world caught most people by surprise—both inside and outside the region—and has fundamentally upended several conventional beliefs about the Arab world.

      • Op-Ed

      Why Egypt Has To Be The U.S. Priority In The Middle East

      If Egypt can make the transition to democracy, it will lead the way to a new era for the Arab world. If Cairo falls back to dictatorship of one variety or another, it is unlikely the rest of the region will move on without it.

      • Op-Ed

      Arabs Rise, Tehran Trembles

      While the fall of Western-oriented Arab governments may appear to be a blow to Washington and a boon for Tehran, the expectation that Iran will fill the Middle East power vacuum is short-sighted.

      • Q&A

      Syria and the IAEA

      Syria’s persistent refusal to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over allegations of covert nuclear activities remains a source of tension, but political considerations make it unlikely that the IAEA will take any actions that might escalate the conflict.

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      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.
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      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.
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      Rafiah Al Talei
      Contributing Editor
      Middle East Program
      Rafiah Al Talei is the contributing Arabic editor for Sada in Carnegie’s Middle East Program
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      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.
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      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.
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      Jarrett Blanc
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      Geoeconomics and Strategy Program
      Jarrett Blanc is a senior fellow in the Geoeconomics and Strategy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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      Frances Z. Brown
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      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.
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      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.
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      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.
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      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.
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      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.
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      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.
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      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.
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      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.
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      Kim Ghattas
      Nonresident Senior Fellow
      Kim Ghattas is a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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      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.
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      Amr Hamzawy
      Nonresident Senior Fellow
      Middle East Program
      Amr Hamzawy studied political science and developmental studies in Cairo, The Hague, and Berlin.
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      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.
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      Zaha Hassan
      Visiting Fellow
      Middle East Program
      Zaha Hassan is a human rights lawyer and visiting fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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      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.
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      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.
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      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.
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      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.
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      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.
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      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.
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      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.
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      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.
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      Nesrine Mbarek
      Gardner Fellow
      Middle East Program
      Nesrine Mbarek is a John Gardner Fellow for Public Service working at Carnegie’s Middle East Program.
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      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.
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      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.
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      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.
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      Andrew Miller
      Nonresident Scholar
      Middle East Program
      Andrew Miller is a nonresident scholar in Carnegie’s Middle East Program.
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      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.
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      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.
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      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.
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      Anna Ohanyan
      Nonresident Senior Scholar
      Russia and Eurasia Program
      Anna Ohanyan is a nonresident senior scholar in the Russia and Eurasia Program.
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      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.
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      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.
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      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.
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      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.
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      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.
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      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.
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      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.
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      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.
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      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.
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      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.
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      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.
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      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.

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