Middle East

Analysis

    • Article

    The Food Price Crisis in the Arab Countries: Short Term Responses to a Lasting Challenge

    Arab governments tempered public anger at rising food prices by increasing wages and subsidies, but their approach is not sustainable without raising taxes. Instead they should revise agricultural policies, expand social safety nets, and curb excessive energy consumption, argues Carnegie Middle East Center economist Ibrahim Saif.

    • Op-Ed

    Regional Diplomacy Filling the Vacuum

    The Middle East is having to adjust itself to two political realities: U.S. inefficacy and the growing diplomatic activity of regional parties. Perhaps this new Middle Eastern diplomacy will succeed in gradually opening the doors to long-awaited negotiated solutions.

    • Op-Ed

    Alliance in Question

    Following Hizbullah's muscle flexing in Beirut, questions abound as to the relation between Al-Hariri and radical Salafist backers, writes Carnegie's Omayma Abdel-Latif.

    • Op-Ed

    Where Now for Islamists?

    Gaining little from political participation, moderate Islamists face a choice between continued low returns and changing course. The danger, here, is whether growing skepticism surrounding political participation could shake the commitment of moderate Islamists to peaceful change.

    • Article

    Hope in the Levant

    The simultaneous announcement of an agreement between government and opposition in Lebanon and of the start of indirect talks between Israel and Syria in Turkey might be the best news to come out of that troubled region for a long time. While the United States favored neither position, these two developments may have a positive influence on the region.

    • Article

    Kuwait’s 2008 Parliamentary Elections: A Setback for Democratic Islamism?

    Kuwait’s May 2008 elections dealt a setback to the local affiliate of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamic Constitutional Movement (HADAS) rewarding more rigid salafi Islamists and tribal candidates. The new parliament is likely to be less cohesive, and the result will be a deepening political deadlock between the government and the parliament in the Gulf’s most democratic political order.

    • Op-Ed

    Rough Deal

    In today's world, one detects a growing tension between governments and nations. The democracies of Europe and North America are faltering on their commitments to their people; namely, on the social contract inherent in the modern state. These governments were supposed to safeguard the free economy, social justice, and civil and political liberties. Not anymore.

    • Syrian/Israeli Peace Talks and Political Deal in Lebanon: Teleconference with Carnegie Experts

      With recent news of a political agreement for Lebanon and Syrian-Israeli peace talks, Carnegie Middle East experts Marina Ottaway and Paul Salem provide a briefing on the latest developments in the region.

      • Lebanon and the Middle East Peace Process: Teleconference with Carnegie Experts

        Carnegie Middle East experts provide a briefing on the situation in Lebanon and the Middle East Peace Process.

        • Article

        Hizbollah Attempts a Coup d’État

        Lebanon’s prolonged political crisis erupted in violence last week following the dismissal by the Lebanese government of an official close to Hizbollah and the launch an investigation into the organization’s telecommunications network. Contrary to a similar escalation in December 2006, Iran has not interceded to halt the violence.

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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.
      • 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.
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        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.
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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.
      • 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.
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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.
      • 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.
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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.
      • 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.
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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.
      • 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.
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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.
      • 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.
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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.
      • 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.
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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.
      • 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.
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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.
      • 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.
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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.
      • 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.
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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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