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• Steven A. Cook

  Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies

  
  Contact Info:
  Phone: +1-202-509-8620
  E-mail: scook@cfr.org

  
  Location:
  Washington, DC

  
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  2006 (continued)

  April 5, 2006

  How Not to Save Iraq

  Author:	Steven A. Cook, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies

  Op-Ed

  The New Republic

  See more in Iraq, Peacemaking

   

   

  March 23, 2006

  Iran and the Shia Revival in the Middle East [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service, Inc.]

  Speaker:	Vali R. Nasr, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
  Presider:	Steven A. Cook, Douglas Dillon Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

  Transcript

  Vali Nasr, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, discusses the role of Shiite power in the Persian Gulfregion.

  See more in Iran, Society and Culture, Religion

   

   

  January 2006

  The Promise of Pacts: Getting to Arab Democracy

  Author:	Steven A. Cook, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies

  Article

  Journal of Democracy

  See more in Middle East, Democracy Promotion

   

  2005

  December 8, 2005

  A Conference on Democracy in the Arab World - Why and How?: Session 1 (video)

  Speakers:	Madeleine K. Albright, Former U.S. Secretary of State Steven A. Cook, Douglas Dillon Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations Abdeslam E.M. Maghraoui, Director, Muslim World Initiative, United States Institute of Peace Alina L. Romanowski, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, U.S. Department of State

  Video

  See more in Middle East, Democracy Promotion, Religion

   

   

  October 28, 2005

  A Stealthy Victory for the Turkish Military

  Author:	Steven A. Cook, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies

  Op-Ed

  Slate

  See more in Turkey, EU, International Organizations

   

   

  October 21, 2005

  Cook: UN Report Is Clear in Blaming Assad Regime for Hariri Assassination, but Probably Only ‘A Palace Coup’ Will Bring Change in Damascus

  Steven A. Cook, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor

  Interview

  See more in Lebanon, Syria, International Law, International Organizations

   

   

  September 8, 2005

  A Foot in the Door for Egyptian Democracy

  Author:	Steven A. Cook, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies

  Op-Ed

  Foreign Policy

  There was never any doubt that Hosni Mubarak would win Egypt's presidential election. But look a little further down the road, and you just might see a refreshingly uncertain path for Egyptian politics.

  See more in Egypt, Elections

   

   

  August 31, 2005

  Cook: U.S. and Internal Pressures Producing First Multi-Candidate Presidential Election in Egypt

  Steven A. Cook, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor

  Interview

  See more in Egypt, Elections

   

   

  August 24, 2005

  What Does Democracy Look Like?

  Author:	Steven A. Cook, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies

  Op-Ed

  Slate

  See more in Middle East, Democracy Promotion

   

   

  August 19, 2005

  Progress in the Middle East

  Author:	Steven A. Cook, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies

  Op-Ed

  Washington Times

  See more in Middle East

   

   

  August 16, 2005

  U.S. Democracy Promotion in the Middle East: Is It Working?

  Author:	Steven A. Cook, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies

  Op-Ed

  Islam Online

  See more in Democracy Promotion, Religion

   

   

  June 9, 2005

  Cook: Washington Should Support 'Basic Democratic Principles'

  Steven A. Cook, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor

  Interview

  See more in Middle East, Democracy Promotion

   

   

  June 9, 2005

  Promoting Reform in the Arab World: Report of an Independent Task Force

  Speakers:	Steven A. Cook, project director, and Next Generation fellow, Council on Foreign Relations Madeleine K. Albright, co-chair and former secretary of state Vin Weber, co-chair and former U.S. representative (R-Minn.)
  Presider:	Jackson Diehl, deputy editorial editor, the Washington Post

  Transcript

   

   

  June 9, 2005

  Promoting Reform in the Arab World: Report of an Independent Task Force (audio)

  Speakers:	Steven A. Cook, Project Director; Next Generation Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations Madeleine K. Albright, Co-Chair; Principal, The Albright Group LLC; Former Secretary of State Vin Weber, Co-Chair; Partner, Clark & Weinstock; Former Congressman (R-MN)
  Presider:	Jackson Diehl, Deputy Editorial Page Editor, The Washington Post

  Audio

  See more in Middle East, Democracy Promotion

   

   

  

  June 2005

  In Support of Arab Democracy

  Task Force Report No. 54

  Task Force Report

  A Council-sponsored Task Force argues that the United States should support the evolutionary development of democracy consistently throughout the Middle East. It points out that a strategy to promote democracy entails inherent risks, but that “the denial of freedom carries much more significant long-term dangers.” This report is also available in Arabic.

  See more in Middle East, Democracy Promotion, Religion

   

   

  May 12, 2005

  No god but God

  Speaker:	Reza Aslan, author, "No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam
  Presider:	Steven A. Cook, Next Generation Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

  Transcript

   

   

  March 7, 2005

  Morocco: Model for Arab Reform?

  Speakers:	Fouzia Rhissassi, chair on women’s rights in Morocco, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Abdeslam Maghraoui, associate director, research and studies program, The Muslim World Initiative of the United States Institute of Peace
  Presiders:	Steven A. Cook, Next Generation fellow, Council on Foreign Relations Isobel Coleman, senior fellow, U.S. foreign policy, Council on Foreign Relations

  Transcript

  See more in North Africa, Society and Culture

   

   

  March/April 2005

  The Right Way to Promote Arab Reform

  Author:	Steven A. Cook, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies

  Foreign Affairs Article — Summary

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  February 22, 2005

  Cook: 'Default' Position Must Be to Suspect Syria in Hariri Assassination

  Steven A. Cook, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor

  Interview

   

   

  January 20, 2005

  To Reform Broader Middle East, Get Leaders to Trade in Epaulets

  Author:	Steven A. Cook, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies

  Op-Ed

  Christian Science Monitor

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  The United States in the New Asia

  For more than a decade, the United States has mostly watched from the sidelines as Asian countries organize themselves into an alphabet soup of new multilateral groups. In this report, the authors review the relationship between pan-Asian and trans-Pacific institutions and suggest policy guidelines for a new U.S. approach to this new Asian landscape.

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  New Books

  Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel—a country of 7.1 million, only sixty years old, surrounded by enemies— produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK? With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine this nation’s adversity-driven culture to answer this question and offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.

  

  In Forces of Fortune, Vali Nasr presents a paradigm-changing revelation that will transform the understanding of the Muslim world at large. He reveals that there is a vital but unseen rising force in the Islamic world—a new business-minded middle class—that is building a vibrant new Muslim world economy and that holds the key to winning the cold war against Iran and extremists.

  In Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, Julia E. Sweig presents a remarkably accessible portrait of Cuba's unique place on the world stage over the past fifty years, including its internal politics, its often fraught relationship with the United States, and its shifting relationship with the global community.

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