Prospects for Democracy
Elliott Abrams, CFR's senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies, and Michael Willis, director of the Middle East Centre and King Mohamed VI...
Speakers: Elliott Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Michael Willis, Director of Middle East Centre and King Mohamed VI Fellow in Moroccan and Mediterranean Studies, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford
Presider: James M. Lindsay, Senior Vice President, Maurice R. Greenberg Chair, and Director of Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
March 30, 2012
Elliott Abrams, CFR's senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies, and Michael Willis, director of the Middle East Centre and King Mohamed VI fellow in Moroccan and Mediterranean studies at University of Oxford's St. Antony's College, discuss the progress made in the movement toward democracy in the Middle East as a result of the Arab uprisings.
This session was part of a CFR symposium, Implications of the Arab Uprisings, which was made possible by the generous support of Rita E. Hauser, and organized in cooperation with University of Oxford's St. Antony's College.
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