Roundtable on Economic and Political Development in the Middle East
This series invites scholars, policymakers, and leaders to discuss a wide range of issues related to social, political, and economic development, women's empowerment, and education.
Meetings
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The Future of Global Energy Markets: A Conversation with Sadad Al Husseini
Speaker: Sadad Al Husseini, Saudi Aramco
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations
March 9, 2010
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Pakistan: Deep Inside the World's Most Frightening State
Speaker: Mary Anne Weaver, City University of New York
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations
February 24, 2010
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Roundtable on Economic and Political Development in the Middle East: Saudi Arabia Today: A Converation with Muna AbuSulayman
Speaker: Muna AbuSulayman, UNDP Ambassador, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, CFR
December 1, 2009
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Roundtable on Economic and Political Development in the Middle East: The Outsourcing of American Power
Speaker: Allison Stanger, Middlebury College
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations
October 21, 2009
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Roundtable on Economic and Political Development in the Middle East: Saudi Arabia Today: Iran Today: Autocracy versus Reform
Speaker: Haleh Esfandiari, Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson Center
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S Foreign Policy, CFR
October 15, 2009
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Roundtable on Economic and Political Development in the Middle East: The Kuwaiti Elections of 2009 - Implications for Arab Democratization
Speaker: F. Gregory Gause III, University of Vermont
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations
June 24, 2009
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Roundtable on Economic and Political Development in the Middle East: Islam, Elections, and Indonesia
Speaker: Robin Bush, Asia Foundation
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations
April 23, 2009
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Roundtable on Economic and Political Development in the Middle East: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World
Speaker: Jacqueline Novogratz, Acumen Fund
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations
April 8, 2009
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Roundtable on Economic and Political Development in the Middle East: The Future of Islamic Democracy - Lessons from Iran and Iraq
Speaker: Abdulaziz Sachedina, University of Virginia
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations
April 2, 2009
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Roundtable on Economic and Political Development in the Middle East: Influencing Transitions in the Arab World - The Case of Egypt
Speaker: Francis J. Ricciardione, U.S. Institute of Peace
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations
January 13, 2009
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Roundtable on Economic and Political Development in the Middle East: The Future of Democracy in Egypt
Speaker: Gameela Ismail, Democracy Activist, Egypt
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
September 26, 2008
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Roundtable on Economic and Political Development in the Middle East: Democracy in the Arab World
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Tamara Cofman Wittes, Senior Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy
May 28, 2008
Tamara Cofman Wittes is senior fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy and author of Freedom's Unsteady March: America's Role in Building Arab Democracy.
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Roundtable on Economic and Political Development in the Middle East: Implications of the Middle East Youthquake
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Cheryl Benard, Consultant, RAND Corporation
April 10, 2008
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Roundtable on Economic and Political Development in the Middle East: The Meaning of Democracy - Indonesia Ten Years after Suharto
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Sandra Hamid, Director, Aceh Programs, The Asia Foundation, Indonesia
December 4, 2007
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Roundtable on Economic and Political Development in the Middle East: A Discussion with Ambassador Zahir Tanin
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Zahir Tanin, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Islamic State of Afghanistan to the UN
November 20, 2007
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Roundtable on Economic and Political Development in the Middle East: Prospects for Reform in Egypt - A Conversation with Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Speakers: Steven A. Cook, Douglas Dillon Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Saad Ibrahim, Director, Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies
October 24, 2007
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Roundtable on Economic and Political Development in the Middle East: Muslim Organizations in the West: Bridging a Growing Divide - A Conversation with Ingrid Mattson
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Ingrid Mattson, President, Islamic Society of North America
May 29, 2007
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Roundtable on Economic and Political Development in the Middle East: Covering Iran - Journalists' Perspectives on the Islamic Republic
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Speakers: Laura Secor, Editor, New York Times
Solmaz Sherif, Iranian Journalist
April 5, 2007
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CEDAW: Is U.S. Ratification Possible?
Speaker: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
March 13, 2007
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Roundtable on Women and Foreign Policy: Extremism and Reform in Pakistan - The Role of Madrassas
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Speakers: C. Chrstine Fair, U.S. Institute of Peace
Azhar Hussain, International Center for Religion & Diplomacy
March 6, 2007
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Roundtable on Women and Foreign Policy: Voices of the New Arab Public - Media and Civil Society in the Arab World
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Marc Lynch, Associate Professor of Political Science, Williams College
December 12, 2006
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Roundtable on Women and Foreign Policy: Saudi Arabia - Prospects for Reform
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, Foreign Service Institute
November 30, 2006
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Roundtable on Women and Foreign Policy: Development and Security in Afghanistan - Perspectives from the Field
Speakers: Homayra Ludin Etemadi, Future Generations
Rina Amiri, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations
November 16, 2006
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Roundtable on Women and Foreign Policy: Women and Political Change in Asia
Speakers: Bong-Scuk Sohn, Member, National Assembly of the Republic of Korea
Nanda Pok, Founder and Executive Director, Women for Prosperity (Cambodia)
Suteera Vichitranonda, Gender and Development Research Institute (Thailand)
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations
October 19, 2006
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Roundtable on Women and Foreign Policy: Health and Development in Africa
Speakers: The Honorable Joyce Banda, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Republic of Malawi
Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations
October 4, 2006
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Roundtable on Women and Foreign Policy: Iran's Democratization Process
Speaker: Fatemeh Haghighatjou, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations
June 23, 2006
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Women and Foreign Policy Symposium: Human Trafficking - An Overview
Speakers: Ann Jordan, Director, Initiative Against Trafficking in Persons, Global Rights
Neha Misra, Global Coordinator, Counter Trafficking Programs & Program Officer, Africa Region, American Center for International Labor Solidarity (Solidarity Center), AFL-CIO
Jyoti Sanghera, Advisor on Trafficking, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
May 3, 2006
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Women and Foreign Policy Symposium: Human Trafficking - Global Health and Security
Speakers: Sarah E. Mendelson, Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Joy Zarembka, Director, Break the Chain Campaign
Alice Miller, Professor, Department of Population and Family Health, School of Public Health, Columbia University; Law and Health Advisor, Sexual Health and Rights Project, Open Society Institute
Presider: Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times
May 3, 2006
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Women and Foreign Policy Symposium: The U.S. Government Response to Trafficking
Speaker: John Miller, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of State
Presider: Kavita Ramdas, President and Chief Executive Officer, Global Fund for Women
May 3, 2006
12:15 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Meeting
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Roundtable on Women and Foreign Policy: Democratization in Iran
Speaker: Fatemeh Haghighatjou, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
April 27, 2006
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Roundtable on Women and Foreign Policy: Islamic Law in Nigeria
Speaker: Hauwa Ibrahim, Yale World Fellow, Yale University
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
February 23, 2006
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Roundtable on Women and Foreign Policy: Emerging Democracy in Afghanistan - What to Expect
Speakers: Sarah P. Chayes, Field Director, Afghans for Civil Society
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
January 30, 2006
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Is the U.S. Government's Vision of Afghanistan Achievable?
Speaker: Barbara Rodey, USAID
Presider: Philip-Michael Gary
January 13, 2006
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Women in Iraq: The Way Forward
Speakers: Ann Greenstock
Molly Phee, U.S. Department of State
Jane Arraf, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: Isobel Coleman
November 8, 2005
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Women and Foreign Policy Roundtable: Shariah, Women's Rights, and the Iraqi Constitution
Speakers: Nathan Brown, Carnegie Endowment
Haleh Esfandiari, Woodrow Wilson Center
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow, U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
October 11, 2005
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Moving from Rhetoric to Reality: The Status of Women's Empowerment in Afghanistan
Commentator: Barnett R. Rubin, Director of Studies, Center on International Cooperation
Presider: Isobel Coleman
Speaker: Masuda Sultan, Program Director, Women for Afghan Women
May 26, 2005
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Women's Rights in a New Iraq: The Constitution and the Future
Presider: Isobel Coleman
Speaker: Manal Omar, Iraq Country Director, Women for Women International
May 11, 2005
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Changing the Face of India: The Economic and Political Empowerment of Women
Presider: Isobel Coleman
Speaker: Jaya Arunachalam, Founder, Working Women's Forum
May 5, 2005
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Democracy in the Middle East: A View from Kuwait
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow, U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Lubna Al-Kazi, Professor of Sociology, Kuwait University
March 8, 2005
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Afghanistan's Upcoming National Elections: A Conversation with Parliamentary Candidate Soraya Parlika
Presider: Isobel Coleman
Speaker: Soraya Parlika, President, All Afghan Women's Union
March 3, 2005
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Prospects for Reform in Iran: The Future of Civil Society
Presider: Isobel Coleman
Speakers: Mehrangiz Kar, Director, Policy Commission, Harvard University
Sanam Anderlini, Women Waging Peace
December 16, 2004
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Reform in the Arab World: A View from the Egyptian Opposition
Presiders: Steven A. Cook
Isobel Coleman
Speaker: Mona Makram-Ebeid, Secretary General, Hizb al-Ghad (The Party of Tomorrow)
November 15, 2004
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Waging Peace in the Sudan: A Conversation with Sudanese Leaders
Presider: Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow, U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Speakers: Harriet C. Babbitt, Hunt Alternatives Fund
Awut Acuil, Sudanese Women's Association in Nairobi, and Sudanese Women's Voice for Peace
Eiman Seifeldin, Sudan Liberation Movement, and Darfur Women's Relief and Rehabilitation Agency
October 15, 2004
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Getting Down to Business: Women, Entrepreneurship, and Small Business Development in Afghanistan
Presider: Isobel Coleman
Speaker: Mina Sherzoy, Director of Entrepreneurship Development for Women, Ministry of Commerce of Afghanistan
September 15, 2004
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Women and Economic Development in the Middle East
Presider: Isobel Coleman
Speaker: Nadereh Chamlou, World Bank
May 6, 2004
Contact Sierra Burnett at (212) 434-9464 or sburnett@cfr.org
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Shari'a and Women's Rights
Presider: Isobel Coleman
Speaker: Khaled El Fadl, Yale Law School
April 15, 2004
Contact Sierra Burnett at (212) 434-9464 or sburnett@cfr.org
General Meeting
Conversation with Lubna Olayan
Presider: Isobel Coleman
Panelist: Lubna S. Olayan
April 14, 2004
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Social Entrepreneurship and Political Change in Egypt
Presider: Isobel Coleman
Speaker: Iman Bibars, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
March 18, 2004
Contact Sierra Burnett at (212) 434-9464 or sburnett@cfr.org
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Leveraging the Mosque to Empower Women: Lessons from Afghanistan
Presider: Isobel Coleman
Speaker: Shukria Hassan
December 12, 2003
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Civil Society and Political Reform: Egypt and Indonesia
Presider: Isobel Coleman
Speakers: Kamala Chandrakirana, National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan)
Hoda Elsadda
December 2, 2003
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Microfinance and Pakistan
Presider: Isobel Coleman
Speaker: Roshaneh Zafar, Grameen Foundation
November 4, 2003
Contact Sierra Burnett at 212-434-9464 or sburnett@cfr.org
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Women In Iraq
Presider: Jennifer Seymour Whitaker
Panelist: Isobel Coleman
May 5, 2003
Contact Sameen Gauhar at 212-434-9863 or sgauhar@cfr.org
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The Role of Women in Peacebuilding and Reconstruction: Lessons from Rwanda, East Timor, and Afghanistan
Discussant: Donald K. Steinberg, U.S. Department of State
Presider: Isobel Coleman
March 6, 2003
Contact Sameen Gauhar at 212-434-9683 or sgauhar@cfr.org.
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Findings from Middle East and South-West Asia Trip
Presider: Jennifer Seymour Whitaker, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations
December 6, 2002
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Women and the Rule of Law in Afghanistan
Presider: Jennifer Seymour Whitaker, Council on Foreign Relations
Speakers: Hangama Anwari, Afghan Women Lawyers and Professional Association
David Johnson, U.S. Department of State
October 21, 2002
Contact Sameen Gauhar at 212-434-9683 or sgauhar@cfr.org
Saudi Arabia on the Edge
American Force
The Struggle for Egypt
