Civil Society, Democracy, and Countering Radicalism Roundtable
Director: Ed Husain, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
April 25, 2011 - Present
This roundtable series examines the impact of Islamist movements in the Middle East and Pakistan, with special attention to innovative efforts by civil society groups to counter radicalization.
Meetings
Roundtable Meeting
Pakistan on the Brink: A Conversation with Ahmed Rashid
Speaker:
Ahmed Rashid, Correspondent, Far Eastern Economic ReviewPresider:
Ed Husain, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
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A Conversation with the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party
Speakers:
AbdulMawgoud Dardery, Member of Parliament, Freedom and Justice Party; Member, Muslim Brotherhood, Hussein el-Kazaz, Businessman and Member, Muslim Brotherhood, Khaled Qazzaz, Foreign Relations Coordinator, Muslim Brotherhood and Freedom and Justice Party, Sondos Asem, Senior Editor, Ikhwanweb.comPresider:
Ed Husain, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
A Conversation with the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party
Speakers:
AbdulMawgoud Dardery, Member of Parliament, Freedom and Justice Party; Member, Muslim Brotherhood, Hussein el-Kazaz, Businessman and Member, Muslim Brotherhood, Khaled Qazzaz, Foreign Relations Coordinator, Muslim Brotherhood and Freedom and Justice Party, Sondos Asem, Senior Editor, Ikhwanweb.comPresider:
Ed Husain, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Syria and Iraq: Where Next?
Speaker:
Ned Parker, Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow, Council on Foreign RelationsPresider:
Ed Husain, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
Roundtable Meeting
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Foreign Policy and Extremism
Speaker:
Ruth Turner, Chief Executive, Tony Blair Faith FoundationPresider:
Ed Husain, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Roundtable Meeting
Egypt: A View from the Ground
Speaker:
Lauren Bohn, Associate Editor, Cairo Review of Global Affairs; Fulbright Fellow; Multimedia Freelance JournalistPresider:
Ed Husain, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
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The Persistence of Radicalization in the West: Al-Qaeda Plots' Homegrown Support
Speaker:
Mitchell Silber, Director, Intelligence Analysis, New York Police DepartmentPresider:
Ed Husain, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
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The Al-Qaeda Factor: Assessing Al-Qaeda's Role in Attacks on the U.S. Homeland
Speaker:
Mitchell Silber, Director, Intelligence Analysis, New York Police DepartmentPresider:
Ed Husain, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is on the record.
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Global Prospects for the Muslim Brotherhood
Speaker:
Lorenzo Vidino, RAND CorporationPresider:
Ed Husain, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Prospects for Countering Radicalism in Pakistan
Speaker:
Abdul-Rehman Malik, Radical Middle WayPresider:
Ed Husain, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
A Conversation with Gerald Feierstein
Speakers:
Gerald Feierstein, U.S. Ambassador to Yemen, Ed Husain, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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