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April 18, 2008
| Speaker: | Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arab Republic of Egypt |
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| Presider: | Thomas R. Pickering, Vice Chairman, Hills & Company |
Transcript
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February 1, 2008
Khalil Shikaki, Director, Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR), Ramallah interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
Khalil Shikaki, a leading Palestinian political scientist in the West Bank, says the fall of the Gaza-Egypt barrier has boosted the popularity of Hamas.
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January 20, 2008
| Author: | Mohamad Bazzi, Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow |
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Op-Ed
Newsday
Mohamad Bazzi writes that Bush’s visit to the Middle East last week produced nothing to signal any hope of peace and democracy.
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January 16, 2008
Essential Documents
Speech
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September 21, 2007
| Speaker: | Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arab Republic of Egypt |
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| Presider: | Christopher S. Dickey, Paris Bureau Chief and Middle East Regional Editor, Newsweek |
Video
Watch Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Egyptian minister of foreign affairs, discuss the potential outcomes of the proposed Middle East peace conference and prospects for peace in the region as a whole.
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September 21, 2007
| Speaker: | Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arab Republic of Egypt |
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| Presider: | Christopher S. Dickey, Paris Bureau Chief and Middle East Regional Editor, Newsweek |
Audio
Listen to Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Egyptian minister of foreign affairs, discuss the potential outcomes of the proposed Middle East peace conference and prospects for peace in the region as a whole.
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July 30, 2007
Essential Documents
Statement
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May 21, 2007
| Author: | Steven A. Cook, Douglas Dillon Fellow |
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News Release
Ruling But Not Governing provides valuable insight into the political dynamics that perpetuate authoritarian regimes and offers novel ways to promote democratic change. In this new CFR book, author and Council Douglas Dillon Fellow Steven A. Cook highlights the critical role that the military plays in the stability of the Egyptian, Algerian, and, until recently, Turkish political systems.
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May 18, 2007
Podcast
Steven Cook discusses his new book, Ruling But Not Governing: The Military and Political Development in Egypt, Algeria, and Turkey and how it applies to current developments in the region.
See more in Algeria, Turkey, Defense Policy & Budget, Democracy Promotion
April 3, 2007
Daily Analysis
Several high-profile cases show bloggers’ new political influence, but repressive regimes are fighting back.
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Iraq War (5/13): Max Boot analyzes the habit of U.S. generals passing the buck when it comes to the failures in Iraq, in the Washington Post.
Burma (5/13): Ivo Daalder and Paul Stares argue that the United Nations must invoke its “responsibility to protect” clause and intervene in Burma, in the Boston Globe.
Mideast (5/13): Mohamad Bazzi urges the U.S. to focus its efforts on restoring Israeli-Syrian negotiations, in Newsweek.
U.S. Presidential Election (5/9): Michael Gerson looks at the sticking points of the “Obama narrative,” in the Washington Post.
Iraq (5/8): Mohamad Bazzi urges the U.S. and Iraqi governments not to exclude Muqtada al-Sadr from the political process, in The National.
Campaign 2008 (5/5): It would be a travesty if Obama’s campaign gets knocked off course because of his former preacher, writes Sebastian Mallaby in the Washington Post.
Climate change poses threats to national security in a number of ways. In this report, sponsored by the Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Joshua W. Busby offers specific recommendations for confronting this important issue, including a list of "no-regrets" policies.
This report, by International Affairs Fellow Michelle D. Gavin and sponsored by the Center for Preventive Action, surveys the current situation in Zimbabwe and proposes steps that can increase the likelihood that regime change, when it comes, will bring constructive reform instead of conflict and state collapse.
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In The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, Noah Feldman tells the story behind the increasingly popular call for the establishment of the sharia—the law of the traditional Islamic state—in the modern Muslim world.
In Regional Monetary Integration, Peter B. Kenen poses an important question: Should various country groups follow the lead of the European Monetary Union and form similar full-fledged monetary unions?
Walter Russell Mead recounts the story of the centuries-long rivalry between the English- speaking peoples and their enemies in God and Gold.
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