Arab Transitions
In 2013, the Stimson Center, in partnership with the George C. Marshall Foundation, will explore in greater depth the dynamics propelling momentous change in the Arab world, as well as the broad repercussions associated with these transformations. A new project, Pathways to Progress: Peace, Prosperity, and Change in the Middle East, will serve as the focal point of our efforts. Pathways to Progress will examine the Arab world's shifting political landscape, ongoing economic challenges, and evolving security threats in the midst of transformative change. In partnership with key institutions in the region, the project will cultivate new thinking and creative solutions percolating in the region, promoting an active dialogue between the United States and the Arab world in which new ideas and innovative thinking flow in both directions.
Arab Transitions Analysis
Jordan's Forgotten Youth Problem March 19, 2013 The Latest Front in a Long War March 7, 2013 It's What Happens After Jordan's Elections That Really Matters February 01, 2013 Parliamentary Elections in Jordan - Change or More of the Same? January 21, 2013 Economic Ties Can Save Africa's Arab Spring, January 14, 2013 Innovative
Startups Present New Promise For Arab Transitions, December 5, 2012 Why Syria may be the cataylst
for Jordan's Arab Spring, November 2, 2012 Engagement,
not withdrawal, is needed in Arab World,
September 21, 2012
By Que'Nique Mykte' Newbill
By Chester Crocker and Ellen Laipson
By Mona Yacoubian
By Que'Nique Mykte' Newbill
By Ellen Laipson and Ghazi Ben Ahmed
By Que'Nique Mykte' Newbill and Dina Shahrokhi
By Que'Nique Mykte' Newbill
By Mona Yacoubian
Arab Transitions News
Mona Yacoubian served as an international election observer as part of the National Democratic Institute's observer mission for Jordan's January 23rd Parliamentary elections. Click here to read more.
Ellen Laipson was one of the panelists at the Wilson Center's "Defining American Priorities in the Middle East" on November 20, 2012. Click here to watch.
Ellen Laipson spoke at the Middle East Institute Conference on "U.S.-Mideast Diplomacy in Transition: New Era, New Principles" on November 14, 2012. Click here to watch.
Ellen Laipson was one of the panelists on an Al Jazeera post-election show on the topic of "What's Next" on November 7, 2012. Click here to watch.
Mona Yacoubian participated in KQED Radio's public affairs program Forum to discuss the aftermath of recent unrest in the Middle East and the broader Muslim world and its implication for the ongoing Arab transitions. Click here to listen.
Mona Yacoubian was quoted by Reuters on September 17, 2012, about the U.S. approach to the growing number of foreign jihadi fighters in the Syrian crisis. Click here to read the article.
Mona Yacoubian discusses the continuing crisis in Syria on Encounter, a VOA news radio program on September 14, 2012. Click here to listen.
Arab Transitions Publications
The Arab Spring and Climate Change
February 2013, Stimson Center
"The Arab Spring and Climate Change" does not argue that climate change caused the revolutions that have shaken the Arab world over the past two years. But the essays collected in this slim volume make a compelling case that the consequences of climate change are stressors that can ignite a volatile mix of underlying causes that erupt into revolution.
Seismic
Shift: Understanding Change in the Middle East,
May 2011,
Stimson Center
The momentous events sweeping the Arab world since late 2010 raise important questions about the art and science of analyzing political and societal events. In an age of information surplus, which creates the illusion that one can easily know what is happening anywhere in the world, big surprises still occur. Societies change, governments make choices that have consequences, and the political life of a country or a region is transformed.
Arab Transitions Events
"Prospects for Greater Economic Integration in the Maghreb," with Ghazi Ben Ahmed, November 26, 2012
"Aiding the Arab Transitions: US Economic Engagement with Egypt," October 3, 2012
"Religious Dimensions of the Arab Springs," with Dr. Aref Ali Nayed, October 1, 2012
"Tunisia's Current Political Trends and the Future of US-Tunisian Relations," with Sheik Mourou, September 27,2012
"Economic Consequences of the Arab Spring," with Francis Ghiles, April 20, 2012
"Arab Countries in Transition: An Update on International Support One Year after the Deauville Partnership, April 9, 2012
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