Lessons Learned for Stabilization in Syria
Syria’s complex conflict poses a significant set of challenges for the United States. The Stimson Center, in cooperation with the US Institute of Peace, gathered a group of experts over the past six months to identify some “lessons learned” from previous US experiences with conflict stabilization. Understanding both the successes and failures in Afghanistan, Iraq […]
Lessons Learned for Stabilization in Syria
The Syrian conflict poses enormous challenges for US policy and for US efforts to engage with affected Syrians, including through stabilization projects. Ongoing violence in which civilians are actively targeted shows no sign of abating. As US efforts at stabilization and transition in Syria move forward in 2014, Syria’s complex conflict will continue to pose […]
Ellen Laipson on Al-Hurra as panelist (Arabic)
Ellen Laipson discussed current events in Libya, Egypt and Iraq on the Al-Hurra weekly show. The discussion focused on the US role in shaping developments in these countries, and Laipson addressed the importance of the US taking the long view in institution building and political processes, rather than getting drawn into the political competition within […]
Ambassador Deborah Jones, U.S. Ambassador to Libya at Chairman’s Forum
Stimson Chairman Lincoln Bloomfield, Jr., was joined for lunch and a strategic conversation with an opinion leader in national security and international affairs with: Ambassador Deborah Jones U.S. Ambassador to Libya Libya’s political transition since the fall of Muammar Qadhafi in October 2011 has combined promise and hope with divisiveness, violence and tragedy. Succeeding Ambassador Christopher […]
Ambassador Deborah Jones vists Stimson for Chairman’s Forum
US Ambassador to Libya Deborah Jones visited the Stimson Center on Wednesday, May 21st, as a part of Stimson’s Chairman’s Forum series of speekers. Ambassador Jones spoke with Lincoln Bloomfield, Jr. for a strategic conversation in national security and international affairs. Libya’s political transition since the fall of Muammar Qadhafi in October 2011 has combined […]
Were High International Food Prices An “Early Warning” Of The Arab Spring? Probably Not.
The spike in high international food prices, in late 2010, which coincided with the demonstrations and regime changes in North Africa has become a popular explanation for the initiation of the Arab Spring. However, not everyone is convinced of that connection, least of all, international food policy analysts. The disagreement swirls around Tunisia, the initial […]
Mr. Jomaa Goes To Washington: A Breath Of Fresh Air From Tunisia’s ‘Arab Spring’ Revolution
By Ellen Laipson and Oussama Romdhani: When the Prime Minister of Tunisia, Mehdi Jomaa, visits Washington on Wednesday, it will be a welcome respite from the relentless bad news coming from the Arab world. Tunisia, where the Arab “spring” began in late 2010, is farther along the process of democratic transformation than the other countries […]
Ellen Laipson’s op-ed on Tunisia after the Arab Spring is published in International Business Times
When the Prime Minister of Tunisia, Mehdi Jomaa, visits Washington on Wednesday, it will be a welcome respite from the relentless bad news coming from the Arab world. Tunisia, where the Arab “spring” began in late 2010, is farther along the process of democratic transformation than the other countries where the demand for change was […]