On March 14th, 2012, the Stimson’s Pathways to Progress project co-hosted with the US-Qatar Business Council Majid Jafar, CEO of Crescent Petroleum and sponsor of the “Arab Stabilization Plan,” an initiative that addresses the economic crisis in the Ar …
By Mona Yacoubian – Egypt’s revolution is clearly at a turning point, and the next four months could be its most critical period. The tanking economy, the deepening crisis with the United States, and the ruling generals’ pitiful management of the count …
On January 23, 2012, the Stimson Center hosted a panel discussion as part of a new project “Pathways to Progress: Peace, Prosperity and Change in the Middle East,” a joint initiative between the Stimson Center and the George C. Marshall Foundation. The …
On January 23, 2012, the Stimson Center hosted a panel discussion as part of a new project “Pathways to Progress: Peace, Prosperity and Change in the Middle East,” a joint initiative between the Stimson Center and the George C. Marshall Foundation. The …
Published January 24, 2012 / Held January 23, 2012
Mona Yacoubian publishes an op-ed in the Hill’s Congress Blog on developing a new Marshall Plan for the countries impacted by the Arab Spring uprisings. Click here to read.
Understanding the Arab World’s Shifting Political Landscape “An extraordinary entrepreneurial spirit is waiting to be tapped in countries like Egypt and Tunisia. Their people have the talent and drive to build resilie …
Mona Yacoubian participates in an online International Affairs Forum entitled “The Post-Arab Spring and U.S. Policy,” on February 6, 2012. Click here to read. Mona Yacoubian was interviewed by Michele Kelemen of NPR on November 22, 2011, on h …
By Ellen Laipson – A spontaneous, massive uprising of discontent in the normally serene Mediterranean country of Tunisia could signal a turning point in the Arab world – the slow motion reform process in modernizing but undemocratic states may have rea …
Since 2012, the Stimson Center, in partnership with the George C. Marshall Foundation, has explored the dynamics of the Arab spring, and how the processes of peaceful change and transition have affected the wider region. The project Pathways …
November 20, 2009 — April Longley Alley, Research Associate at the National Defense University, joined us for a discussion on the deteriorating situation in Yemen, a country in which, according to Foreign Policy magazine, a “perfect storm o …
Published November 21, 2009 / Held November 20, 2009
By Carrie Chomuik – President Obama selected Cairo as the location of his speech to the Muslim world because of its historical importance in the region and close ties to the United States. Despite this underlying symbolism, Egypt is struggling to remai …
Sheikha Lubna Al Qassimi, the Minister of Economy and Planning of the United Arab Emirates, addressed an audience of Washington-based Gulf watchers at The Henry L. Stimson Center on March 12, 2007. The event was moderated by Lincoln Bloomfield, a membe …
The Southwest Asia project hosted a roundtable discussion on Syria on December 19, 2005. David Ignatius of the Washington Post and Joshua Landis of the University of Oklahoma and Syriacomment.com spoke about Syrian domestic and foreign developments. La …
Published December 19, 2005 / Held December 19, 2005