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ActivitesHuman RightsObama June 8, 2009

Obama Delivers Speech to Muslim World in Cairo

At 6:10am EST, President Barack Obama delivered his highly anticipated speech to the Muslim world at Cairo University.
ActivitesObama June 8, 2009

America Reacts to Obama’s Speech

Mark Lynch praised President Obama’s speech in Cairo today, calling it a triumph for public diplomacy that peacefully serves as an “invitation to conversation.”
ActivitesElection CoverageIran June 8, 2009

Iran’s Presidential Debates: Ahmadinejad vs. Mousavi

The second, and most highly anticipated, of Iran’s presidential debates took place last night between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and former prime minister Mir Hossein Mousavi, the New York Times reports.
ActivitesHuman RightsObama June 8, 2009

POMED’s Andrew Albertson on Obama and Democracy Promotion

POMED’s Andrew Albertson on Obama and Democracy Promotion.
ActivitesElection CoverageIran June 8, 2009

POMED Notes: “Ahmadinejad’s Uncertain Future” at the Carnegie Endowment

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace held a symposium on
ActivitesHuman RightsObama June 8, 2009

More Chatter on Obama’s Speech

More chatter has come down the wire on President Obama’s speech at Cairo University this morning. The Daily Star reports that many Muslim leaders have been praising Obama’s speech. Randa
ActivitesOther IssuesReports June 8, 2009

Fighting for Defense Dollars

Congressional Quarterly reports that after potentially having lost Republican support, Democrats in the House are scraping for votes for supplemental spending bill (H.R.2346) for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
ActivitesElection CoverageIran June 8, 2009

MEI: Prospects for Iran’s Presidential Election

In a policy paper for the Middle East Institute, Dr. Walter Posch, Senior Research Fellow at the Austrian Defense Academy, writes that the Islamic Republic of Iran has yet to
ActivitesOther Issues June 8, 2009

Libya Nationalizes Private Media

The Libyan government’s nationalization of private media outlets
ActivitesHuman RightsIranObama June 8, 2009

More Feedback on Obama’s Speech

The New York Times reported on a few more reactions from the Middle East on President Obama’s speech in Cairo yesterday. In Iran, Alireza Rajaee, a political analyst, praised the