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Forum Summary: Erdogan, Clinton, Kerry, and Ibrahim Address the 2010 U.S.-Islamic World Forum

With a video message from U.S. President Barack Obama and an address from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Saban Center at Brookings and the Government of Qatar hosted

US–Iran Power Struggle over Iraq

US Ambassador Christopher Hill’s warning on February 18 that it could take months to form a new government in Baghdad after the Iraqi elections, scheduled for March 7, and that

OBAMA’S GRAND STRATEGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA

For the next two decades, Middle Asia—the predominantly Muslim region of the Middle East, the Caucuses and Central Asia—will dominate international security concerns.

What does ElBaradei want?

Back to the ElBaradei campaign's potential. The sense that I get is that most of his prominent supporters are focusing on the potential for ElBaradei to be a symbol, a

Egyptian human rights leaders meet Obama

American President Barack Obama last Thursday met with a delegation of Egyptian participants at the “Summit on Human Rights” in the White House.

Arab Reform Bulletin: New Format, New Release

After two years as a monthly publication, the Arab Reform Bulletin, a product of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, has altered its format and will now issue one or

POMED Notes: “Justice for All: the Struggle for Workers Rights in Egypt”

Kamal Abbas kicked off the discussion by noting that Egypt was put on a blacklist of countries to be reviewed about labor and workers rights, which makes the timing of

U.S. Committed to Democratic Reform in Arab World

Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Tamara Wittes briefed the foreign press yesterday on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech at the U.S.-Islamic World Forum in

A defense of Rashad Hussain

President Obama's newly-announced envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Rashad Hussain, "is at the center of a controversy." He is not only beset by criticism for a

Elections: why bother?

The presidential elections campaign has started, albeit unofficially. As President Hosni Mubarak toured various projects in the south and north of the country, he called on other parties to get