Middle East

A View of the Middle East from Within

September 12, 2024

Modernity can take place in the Arab world only when the Arab individual restores her/his sense of self-respect and pride in their heritage that once produced a flourishing modernity and civilization and acquire the will to induce change and progress…

Conferences

Al Sharq Forum-Foreign Affairs: Sykes Picot At 100

June 3, 2016

A century ago, a secret agreement between France and Britain carved the Middle East into spheres of influence supervised by the two powers. The Sykes-Picot agreement hastily divided the territory of the former Ottoman empire into a map that did…

Conferences

Post-political governance: Networks, cities, citizenship and micro politics

December 6, 2015

Emad Shahin, visiting Professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, talks about the elements that lead to change in the Middle East as the keynote speaker of the 4th Session of CAF 2015 annual Forum, entitled “Post-political governance: Networks,…

Interviews

Interview with The Huffington Post #WorldBrief with @ASE March 28

March 28, 2014

#WorldBrief with @ASE March 28 (VIDEO) – Huffington Post

Interviews

Is The U.S. Leaving A Leadership Void In The Middle East?

January 30, 2014

Op-Eds

A Need for Aid, With No Strings Attached

February 1, 2012

Egyptians ended a 30-year-long authoritarian regime that spawned mismanagement, corruption, inequality and poverty. The pro-democracy protests brought long-missed values of social justice, hard work and hope to the forefront. Yet, Egypt has been going through an uncertain and messy transition…

Interviews

The Egypt effect: Unrest spreads in Middle East

February 15, 2011

In the wake of Egypt’s protests and the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, other Middle Eastern nations seem to be following suit; there have been protests in Iran, Yemen and Bahrain, as well. Professor Emad Shahin of the University of…

Book Chapters

Introduction and Conclusion – Struggle Over Democracy

November 1, 2009

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Papers

Political Islam: Ready for Engagement?

February 4, 2005

Abstract: The voluminous literature on reform and democratization in the Middle East region reveals a number of facts: a main obstacle to reform are the incumbent regimes that have been trying to resist and circumvent genuine democratic transformations; political reform cannot be…