India to retain economic ties to Iran
India’s ambassador to the United States discussed developments in the Middle East last Thursday, saying that the region’s peoples should determine how they’re governed, that Israel should have secure...
View ArticleWomen fighting for change
It’s the mark of a successful conference that “we have many more questions, perhaps than we had when we came in,” said Lizabeth Cohen, dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, at the...
View ArticleA Nobel cause in the Arab world
Tawakkol Karman didn’t make history in the Arab Spring by being shy about her demands. At Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), the Nobel Prize–winning activist and journalist — who led the protests that...
View ArticleA warning from inside Tunisia
Recent religious violence coupled with moves by Tunisia’s ruling Islamist party to put religious protections in its proposed constitution prompted a leading Tunisian legal expert to warn Monday that...
View ArticleMiddle East in motion
In an address Wednesday evening at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), journalist Rami Khouri presented an overview of the “bewildering and exhilarating changes” that have swept the Middle East since the...
View ArticleBelfer-sponsored poll tests voters’ views on foreign policy ahead of debate
Voters in the pivotal battleground states of Ohio and Florida show strong interest in global security issues, and want to hear the candidates’ views on defense, Iran and terrorism in the final...
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A fall snapshot of Arab Spring
Two years ago, a wave of protests started in the Middle East, and eventually toppled longtime regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya. Less dramatic results came from popular demonstrations in Bahrain and...
View ArticleEgypt’s revolution: A work in progress
Egypt’s revolution, a key development in last year’s Arab Spring uprisings, has since sputtered and fumed to almost no one’s satisfaction: not the international community’s, not the Egyptian people’s,...
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Egypt boils over
The tension and unrest that arose in Egypt last month after the army ousted democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi exploded this week, with hundreds of people killed as security forces broke...
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Piecing together Egypt’s rupture
Egypt’s unrest has its root, ironically, in democratic success: the Muslim Brotherhood’s overwhelming ballot box victories, a Harvard Kennedy School Middle East specialist said during a roundtable...
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Gaming the political arena
Whether reveling in the opening ceremony, cheering figure skaters from the stands during a team competition, or directing a massive army of police and military personnel to guard against a whiff of...
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India to retain economic ties to Iran
India’s ambassador to the United States discussed developments in the Middle East last Thursday, saying that the region’s peoples should determine how they’re governed, that Israel should have secure...
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Women fighting for change
It’s the mark of a successful conference that “we have many more questions, perhaps than we had when we came in,” said Lizabeth Cohen, dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, at the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Nobel cause in the Arab world
Tawakkol Karman didn’t make history in the Arab Spring by being shy about her demands. At Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), the Nobel Prize–winning activist and journalist — who led the protests that...
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A warning from inside Tunisia
Recent religious violence coupled with moves by Tunisia’s ruling Islamist party to put religious protections in its proposed constitution prompted a leading Tunisian legal expert to warn Monday that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Middle East in motion
In an address Wednesday evening at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), journalist Rami Khouri presented an overview of the “bewildering and exhilarating changes” that have swept the Middle East since...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A fall snapshot of Arab Spring
Two years ago, a wave of protests started in the Middle East, and eventually toppled longtime regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya. Less dramatic results came from popular demonstrations in Bahrain...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Egypt’s revolution: A work in progress
Egypt’s revolution, a key development in last year’s Arab Spring uprisings, has since sputtered and fumed to almost no one’s satisfaction: not the international community’s, not the Egyptian people’s,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Egypt boils over
The tension and unrest that arose in Egypt last month after the army ousted democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi exploded this week, with hundreds of people killed as security forces broke...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Piecing together Egypt’s rupture
Egypt’s unrest has its root, ironically, in democratic success: the Muslim Brotherhood’s overwhelming ballot box victories, a Harvard Kennedy School Middle East specialist said during a roundtable...
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