Development

New Approaches to Enduring Issues: Welcome and Keynote Address

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 01:00:00 -0500

In his keynote address at the Middle East Institute's 60th Annual Conference, US Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman discussed the need for diversifying energy sources in order to sustain global growth. Without diversification, developing nations will struggle to access increasingly costly fuel and environmental degradation will worsen. The private sector and government play a critical role in providing new energy solutions. In addition, states must transcend their narrow national interests and create cooperative solutions to overcome today's energy challenges.

Iraq in Need of Unification, not Partition

Louay Bahry, Adjunct Scholar, Middle East Institute — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:00:00 -0400

http://66.223.107.101/articles/doc651.html

Don't Shortchange Afghanistan Again

Karl F. Inderfurth, Frederick Starr, Marvin G. Weinbaum — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 12:00:00 -0500

http://66.223.107.101/articles/doc487.html

The forthcoming London conference on Afghanistan represents both a milestone and a challenge for the United States and the international community: a milestone because it will mark the completion of the Bonn process, the UN-brokered accord in 2001 to chart Afghanistan's path to a democratically elected government; a challenge because it will signal the beginning of the next critical stage in the country’s rebirth after decades of war and destruction.

A Roadmap for North Africa

Jacques Roussellier — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:00:00 -0500

http://66.223.107.101/articles/doc483.html

What was intended as a meeting of European and Arab leaders in Spain recently turned out to be mostly empty seats. It is a potent reminder of how wide the gap remains between the two sides of the Mediterranean.

As the still simmering French riots and Dutch uneasiness remind us, even the most secularized countries in Europe are struggling to make sense of their own national identity in the face of mounting Islamism and the threat of terrorism among their own citizens of Muslim and Arab origin.

Iraqi Democracy: A Work in Progress

David Mack — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 12:00:00 -0400

http://66.223.107.101/articles/doc437.html

As expected, the Iraqi constitution appears to have been approved. A majority of Iraqis showed themselves to be both courageous and optimistic about the political process. The ruling coalition and the Bush Administration are calling it a major victory for democracy. As President Bush may repeat any minute now, “freedom is on the march” in Iraq.

But the referendum approving a constitution does not end the bloodshed nor give a green light for a speedy US withdrawal.

Referendum in Algeria: True Reconciliation or Selective Amnesia?

Jacques Roussellier — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 12:00:00 -0400

http://66.223.107.101/articles/doc431.html

Algerians on September 29, approved the 2005 Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation that will put an end to over a decade of bloody civil war, which claimed more than 150,000 lives. The first offer of amnesty, approved in a 1999 referendum, expired in 2001. Some 4,500 Islamist insurgents reportedly gave themselves up to the authorities at that time, and the government hopes others will do the same under the new amnesty.

What We Don't Know About the World: The Danger of Ignorance in US-Arab Relations

Edward S. Walker, Jr. — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 12:00:00 -0400

http://66.223.107.101/articles/doc359.html

For two years, scholars and experts from the Middle East Institute in Washington and the Al Ahram Center in Cairo worked together to examine the crisis in relations that divides us. We found significant common ground in our personal values and national goals.

Storm Over Qatar?

Louay Bahry, Adjunct Scholar, The Middle East Institute — Wed, 6 Apr 2005 12:00:00 -0400

http://66.223.107.101/articles/doc356.html

The Egyptian bomber who bombed the Player’s Theater in Doha on March 19, killing one person and wounding several others, gave a wake-up call to a country that seemed untouched by the cycle of terror that has racked its neighbors, such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The terrorist incident outside the theater happened despite exceptional security measures taken by Qatar in the last two years to ensure its inhabitants a normal, peaceful life.

No Laurels Yet for Afghan Policy

Marvin G. Weinbaum — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 12:00:00 -0400

http://66.223.107.101/articles/doc296.html

American Economic Assistance Program to Egypt

Ambassador Edward S. Walker, Jr., President, Middle East Institute — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0400

http://66.223.107.101/articles/doc215.html

Mr. Chairman, Members of the Committee, Ladies and Gentlemen, I welcome the Committee’s efforts to review our economic assistance program, as administered by the Agency for International Development (AID) in Egypt and to consider its objectives and effectiveness.