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Carnegie Book: "Beyond the Façade: Political Reform in the Arab World"
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In the book Beyond the Façade: Political Reform in the Arab World, editors Marina Ottaway and Julia Choucair-Vizoso evaluate the changes taking place in the region and argue that the vast array of reforms implemented by Arab governments over the last two decades have presented a façade of reform while maintaining the concentration of power among authoritarian rulers. Beyond the Façade forces us to recognize the reality of conflicting interests and the limitations of external actors to bring about political reform, while drawing lessons on how to make international democracy promotion more effective.more |
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Annapolis and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Role for the EU and the EMP?
12/03/2008
 Carnegie Middle East Center Visiting Scholar Muriel Asseburg participated in a seminar organized by EuroMeSCo (the Euro-Mediteranean Study Commission) and the Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan at the Kempinski Ishtar Hotel in Jordan. The workshop on the Annapolis process and a potential European role brought together policy makers, academics from the regionز and European officials.
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Signature: "Beyond the Façade: Political Reform in the Arab World"
11/03/2008
 Carnegie Middle East Center, in collaboration with Dar Annahar, launched the Arabic version of the Center’s most recent publications; Beyond the Façade: Political Reform in the Arab World, on Tuesday, March 11, 2008. The book’s two editors Marina Ottaway and Julia Choucair-Vizoso, as well as two of the authors Paul Salem, CMEC director and Amr Hamzawy, Senior Associate at Carnegie Endowment discussed their respective contributions in a seminar held at the Lebanese Book Fair, Antelias.
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Arab Sovereign Wealth Funds: Political Exposure and Risk Management
11/03/2008
 The Carnegie Middle East Center (CMEC) hosted a workshop chaired by Dr. Sven Behrendt, Associate Scholar and lead researcher, on the political exposure that Arab Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) are currently facing in Europe and the United States. The workshop was also designed to identify useful risk mitigating strategies for Arab governments to apply.
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Arab States, Iran and Turkey After the US Invasion of Iraq: The Dynamics of Regional Competition and Accommodation
23/02/2008
 The one-day conference at the Rotana Gefinor Hotel in Beirut dealt with the foreign policies of the key states in the Middle East since the US invasion of Iraq. It was primarily concerned with the national interests of each state and how the states are expected to pursue those interests in a rapidly changing region. Designated speakers were invited to give a brief lecture on each state and their lecture was followed by a commentator or discussant reviewing the analysis. Finally each session was concluded with a lively Q & A session.
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Europe and Economic Dimensions of the Arab Peace Initiative
15/02/2008
 Carnegie Middle East Center Visiting Scholar Riad al Khouri addressed the latest Aix Group meeting, held in Paris 15-16 February, on research topics related to the Arab Peace Initiative. The Aix Group’s latest meeting was at the invitation of French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner to present recent findings and recommendations and launch a fourth stage of research.
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Algeria Under Bouteflika: Civil Strife and National Reconciliation
Rachid Tlemçani
30/03/2008
 The Algerian government’s refusal to address the legacy of its violent civil war threatens its long-term stability, argues a new paper from the Carnegie Endowment. In Algeria Under Bouteflika: Civil Strife and National Reconciliation, Algerian expert Rachid Tlemçani examines President Bouteflika's decision not to seek public input or dialogue when developing his national reconciliation plan. Tlemçani argues that this "haste merely postpones a crisis that is likely to break out in the future" as grievances remain unresolved.
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Arab Sovereign Wealth Funds: Time to Develop a Policy
Sven Behrendt
24/03/2008
 The role of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs), large state-owned investment vehicles, in the global financial architecture is beginning to top the political agenda in Europe and the United States. Europeans and Americans have voiced their concerns about the economic and political influence that foreign governments could exercise through their SWFs.
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The Way to Exit from Lebanon’s Morass
Paul Salem
11/03/2008
 In March 11’s edition of The Daily Star, Carnegie Middle East Center Director Paul Salem outlines steps Lebanon and the international community should take to contend with the ongoing presidential election crisis, tensions between Israel and Hizbullah, and Syrian obstructionism. As a first step, Salem argues that the parliament should meet and elect a president without delay; the newly elected president can then preside over the formation of a national unity government.
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On Tents, Fast Trains and the Greater Mediterranean: Franco-Maghrebi Relations
Larbi Sadiki
05/03/2008
 Democracy promotion is, at least for now, dead. Long live the market! This seems to be the unwritten rule of engagement increasingly informing Franco and Euro-Maghrebi relations. ‘Smithean’ impulses of wealth-making as a potential peace-builder amongst Euro-Med nations appear to be driving Sarkozy’s vision for consolidating France’s role in this part of the Arab World. Maghrebi statesmen are being receptive for their own reasons.
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Rising Sunni Islamist Movements in Lebanon Risk Radicalization
Omayma Abdel-Latif
01/02/2008
 In Carnegie Middle East Center’s paper, Omayma Abdel-Latif identifies leading traditional Islamist and Salafist movements in Lebanon, key leaders, and their relationships with each other and external actors, including the United States, Hizbollah, Syria, and Iran. Sunni Islamist movements include those sociopolitical movements that embrace Islam as the only framework for social and political change and mobilization.
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|  Kuwait's Democratic Crisis 
Kuwait's parliamentary election on May 17 is more likely to continue political stalemate than move the country toward much needed political and economic reforms, argues Nathan J. Brown. Kuwait's looming tensions between the ruling family and parliament may have serious implications for democracy promotion in the broader Middle East as "other countries in the region are coming to see Kuwait as a negative model of what democracy can result in.
| |  Reading Khamenei: The World View of Iran's Most Powerful Leader
In a unique and timely new report, Carnegie's Karim Sadjadpour presents an in-depth political profile of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei based on a careful reading of three decades of his writings and speeches. Sadjadpour argues that "Iran's Islamic government is more powerful than it has been ever been vis-à-vis the United States, Khamenei is more powerful than he's ever been within Iran, and in order to devise a more effective U.S. policy toward Iran a better understanding of Khamenei is essential." | | | |
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|  April Arab Reform Bulletin 
• An interview with three activists about women's rights in Gulf states.
• Controversies surrounding Egypt's municipal elections.
• The Bush administration's budget request for the freedom agenda.
• Prospects for Sarkozy's "Mediterranean Union" proposal.
• A reexamination of Morocco's electoral system.
| |  Carnegie Arabic Web Portal - نافذة كارنيغي للشرق الأوسط
Carnegie’s Arabic-language resource is designed to reach new audiences and broaden access to Carnegie’s growing volume of Arabic publications.
| |  Arab Political Systems
Provides easily accessible baseline information about the political systems of Arab countries, and is frequently updated to provide information about reforms being introduced. | | |
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