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Interfaith, Oil, and Afghanistan:
Where Saudi and U.S. Interests Diverge
Saudi king Abdullah is in the United States this week to discuss issues of considerable interest to both countries. Tomorrow and Thursday, he is in New York City for an interfaith meeting he is sponsoring and which President Bush will be attending. On Friday and Saturday, the Saudi monarch will
Nov 10, 2008
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  • Simon Henderson
Brief Analysis
In Transition:
The Obama Administration
On November 6, Robert Satloff, Patrick Clawson, and David Makovsky addressed a Policy Forum luncheon at The Washington Institute. Dr. Satloff is executive director of The Washington Institute, Dr. Clawson is the Institute's deputy director for research, and Mr. Makovsky is the director of the Institute's Project on the Middle
Nov 10, 2008
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  • Robert Satloff
In-Depth Reports
From President to President:
U.S. Middle East Policy at a Moment of Transition
Featuring Isaac Herzog, Riad Malki, Dennis Ross, Max Boot, Richard Danzig, Richard Williamson, Richard Clarke, Colin Mellis, Maajid Nawaz, Farah Pandith, J. Scott Carpenter, Mohamed Abdelbaky, Oussama Safa, Engi El-Haddad, Nader Said, David Makovsy, Ghassan Atiyyah, Reul Marc Gerecht, Michael Knights, Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Giora Eiland, Marwan Muasher, Soner Cagaptay
Oct 31, 2008
Brief Analysis
A Forum without a Future?
U.S. secretary of state Condoleezza Rice has decided to skip the Forum for the Future in Abu Dhabi this weekend, a move that will deepen concerns surrounding the Bush administration's Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Initiative. Although Deputy Secretary John Negroponte will attend the forum -- an annual
Oct 16, 2008
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  • J. Scott Carpenter
Articles & Testimony
Turkey's Media War
For the last six years, the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association, Tusiad, has been a crucial source of support for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). The pro-business, pro-European Union group provided the party with domestic and international legitimacy, and armed it with the means to fight off accusations
Sep 22, 2008
In-Depth Reports
Announcement of the the 2008 Washington Institute Book Prize Winners
Robert Satloff and Martin Kramer addressed The Washington Institute's annual Weinberg Founders Conference on September 20, 2008, to introduce the inaugural awards of the Institute's Book Prize. Michael Mandelbaum, who with eminent Middle East historian Bernard Lewis, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jim Hoagland juried the Book Prize, announced the winning books
Sep 20, 2008
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  • Robert Satloff
  • Martin Kramer
  • Michael Mandelbaum
In-Depth Reports
What Arab Democrats Want from Our Next President
Download the complete proceedings. On September 20, 2008, J. Scott Carpenter, Mohamed Abdelbaky, Oussama Safa, Engi El-Haddad, and Nader Said addressed The Washington Institute's annual Weinberg Founders Conference. Mr. Carpenter is a Keston Family fellow at the Institute and director of its Project Fikra. Mr. Abdelbaky is foreign affairs editor
Sep 20, 2008
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  • J. Scott Carpenter
  • Mohamed Abdelbaky
In-Depth Reports
Reversing the Tide of Radicalization
Download the complete proceedings. On September 20, 2008, Colin Mellis, Maajid Nawaz, and Farah Pandith addressed The Washington Institute's annual Weinberg Founders Conference. Mr. Mellis is a policy advisor on radicalization to the City of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Mr. Nawaz is the founder and codirector of the Quilliam Foundation
Sep 20, 2008
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  • Farah Pandith
Articles & Testimony
Brief Review:
Islamic Charities
The Price of Fear: The Truth behind the Financial War on Terror. By Ibrahim Warde. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. 261 pp. $24.95. Understanding Islamic Charities. Edited by Jon B. Alterman and Karin von Hippel. Washington, D.C.: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2007. 200 pp. $21.95, paper. "Terror
Sep 1, 2008
Brief Analysis
The Way Back from Islamism
On July 11, 2008, Maajid Nawaz addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Mr. Nawaz was a longtime member of the British leadership committee of Hizb al-Tahrir (HT), an international Islamist movement. In 2002, while studying in Egypt, he was arrested for his membership in the group and was
Jul 16, 2008
Articles & Testimony
Why Terrorists Quit:
Gaining from Al-Qa'ida's Losses
In recent months, there has been a spate of seemingly good news in the counter-terrorism arena, as former terrorist leaders and clerics have renounced their previous beliefs. Former Egyptian Islamic Jihad head Sayyid Imam al-Sharif (also known as Dr. Fadl), whose treatises al-Qa'ida often cited to justify its actions, has
Jul 16, 2008
Brief Analysis
Saudi Arabia:
Interfaith Talks Abroad, Intolerance at Home
This week, Saudi Arabia is organizing a global interfaith conference in Madrid, with more than 200 Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Hindu, and Buddhist religious leaders from 54 countries expected to attend. The conference, in the words of its main organizer, the Mecca-based Muslim World League, will "focus on common human values."
Jul 15, 2008
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  • Simon Henderson
Articles & Testimony
Turkey Versus Turkey
The jailing of two retired Turkish generals over the weekend has heightened tensions between the government in Ankara and its critics. The generals are among 21 people whom police have detained over the past week, including a senior industrialist and a prominent journalist, on suspicion of plotting a coup against
Jul 8, 2008
Articles & Testimony
Innocence Abroad
In the spring of 2002, I made my first post-9/11 visit to Cairo as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near East and South Asian Affairs. The trip's purpose was a soup-to-nuts review of the large U.S. economic aid package to Egypt. I had been asked specifically to look at
Jun 25, 2008
Articles & Testimony
Turkey's Changing Landscape
Modern Turkey's identity is based on its secular stance, but the ruling Justice and Development Party's policies show Islamist leanings. From mundane matters, such as the cost of ordering a drink, to major issues, such as women's role in society, Turkey seems to be undergoing a change. In this article
Jun 9, 2008
Articles & Testimony
Return of the Purple Fingers
Within the next few months, Iraqis will once again wave purple fingers in the air as they cast ballots for provincial governments. As Iraq's parliament debates a law to govern the elections, U.S. diplomats and international experts have an opportunity, if not to correct past mistakes, then to help put
Jun 9, 2008
In-Depth Reports
Israel:
Challenges at Home and Abroad
Haim Ramon, deputy prime minster of Israel, delivered the concluding address at the Institute's 2008 Soref Symposium. The following is a rapporteur's summary of his remarks. The importance of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has changed dramatically in the last decade. Today, it is increasingly taking a back seat to the fight
May 30, 2008
Brief Analysis
Kuwaiti Elections:
Democracy in Action, or Inaction?
Tomorrow, Kuwait's nearly 400,000 voters -- more than half of them women -- will go to the polls to elect a new parliament. The incoming body will replace the 2006 parliament that was dissolved by the ruling emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Sabah, for failing to work together with the cabinet. Kuwait's
May 16, 2008
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  • David Pollock
  • Mehdi Khalaji
Articles & Testimony
Just Like Us! Really?
On the inside back cover of books published by Gallup Press there is the following breathtaking statement: Gallup Press exists to educate and inform the people who govern, manage, teach and lead the world's six billion citizens. Each book meets Gallup's requirements of integrity, trust and independence and is based
May 12, 2008
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  • Robert Satloff
Brief Analysis
Highlighting al-Qaeda's Bankrupt Ideology
According to recent U.S. government reports and senior U.S. counterterrorism officials, contesting al-Qaeda's message is no less important than capturing or killing the group's operatives. And as the administration prioritizes its agenda for the last eight months in office, recognizing the need for a refocused communication plan to highlight the
May 7, 2008
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  • Matthew Levitt
  • Michael Jacobson

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