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The Moroccan Parliamentary Election:
More Gains for Islamists?
On September 7, Morocco will hold its first parliamentary election since 2002. That election ended with the Justice and Development Party (PJD), an Islamist faction, just eight seats short of becoming the largest party in parliament. Despite several years of significant political and social reform -- or perhaps because of
Sep 6, 2007
Brief Analysis
AFRICOM:
A New American Military Command
This month, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will appoint a commander for the newly created U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). Set to launch sometime this fall and become fully operational with 1,000 American personnel by September 2008, AFRICOM will be responsible for all African countries except Egypt. Although no African state
Jul 10, 2007
Brief Analysis
Navigating the Sudan Sanctions Regime
On May 29, 2007, the Bush administration unveiled a long-anticipated package of sanctions against Sudan, designating thirty Sudanese companies for their ties to the regime of President Omar al-Bashir, as well as two government officials, a rebel leader, and a transportation company for their role in the Darfur genocide. In
Jun 27, 2007
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  • Michael Jacobson
Brief Analysis
Al-Qaeda in North Africa:
Local and Global Jihad
On April 14, suicide bombers unsuccessfully targeted the U.S. consulate and an American cultural center in Casablanca, four days after another group of bombers blew themselves up in a confrontation with city police. On April 11, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (formerly the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, or
Apr 23, 2007
In-Depth Reports
Islamist Terrorism in Northwestern Africa:
A 'Thorn in the Neck' of the United States?
In August 2006, al-Qaeda's second-in-command announced a new alliance with the Algeria-based Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), with the stated aim of becoming a "thorn in the neck" of America and the West. This radical network -- which is little known in the United States but has become
Feb 2, 2007
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  • Emily Hunt
Brief Analysis
Annual Post-New Year's Event:
America and the Middle East, circa 2007
On January 12, 2007, Joe Klein and Martin Walker addressed The Washington Institute's Special Policy Forum. Joe Klein, the author of the bestseller Primary Colors, writes the "In the Arena" column about national and international affairs for Time magazine. Martin Walker is the editor emeritus of United Press International, and
Jan 17, 2007
Articles & Testimony
A Moment with Robert Satloff
Robert Satloff’s new book is sure to rankle Arabs who insist that the Holocaust never happened. In Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust’s Long Reach into Arab Lands, Satloff chronicles the persecution of North Africa’s Jewish community during the Axis occupation and the Arab reaction to it. From
Dec 1, 2006
Brief Analysis
Countering Holocaust Denial in Arab and Muslim Societies:
A New Approach
On October 20, 2006, Robert Satloff, Akbar Ahmed, and Gregg Rickman addressed The Washington Institute’s Special Policy Forum.
Oct 31, 2006
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  • Robert Satloff
In-Depth Reports
Among the Righteous:
Lost Stories from the Holocaust's Long Reach into Arab Lands
Seeking a hopeful response to the plague of Holocaust denial that swept across the Middle East, one author set off on a quest to find an Arab hero whose story could change the way local communities view Jews, themselves, and their own history.
Oct 30, 2006
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  • Robert Satloff
Brief Analysis
Countering Holocaust Denial in Arab and Muslim Societies:
A New Approach
On October 20, 2006, Robert Satloff, Akbar Ahmed, and Gregg Rickman addressed The Washington Institute’s Special Policy Forum. Dr. Satloff is the Institute’s executive director and author of Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust’s Long Reach into Arab Lands. Dr. Ahmed is the Ibn Khaldun chair of Islamic
Oct 30, 2006
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  • Robert Satloff
Articles & Testimony
Who Are the Lumbrosos, Anyway? George Allen's Ancestors
Virginia Senator George Allen says he takes "great pride" in learning about the Jewish roots of his mother's family, the Lumbrosos of Tunisia. There's actually a lot for him to be proud of. After four years of research, I just completed a book on the history of the Holocaust's long
Sep 26, 2006
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  • Robert Satloff
Brief Analysis
Darfur and the Arab League
On August 20, 2006, the Arab League committee on Sudan backed Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir’s refusal of a UN peacekeeping force in the war-wracked Darfur region. At the UN Security Council, the only open critic of the proposal to send such a force is Qatar, the only Arab member of
Aug 28, 2006
Articles & Testimony
Counterterrorism Successes Force Algerian Militants to Evolve
While Algeria appears to have succeeded in defeating the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, in reality the threat can still not be discounted. Emily Hunt explains why the terrorist organization’s silence does not necessarily mean it is defeated, but may instead show that the group is evolving into a
Jun 1, 2006
Brief Analysis
Countries of Particular Concern:
Religious Freedom and the Middle East
On November 8, the State Department released the International Religious Freedom Report, its annual survey of religious freedom across the world ( read the report online). Several of the designated "countries of particular concern" (CPCs) are in the Middle East: Iran, Sudan, and embarrassingly, in light of longstanding close diplomatic
Nov 17, 2005
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  • Simon Henderson
Brief Analysis
Al-Qaeda's North African Franchise:
The GSPC Regional Threat
On September 29, Algerians will vote on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's proposed Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation, a policy that would provide amnesty for most of the one-thousand Islamic terrorists the government believes are still hiding in Algeria and neighboring countries. Between three hundred and five hundred of the terrorists
Sep 28, 2005
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  • Emily Hunt
Brief Analysis
The Military Coup in Mauritania:
Domestic and International Implications
The August 3 bloodless military coup in Mauritania that removed president Maaouiya Ould Taya from power took place in one of the world's most impoverished nations, situated on Africa's northwest coast between Arab North Africa and black sub-Saharan Africa. The coup had all the familiar trappings of an African military
Aug 18, 2005
In-Depth Reports
Twentieth Anniversary Soref Symposium:
Assessing the Winds of Change
On May 20, 2005, Rola Dashti, Hisham Kassem, Habib Malik, and Mohsen Sazegara addressed The Washington Institute's Soref Symposium. Rola Dashti is chair and chief officer of FARO International, a management consulting firm, a leader in the campaign for women's rights in Kuwait and sn associate professor at Kuwait University
May 20, 2005
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  • Mohsen Sazegara
Articles & Testimony
Arabs and the Holocaust
Of the more than 100 countries that have formally endorsed today's convening of the special U.N. General Assembly on the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, not one is Arab. In the West, this is viewed as another manifestation of Holocaust denial, an increasingly commonplace feature of Arab politics
Jan 24, 2005
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  • Robert Satloff
Brief Analysis
Carrots for Iran?
Lessons from Libya
This is the first part of a two-part series on diplomacy surrounding the Iranian nuclear program and looks at U.S.-European relations. Read Part II. As European and Iranian officials began negotiations December 14 on whether to make permanent Iran's temporary suspension of uranium enrichment, eight former Western foreign ministers issued
Dec 16, 2004
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  • Patrick Clawson
In-Depth Reports
Al-Qaeda's Armies:
Middle East Affiliate Groups and the Next Generation of Terror
INTRODUCTION America's "War on Terror" has completely consumed the attention of U.S. foreign policy analysts. Countless man-hours have been expended in the pursuit of sensible policies for what will undoubtedly be a protracted and asymmetrical war. Surprisingly, many analysts have yet to come to the inevitable conclusion that this war
Oct 1, 2004
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  • Jonathan Schanzer

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