A program of the Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), focusing on Arab World affairs. CDDRL is a research center at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
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Drafting Egypt's New Constitution Policy Paper
March 2012
This is the first paper in the BDC-Stanford Project on Arab Transitions series, authored Dr.
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Back to the future: the Arab nationalist tradition and the political imagination of today
August 2009
"The Arab and Muslim world is indeed in crisis," CDDRL Visiting Scholar Hicham Ben Abdallah of Morocco writes in an article for the August 2009 edition of Le Monde Diplomatique ("Retour vers le...
Inaugural seminar: Exploring the missing link between liberalization and democratization in the Middle East
March 2010
On February 17, 2010 the Program on Good Governance and Political Reform in the Arab World at CDDRL held its inaugural seminar with Prof.
Diamond provides recommendations for a post-Mubarak world
February 2011
Two decades after the fall of Soviet-bloc dictatorships, popular movements for democracy are erupting in the last regional bastion of authoritarianism: the Arab world.
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Autocracy Ten Years On: How Change Supports Continuity in Morocco and Jordan
May 7, 2010
The Program on Good Governance and Political Reform in the Arab World is pleased to invite you to its next research seminar Autocracy Ten Years On: How Change Supports Continuity in Morocco and...
Political Reform in the Arab World: Problems and Prospects
May 10, 2010
On May 10-11, 2010 the Program on Good Governance and Political Reform in the Arab World at CDDRL held its international inaugural conference.
From Political Activism to Democratic Change in the Arab World
May 12, 2011
The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy is pleased to announce its second annual conference on May 12-13, 2011.
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Syria Today, Syria Tomorrow: Politics, Security, and Society
November 2015
Abstract: The Syrian crisis continues to grind on without a viable settlement to the conflict in sight.
Bassam Haddad Analyzes the Root Causes and Dynamics of the Syrian Uprising
February 2016
As part of the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy's speaker series, George Mason University scholar Bassam Haddad explained the roots and dynamics of the tragic Syrian uprising, with particular attention to its background and to the recent...