Ongoing upheaval in Egypt and Tunisia since the 2011 revolutions indicates high levels of dissatisfaction with the political order, and expresses a deep desire for a drastic remodeling of the...
Why has private entrepreneurship in Egypt and Tunisia remained underdeveloped despite decades of economic liberalization and private sector-friendly incentives and reforms?
The first elections after the fall of authoritarian regimes present an important opportunity for both local and international actors to strengthen transitional processes.
Born in the aftermath of both the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the Palestinian-Israeli war which had begun in late 2000 (commonly known as the “second intifada”), the Arab Peace...
At the root of current Middle Eastern foreign policy debates on topics ranging from Iran to Iraq to Israel, is a more fundamental challenge for American policy makers: how to combat the general...
While the debate to "surge" or "withdraw" troops continues, Larry Diamond, Coordinator of the Democracy Program at CDDRL, along with Carlos Pascual, writes on the need for a diplomatic strategy to...
Urban Ahlin, Menur Akgün, Gustavo de Aristegui, Ronald D. Asmus, Daniel Byman, Larry Diamond, Steven Everts, Ralf Fücks, Iris Glosemeyer, Jana Hybaskova, Thorsten Klassen, Mark Leonard, Michael A. McFaul, Thomas O. Melia, Michael Mertes, Joshua Muravchik, Kenneth M. Pollack, Karen Volker, Jennifer Windsor
The report presented here is the result of several months of meetings and debate.
George W. Bush wants Americans and the world to believe that the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime two months ago represented a defeat for tyranny and a victory for liberty.
To most analysts of international affairs, whether based in London, Moscow or Washington, President Vladimir Putin's behavior during the run up to the U.S.-led war in Iraq was very predictable....
Protesters who marched around the world last week were wrong to assume that American inaction against Iraq will make their children safer or the Iraqi people better off.
PALO ALTO, CALIF.A year ago, a group of terrorists from Saudi Arabia and Egypt attacked the United States using box cutters as their weapons and citing extremist versions of Islamic fundamentalism...
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Stephen D. KrasnerSenior FellowProfessor, Political Science, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
