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The Unfinished Arab Spring Ten Years on: Where Are We Going?
January 4, 2021
ABSTRACT This talk is based on the speakers’ recently published edited volume The Unfinished Arab Spring: Micro-Dynamics of Revolts between Change and Continuity.
The United States: From Reluctant Democracy Support in the Middle East to Authoritarian Enabler
April 13, 2020
ABSTRACTDemocracy promotion has been a longstanding goal of US foreign policy in the Middle East and elsewhere. President George W.
Political Contestation and New Social Forces in the Middle East and North Africa
March 9, 2018
Please note: Registration for the conference is open only to Stanford University affiliates. A valid SUNet ID is required to register. Click here to register.
The Long-Term Impact of Imperialism on Gender
May 22, 2014
Abstract: Gender equality is considered important for development and good governance, yet the causes of cross-national variation in gender equality are still not well understood.
Arabs and Israelis: Conflict and Peacemaking in the Middle East
November 7, 2013
Abstract: Arabs and Israelis: Conflict and Peacemaking in the Middle East is a new, ground-breaking textbook on the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Building Cities In the Desert: A Way Out of Internment Camps for Refugees?
May 6, 2013
Bio: Emily Arnold-Fernández is the executive director of Asylum Access, an innovative international nonprofit that transforms the human rights landscape for refugees in Africa, Asia and Latin...
Round table with Internet Freedom Fellows
March 14, 2013
The Internet Freedom Fellows program brings human rights activists from across the globe to Geneva, Washington, and Silicon Valley to meet with fellow activists, U.S.
Reporting from the Region: A Journalist's Perspective on the Arab Uprisings
May 19, 2011
Janine Zacharia, former Jerusalem Bureau Chief and Middle East Correspondent for the Washington Post will be providing a journalist's perspective on ongoing events across the Arab world.
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.
From Beirut to Baghdad to Kabul: Civil War, Sectarianism, Occupation, Resistance and Counterinsurgency
December 2, 2010
Born in New York in 1977, Nir Rosen has been reporting from Iraq since April of 2003 and has spent most of the last seven and a half years in Iraq.
And the Beat Goes On: The Jordanian State after the November Elections
November 18, 2010
Did Jordan's general elections, called forth after parliament's dissolution a year earlier, introduce new hope for democratic reform in an increasingly autocratic kingdom?
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...
Does Inclusion Lead to Moderation? The Dilemma of Islamist Parties in Egypt, Jordan, and Morocco
February 24, 2009
Shadi Hamid is a Hewlett Fellow at the Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL).
Democratization in the Middle East: A Provisional Assessment
February 5, 2009
Agenda 8:15-8:45 am Coffee, light breakfast for participants 8:45-8:50 am Opening remarks; goals of the workshop (Olivier Roy, Larry Diamond) 8:50-10:30 Stable Autocracies?
The US and the Middle East: Promoting Freedom or Failed States?
November 1, 2006
Khouri will proved a critical, but mainstream, Arab analysis of US policy in the Middle East looking at the opportunities and dangers of current foreign policy decisions.
The Bridge Over the River Jordan: Islam, Ethnicity and Electoral Rule Manipulation
October 25, 2006
David Patel is a PhD candidate in Stanford's Dept of Political Science and,beginning in Fall 2007, an Assistant Professor of Government at CornellUniversity.