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15-Minute Phone Call Cause for Hope in U.S.-Iran Relations

October 2, 2013, Bessma Momani

Arbitrary Detentions in Egypt: A Regression in Human Rights

October 2, 2013, Bessma Momani

Syria's Assad Trades Weapons For Time

September 24, 2013, Bessma Momani and Claire Schachter

Strengthening the Early Warning Exercise

September 2013, Bessma Momani , Skylar Brooks, Michael Cockburn, Warren Clarke and Dustyn Lanz

Obama is Losing the Hearts and Minds of the Arab World

September 9, 2013, Bessma Momani and Claire Schachter

Democracy on the Streets

September 2, 2013, Bessma Momani

Is Syria a Terminal Case?

August 30, 2013, Bessma Momani

Intrapreneurship in MENA's Public Sector

August 2013, Bessma Momani and Mehrunisa Qayyum

In Egypt, ‘Deep State’ vs. ‘Brotherhoodization’

August 21, 2013, Bessma Momani

Case Study: The Arab Spring

August 20, 2013, Bessma Momani

In Egypt, Reconciliation Fades Further into the Distance

August 15, 2013, Bessma Momani

Costly Marriages of Convenience in Egypt’s Transition to Democracy

August 14, 2013, Bessma Momani

App-Powered Protests Put Democracy in Peril

August 12, 2013, Bessma Momani

Management Consultants and the United States’ Public Sector

August 2013, Bessma Momani

The Arab Spring Can Bring a Demographic Dividend: That is Good for Business and Investors

August 2013, Bessma Momani

Egypt’s Military Leadership: From Coup to Chaos

July 25, 2013, Bessma Momani

Shaping the Middle East in the Midst of the Arab Uprisings: Turkish and Saudi Foreign Policy Strategies

July 25, 2013, Bessma Momani and Crystal A. Ennis

The Myth of Political Islam has been Exposed in Egypt

July 3, 2013, Bessma Momani

A Warning to Egyptians

June 30, 2013, Bessma Momani

Turkey still is a democracy. I think one could look at what’s happened in the past few days and really see, to a degree, a heavy-handed response. There needs to be an investigation after all of the dust has settled into how the police have really handled this. I think quite poorly at that.

June 19, 2013, Bessma Momani , TVO

The Turkish government, like all modern democratic governments, needs to have an accountable police force that does not infringe its own authority and at the same time allows people the opportunity to participate in the political decision-making process in between elections through allowing public discourse, a liberal media and empowering civil society.

June 16, 2013, Bessma Momani , Today's Zaman

Bahrain: National Belonging Not Bread

June 6, 2013, Bessma Momani

With Progress Comes Dissent: Give Erdogan Space

June 6, 2013, Bessma Momani

Turkey's Summer of Discontent

June 3, 2013, Bessma Momani

There’s a great advantage in complementary trade and I’d say it’s something we should think about. We need to have a viable economy, and a viable economy today is not just trade with the United States and it’s not in manufactured goods. It’s in the knowledge sector.

May 1, 2013, Bessma Momani , Ottawa Citizen