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Save to My Portfolio Evaluating Obama’s Foreign Policy One Year On: Views from Washington DC and Doha

Wednesday, January 20, 2010
6:00 PM to 07:30 PM
Doha, Qatar

On January 20, 2010, the Brookings Doha Center hosted a policy discussion to assess the Obama administration’s policy toward Muslim-majority states and communities a year to the day that President Obama entered office. The speakers addressed pressing issues such as al Qaeda, the Arab-Israeli peace process, the war in Afghanistan, the future of Iran and Iraq, and prospects for democratic reform in the region. Read More

Middle East, Islamic World, Foreign Policy

International Advisory Council


His Excellency Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar shakes hands with Madeleine Albright as Martin Indyk looks on.

Save to My Portfolio Brookings Doha Center International Advisory Council Inaugural Meeting

Sunday, February 15, 2009
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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On February 15, 2009, His Excellency Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, convened the inaugural Brookings Doha Center International Advisory Council meeting in Doha, Qatar. Read More

Islamic World, Governance, Development, Human Rights, International Relations

PAST EVENT


Samantha Power and Abdel Khaliq Mohammad Rasheed Zangana join Elizabeth Ferris in a discussion on Iraqi refugees and displaced persons.

Save to My Portfolio The Future of Iraqi Refugees and Displaced Persons

Wednesday, November 18, 2009
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

On November 18, the Brookings Doha Center hosted a conference on Iraq’s internally displaced persons and refugees. Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement Project Co-Director Elizabeth Ferris spoke, along with key players who are working to address this ongoing crisis, including Samantha Power, White House coordinator for Iraqi refugees and displaced persons and Abdel Khaliq Mohammad Rasheed Zangana, chairman of the Committee for the Relocated, Displaced and Migrants, Council of Representatives of Iraq. Read More

Iraq, Displacement in Iraq, Internal Displacement

PAST EVENT


Salman Shaikh (second from right) joins H.E. Ghassan Khatib, H.E. Ayad Al Samarrai and H.E. Mohamad Chatah in a discussion on national dialogue and state-building in the Middle East.

Save to My Portfolio National Dialogue and State-Building in the Middle East

Monday, November 09, 2009
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

On November 9, the Brookings Doha Center hosted a policy discussion with H.E. Mohamad Chatah, the Lebanese minister of finance, H.E. Ghassan Khatib, director of the Palestinian Government Media Center, and H.E. Ayad Al Samarrai, speaker of the Iraqi Parliament on the project of inclusive national dialogue and state-building in Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, and Iraq. The speakers examined past and current nationally-driven conflict resolution efforts. Read More

Middle East, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, Arab-Israeli Relations

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Anouar Boukhars (l) speaks to a Doha audience while on a panel with Hady Amr and Roula Attar.

Save to My Portfolio Democracy Promotion and America’s Key Arab Allies: Limits and Prospects

Tuesday, July 28, 2009
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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The Brookings Doha Center hosted a discussion on democracy promotion and key U.S. allies in the Arab world. The panel was addressed by Roula Attar, the resident country director in Jordan for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs and Anouar Boukhars, Brookings Doha Center visiting fellow. Hady Amr, director of the Doha Center, moderated the discussion. Read More

Democracy Promotion, Middle East, International Relations, Egypt, Jordan

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The Brookings Doha Center, a project of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings, undertakes research on the socio-economic and geopolitical issues facing the Muslim world and encourages greater understanding between policy-makers in the United States and the Muslim world.

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