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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

spotlight: Lebanon's Elections


Hiba Zeino (l), Hady Amr, Karim Makdisi and Ziad Abdel Samad discuss the elections in Lebanon at the Brookings Doha Center.

Save to My Portfolio The Lebanese Elections and the Middle East: An Opportunity for Change?

Tuesday, June 23, 2009
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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On June 23, the Brookings Doha Center hosted a policy discussion to examine the elections in Lebanon, to shed some light on the technical aspects of the elections and the monitoring process, and to explore potential reforms to the Lebanese electoral law and its underlying sectarian political system. Read More

Lebanon, Elections, Middle East

Spotlight: Somalia


His Excellency Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Somalia, speaks at the Brookings Doha Center while Hady Amr looks on.

Save to My Portfolio Somalia: A Transition from Anarchy to Stability?

Wednesday, April 01, 2009
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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On April 1, 2009, the Brookings Doha Center hosted a luncheon with the recently-appointed foreign minister of the Republic of Somalia, His Excellency Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar, to discuss the new unity government of Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, brokered by the Djibouti peace process, and the prospects for reconciliation, security, and reconstruction in the country. Read More

Africa, Transnational Security Threats, International Relations

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Saeb Erakat, Head of the Palestine Liberation Organization Negotiations Affairs Department, speaks at the Brookings Doha Center.

Save to My Portfolio The New Israeli Government, Palestinian Reconciliation, and Prospects for Peace after the Gaza War

Tuesday, March 31, 2009
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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On March 31, 2009, the Brookings Doha Center hosted Saeb Erakat, Head of the Palestine Liberation Organization Negotiations Affairs Department, for a policy discussion. Erakat opened the session by responding directly to the inauguration speech given a few hours earlier by Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. He expressed disappointment in Netanyahu’s failure to highlight the two-state solution in his speech and said that the Israeli leader's call for Palestinians to rule themselves is not a possibility when they must live in a continued state of occupation. Read More

Gaza Crisis, Israel, Middle East, 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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