Brookings Doha Center

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The Brookings Doha Center, a project of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, undertakes independent, policy-oriented research on the socioeconomic and geopolitical issues facing Muslim-majority states and communities, including relations with the United States.The Brookings Doha Center was established through the vision and support of H.H. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, and reflects the commitment of the Brookings Institution to become a truly global think tank. Launched through an agreement dated January 1, 2007, the center was formally inaugurated by H.E. Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, on February 17, 2008, together with Carlos Pascual, then Brookings Vice President for Foreign Policy Studies, Martin Indyk, Director of the Saban Center at Brookings and now Brookings President for Foreign Policy Studies, and Hady Amr, Director of the Brookings Doha Center.

In pursuing its mission, the Brookings Doha Center undertakes research and programming that engage key elements of business, government, civil society, the media, and academia on key public policy issues in the following three core areas: (i) Governance issues such as the analysis of constitutions, media laws, and society; (ii) Human Development and Economic issues such as the analysis of policy in the areas of education, health, environment, business, energy, and economics; (iii) International Affairs issues such as the analysis of security frameworks, political and military conflicts, and other contemporary issues.

Brookings Doha Center P.O. Box 22694 Doha, Qatar Phone: +974.422.7800 Fax: +974.422.7801 Employment Visiting Fellow

Research and programming is guided by the Brookings Doha Center International Advisory Council chaired by H.E. Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al Thani and co-chaired by Brookings President Strobe Talbott. Membership includes: Madeleine Albright, Samuel Berger, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Edward Djerejian, Vartan Gregorian, Wajahat Habibullah, Musa Hitam, Pervez Hoodhboy, Rima Khalaf Hunaidi, Nemir Kirdar, Rami Khouri, Atta-ur-Rahman, Ismail Serageldin and Fareed Zakaria. Hady Amr, Fellow at the Saban Center and an expert in human development in the Arab world and U.S. public diplomacy, serves as the founding Director of the Brookings Doha Center. Shadi Hamid, Fellow at the Saban Center and an expert on political Islam and democratization in the Middle East, serves as the Deputy Director of the Center. Salman Shaikh is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Brookings Doha Center.

Open to a broad range of views, the Brookings Doha Center is a hub for Brookings scholarship in the region. The center's research and programming agenda includes key mutually enforcing endeavors. These include: convening ongoing public policy discussions with political, business and thought leaders from the Muslim world and the United States; hosting visiting fellows drawn from significant ranks of government to write analysis papers; and engaging the media to broadly share Brookings analysis with the public. Together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, and the Saban Center at Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, the Brookings Doha Center contributes to the organization of the annual U.S.-Islamic World Forum which brings together key leaders in the fields of politics, business, media, academia, and civil society, for much needed discussion and dialogue. In undertaking this work, the Brookings Doha Center upholds the Brookings Institution's core values of quality, independence, and impact.

October 2007 press release in English »
October 2007 press release in Arabic »

BROOKINGS DOHA CENTER STAFF

Noha Aboueldahab, Senior Research Assistant
Nadine Masri, Budget Administrator and Office Manager
Areej Noor, Research Assistant
Kais Sharif, Program Coordinator
Tarek Zeidan, Communications Coordinator