UPCOMING EVENT
Friday, February 17, 2012
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Washington, DC
Over the next 20 years, Europe’s Muslim population is projected to grow from 17 million to nearly 30 million, which would represent 7 to 8 percent of all Europeans. In his new book, The Emancipation of Europe’s Muslims (Princeton, 2012), Brookings Nonresident Senior Fellow Jonathan Laurence argues that rising integration problems and fears about terrorism have led governments to assertively step up efforts to engage their Muslim communities. On February 17, the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings (CUSE) will host a discussion to explore the integration of Muslims in Europe and how it is linked to the ongoing struggle for religious and political authority in the Muslim-majority world. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Salman Shaikh, February 09, 2012, Foreign Policy
After a recent trip to the Herzliyah Defense Conference in Tel Aviv, Salman Shaikh discusses Israel's reaction to the Arab awakening. Shaikh writes that Israel must encourage the current evolution of Arab politics for long term stability in the region. Read More
BOOK
Bruce O. Riedel , February 01, 2012
Pakistan and the United States have been locked in a deadly embrace for decades. In this revised edition of Deadly Embrace, which includes a new preface, Bruce Riedel, one of America's foremost authorities on U.S. security and South Asia,
sketches the history of U.S.-Pakistani relations from partitioning of the subcontinent in 1947 up through the present day. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Jonathan Laurence, January 23, 2012, The New York Times
Jonathan Laurence discusses ways in which European governments have failed to integrate European Muslims, arguing that this failure has increased friction among religious communities and explaining why now is the time for Europe to incorporate Muslims into society. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Shadi Hamid, January 06, 2012, PBS Frontline
In an interview with PBS Frontline, Shadi Hamid explores what's behind the latest U.S. efforts to engage with Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, and what's at stake for both the U.S. and the Brotherhood with the Salafis' unanticipated success. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Suzanne Maloney, January 04, 2012, The Brookings Institution
Suzanne Maloney, coauthor of The Arab Awakening, argues that while Iran has remained somewhat immune to the public protests that have characterized the Arab awakening, the events of 2011 have impacted Iran's domestic state and necessitated a shift in U.S. policy towards Tehran. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bruce Riedel, December 21, 2011, The Daily Beast
Although President Obama made good his promise to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat" al Qaeda through the 2011 killing of Osama Bin Laden, the jihadist threat remains. Bruce Riedel comments on what he considers the most dangerous terror threat in the world today. Read More
PAST EVENT
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Washington, DC
On December 13, the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings hosted Olivier Roy to deliver the eighth annual Raymond Aron Lecture. A leading French scholar of Islam and Middle East politics, Dr. Roy urged Western governments in January 2011 to support the movements for democratic change in Tunisia, Egypt and other Arab countries. Now, nearly a year after the turmoil in the Middle East began, he offered an assessment of the present and future of the Arab Spring, at the intersection of democracy, religion and politics. Read More
PAST EVENT
Monday, December 12, 2011
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Doha
On December 12, 2011, the Brookings Doha Center hosted a special policy discussion with H.E. Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoğlu, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), as part of the Center’s Distinguished Lecture Series. Professor Ihsanoğlu’s address focused on the impact of ongoing Arab revolts on the region and on the wider Muslim world, as well as on the OIC’s position toward them.
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Mirette F. Mabrouk, December 08, 2011, Egypt Independent
Mirette Mabrouk examines the first round of parliamentary voting in Egypt, arguing that for the liberal parties to have a significant voice, they need to avoid splitting the vote and be willing to work with the Muslim Brotherhood. Mabrouk says that above all, all parties need to put Egypt first. Read More
BOOK
Itamar Rabinovich, November 21, 2011
In The Lingering Conflict, Itamar Rabinovich, a former chief negotiator for Israel, provides a detailed history and analysis of Arab-Israel relations, adding his own unique and authoritative insight into the prospects for genuine peace in the Middle East. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Shadi Hamid, November 21, 2011, The Brookings Institution
As new clashes erupt in Egypt, and Islamist groups like the Muslim Brotherhood prepare for the November 28 elections, Shadi Hamid reflects on two of his chapters from The Arab Awakening to make sense of the country's current state and the importance of “getting Egypt right.” Read More
BOOK
Kenneth M. Pollack, Daniel L. Byman, Pavel K. Baev, Michael Doran, Khaled Elgindy, Stephen R. Grand, Shadi Hamid, Bruce Jones, Suzanne Maloney, Jonathan Pollack, Bruce Riedel, Ruth H. Santini, Salman Shaikh, Ibrahim Sharqieh, Ömer Taşpınar, Shibley Telhami, Sarah Yerkes and Akram Al-Turk , November 18, 2011
In early 2011, protests born of oppression and socioeconomic frustration erupted throughout the Middle East; public unrest provoked violent police backlash; long-established dictatorships fell. How did this all happen? What might the future look like, and what are the likely ramifications for the United States and the rest of the world? In The Arab Awakening, experts from the Brookings Institution tackle such questions to make sense of this tumultuous region that remains at the heart of U.S. national interests. Read More
PAST EVENT
Thursday, November 17, 2011
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC
On November 17, the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings hosted the launch of The Arab Awakening, a collaboration of eighteen Brookings experts. Senior Fellows Kenneth Pollack, director of the Saban Center, and Daniel Byman, director of research of the Saban Center, along with additional co-authors, examined the recent revolutions in the Arab world and their ramifications for the United States and worldwide. Read More